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by Sharad Yogesh Bhojnagarwala ACM Publicist
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Gena Hill and Lauran Wojtkun kick down into a groove at the annual Dance-A-Thon (DAT), sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega (APO). Courtesy of The DAT Committee
On Friday, Janurary 29, Alpha Phi Omega and Lens and Lights brought the fourth annual DanceA-Thon to the WPI campus. Stu dents from Smith and UMass joined those from WPI in Alden Hall from 8pm until lam fora night of high energy dancing and fun. Through the event, over $300 was raised for the Worcester Battered Women’s Shelter. Attendance at this year’s event was down from previous year’s, but students who did come had a great
time anyway. Tunes were mixed by WPI’s own DJs Pegasus and Slee. The crowd heard hits from theirjun ior high school days, popular dance music of the 90’s, and some new releases from Europe. This year’s Dance-A-Thon was sponsored by the Student Activi ties Office, Healthy Alternatives, Residential Services, BJ’s Whole sale Club, W al-M art, The Boynton, Spag’s, East Side M ario’s, The Sahara, Shaw’s, Torrilla Sam’s, and Tech Pizza. APO would like to thank every one who supported the DAT by sponsorship or attendance.
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What’s black and gold, lives in a glass jar and is older than the build ing which it resides in? The Coaxial Battery. Sure it doesn’t work. Sure it has no practical purpose. But its sur vived 16 years. I bet the good people at Duracell would be impressed. Many people who have lived shel tered lives may never have seen a coaxial battery before and are prob ably wondering what one is. This battery is of the Duracell 9 volt vari ety and sitting in a small covered glass jar with a coaxial attachment. Exactly why someone decided to make this coaxial battery is a mystery lost forever in history. It even remains a mystery how this battery survived the past 16 years without being thrown out. Surprisingly it shows no signs of corrosion over the past 16 years. Back on January 24, 1983, some unsuspecting person wrote the words on a sticker “Good 1/24/83” and attached it to a coaxial battery. Little did he know the chain of events which would result from his actions, some 16 years later. Sixteen years to that day, members of the WPI Chap ter of ACM gathered in celebration of the 16th birthday of this Coaxial Battery. While we know little about the his tory of the battery in the time between that fateful day in 1983 and its dis-
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covery last fall, in Fuller A23, one can assume it survived a move to Fuller sometime after the building’s con struction in 1990. We do know what the future will hold for this battery. Next January 24, we will gather again in honor of its 17th birthday. The fol lowing year, it might even be older than some of the freshmen. Of course we all eagerly await the 2004, when we will return in honor of its twentyfirst birthday and enjoy a beer with it. For all of you who missed the birth day bash, feel free to stop in the ACM lab in Fuller A23 to view this amazing Coaxial Battery. For any of you who know of the person who labeled it, some 16 years ago, have him or her contact us so he can see the monster he has created.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi dent C lin to n ’s law yers once searched for an innocent alterna tive to Monica Lewinsky’s sensa tional story. Now six months after their client admitted to an affair, they get their first chance to ques tion the former White House in tern. Presidential advisers say the lawyers probably will handle the deposition Monday gingerly, hop ing to coax her to repeat state ments that are helpful to the presi dent without challenging her cred ibility. Along the way, they might also explore her treatment by prosecu tors who were pressing hard for her cooperation, a subject that was ignored before the grand jury, according to advisers familiar with the W hite H ouse’s em erging See Lewinsky, continued to pg 10
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Tim Dresser, a sophomore elec trical engineering major from Manchaug, Mass., competed in the field of electronic applica tions at the U.S. World Skills Com petition in early January in Las Vegas. His first place showing earned him a spot on the national team that will compete against o thers countries at the 35th World Skills Competition held in Montreal, Canada in November. Tim competed against five oth ers at the U.S. competition, all pre vious national skills competition medalists from the last two years who began competitng in either high school or junior college. Each com petitor was a winner of a school contest, a district and state contest and a national contest. Tim competed with a senior at Blackstone Valley Regional Voca tional Technical High School in Upton, Mass. The Las Vegas competition, closely modeled on the upcoming international com petition, included two assembly
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Last Tuesday, Gamma Delta chap ter, the WPI chapter of the national electrical engineering honor society Eta Kappa Nu inducted 19 new mem bers into its fold. Eta Kappa Nu was founded in 1904 by Maurice L. Carr at the University of Illinois for elec trical engineering students not just to stimulate and reward scholarship but to assist and encourage its mem bers to grow professionally throughout their entire lives. Eta Kappa Nu has chapters in over half of all the engineering schools in the United States. Eta Kappa Nu invites into membership students in their junior year of study of electrical engineering who rank in the upper quarter of their class and senior year students who rank in the upper third of their class. History has shown that these are the students who later be come leaders in the profession and in the community at large. The 19 that were inducted have shown themselves to possess the three qualities necessary in an Eta Kappa Nu member: scholarship,
character, and personality. It is our pleasure to welcome undergraduates Brian Arthur Greenlaw, Crissy Renee Montgomery, Emrah Diril, Eric Toledo, Govind Samant, John Pong, Kevin Michael Landrigan, Mankong Chowkwanyun, Michael J. Euell, Michael Shear, Rahul Bhan, Ross Borgcson, Sheng Yung Deng, Stephen Lei Nash-Webber, and Tenzin Jampe Lama. Inducted at the same time were graduate students James C. Kilian, Nina Silva Tjoa Prashant V. Krishnamurthy, and Siddharth Gahault. After the traditional ceremony that was attended by both parents and members, a dinner was held. After dinner the head of the WPI Electri cal Engineering Department, Pro fessor John Orr gave a talk titled “Why we are here today?” in which he challenged all of us to become leaders in whatever career field we choose. He cited some examples of WPI electrical engineering alum that have made their mark, stressing that leadership is not about giving orders but letting others know what can be achieved. We wish the new inductees all
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The newly inducted members with the officers the best and encourage them to help nurture the freshmen and sophomores. To the freshmen and sophomores, work hard and strive for the academic excellence that the WPI Electrical Engineering Depart ment is well known for. Just a reminder that every Friday at 11:45am, Eta Kappa Nu holds pizza lunches in AK 108. We fea
ture a wide selection of piping hot Papa Gino’s pizza. You get 2 slices of pizza and a can of soda for just $2. The goal of these lunches is to foster a sense of community within the electrical engineering depart ment, not just amongst the students but the faculty and staff as well. So come on down to AK every Friday at 11:45 and join in the fun.
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Weekly sports update: Results from January 22th to 28th by Geoff Hassard Sports Information Director
Wrestling (9-1-1) The wrestling team has been in high gear lately as they have won eight straight meets to run their record to 9-11. On Saturday the 23rd WPI was at Trin ity for a quad meet with Williams, MIT and the hosts. The Engineers ended the day winning two and tying one. They defeated Trinity 26-10 and MIT 4 1-6 while tying Williams 20-20. Winners of three matches on the day were Lance Baden (Framingham, Mass.),
Aaron Becker (Coventry, R.I.) and Joe Tucker (Barre, Vt.). Matt McCarthy (M alden, M ass.), W illie Welsh (Jamesport, N.Y.), Nick Macsata (Enfield, C onn.) and DC Lashm it (M arlboro, Mass.) each won two matches. Single winners were Daryl Retzke (Wheaton, II.), Mike Duff (Cantebury, Conn.), Justin Lutz (Walpole, Mass.) and Chris Newton (Wayland, Mass.). Last Wednesday the Engineers had a rare doubleheader against Johnson & Wales and Plymouth State. The first match against Johnson & Wales was a rescheduled meet from December while the Plymouth meet was regularly sched
WWPFs favorite albums of the week Hello Newspeak readers. Here are WWPI campus radio’s first ever top songs, ablums and artists lists. These lists will be printed in Newspeak weekly from now on. Go to h ttp :// www.wpi.edu/~radio to check out our schedule and listen to us online via Netshow. Top 5 Songs 1. Got the Life, Korn 2. Pretty Fly, The Offspring 3. What’s This Life For, Creed 4. Am I Evil, Metallica 5. Clumsy, Our Lady Peace Top 10 Albums 1. Garage Inc., Metallica 2. Dark City Motion Picture Soundtrack 3. My Own Prison, Creed 4. Americana, The Offspring
5. The Doors M otion Picture Soundtrack 6. Clumsy, Our Lady Peace 7. AEnima, Tool 8. Follow the Leader, Korn 9. Metallica, Metallica 10. All Wound Up, Godsmack Top 10 Artists/Bands 1. Metallica 2. Primus v 3. Pink Folyd 4. Beastie Boys 5. The Offspring 6. Led Zeppelin 7. Smashing Pumpkins 8. Our Lady Peace 9. Tool 10. The Doors Compiled by Jeff Nawrocki, Music Di rector WWPI Campu Radio
uled for Jan. 27. Against Johnson & Wales, the Engi neers overpowered the younger, inexpe rienced squad to win 36-16. The win for WPI was coach Phil Grebinar’s 350th ca reer victory. Winners for WPI in the meet were Macsata, Becker, Tucker, Newton, Matt Lucas (Haverhill, Mass.), Retzke and Welsh. WPI follow ed up their win over Johnson & Wales with a 25-12 victory against Plymouth State. Plymouth came in as the #4 ranked team in New England. Lashmit got WPI started at 174 lbs. with a win over the #2 ranked individual in his weight class. Baden followed that up with a win over the #2 guy in his weight class who was looking to knock him out of the #1 spot. Macsata put the meet out of reach with a win at 125 lbs. to make the score 16-3. Becker, Tucker and McCarthy all had wins for WPI as well.
they evened their NEWMAC record to 1-1. Last Tuesday WPI hosted Springfield for their first ever meeting. Springfield used a strong inside game to take a 41-20 lead into halftime. WPI wouldn’t go away though. Trailing by 20 points with 5:26 left, the Engineers went on a 14-4 run to cut the lead in half with 2:56 remaining before the Pride hit 9 of 12 free throws down the stretch to preserve the win. Lynn Michalenka (Lincoln, R.I.) led five players in double figures with 16 points. Beth Gilbert (Killingly, Conn.) was next with 13 points followed by Rachel Zimet (Trumansburg, N.Y.) and Jen Lavin (Sa lem, N.H.) with 12 points each. Kenniston
W omen’s Basketball (8-7) The women’s basketball team split a pair of conference games last week against Coast Guard and Springfield. They used a tenacious defense to defeat Coast Guard 71 -56 and then were beaten by a strong Springfield squad 84-72. Freshman Jody Kenniston (Old Town, Maine) scored a career high 25 points to lead the way for WPI in their win over Coast Guard. WPI scored the first 13 points of the game and never trailed as
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rounded out this group with 11 points to go with 8 steals. Zimet led all players with 10 rebounds. Kenniston was rewarded for her out standing play during the previous week when she was selected as rookie of the week by the NEWMAC, ECAC, the Worcester Area College Basketball As
sociation and the New England Women’s Basketball Association. M en’s Basketball (2-11) The men’s basketball team has found the going tough lately as they have hit the iron of the NEWMAC. Last week they dropped three games to Babson, Clark and Coast Guard.
WPI Wrestling team wins 36-16
Salem meet WPI had no event winners as they were beaten 168-88. Against Westfield last Tuesday fresh men Kate Johnson (Hamden, Conn.) and Lynn Hull (Greenbelt, Md. were double winners. Hull won both the 50 and 100yard butterfly while Johnson won both the 50-yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke. In winning the 200 back stroke Johnson qualified for the New England Championships in her second event. She previously qualified in the 100-yard backstroke.
In their 90-58 loss to Babson, WPI ac tually had an 11 point lead with 9 min utes remaining in the half. The visitors closed the half with a 28-8 run to take a 42-35 lead at halftime. In the second half the Beavers continued their hot shoot ing and outscored the Engineers 48-23 to win going away. Ryan Fournier (Charlton City, Mass.) was high scorer for WPI with 11 points. Last Tuesday WPI loaded up the wag ons and traveled across the city to play long time rival Clark in a conference tilt. The Cougars forced the Engineers into a season high 25 turnovers enroute to the 87-61 win. John Lehane (Marlboro,Mass.) came off the bench to score 13 points while Tim Briggs (Rutland, Mass.) scored 12 points. Two nights later WPI was on Ihe road again for another NEWMAC game against Coast Guard. The hosts broke open a 23-23 tie in the first half and won the game 85-58. Gregg B urnett (Phillipston, M ass.) led WPI with 14 points while Matt Bielik (Webster, Mass.) added 12 points.
M en’s Swimming (2-4) The men’s swimming & diving team dropped their meet at Salem State on the 23rd 108-162. Sophomore Andy Kern (Ellensburg, Wash.) was a double win ner for WPI in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle. Special Event WPI will have its annual Spirit Day to night at the men’s and women’s basket ball games. There will be a banner con test, shooting contests at halftime and a free hot dog, soda and bag of chips for those who turn in their admission ticket. So come on out and show your spirit while cheering on our basketball teams. The women's game begins at 6:00 fol lowed by the men.
Women’s Swimming (0-8) The women’s swimming & diving team dropped a pair of meets last week to Sa lem State and Westfield State. In the
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Disney produces “ 102 Dalmations Close says she wants to read the script before she decides whether she will again coif herself in Cruella’s black and white locks, the trade paper reported. It was nol known whether Jeff Daniels will reprise the role of Roger, or if direc tor Stephen Herek will return, but pro ducer John Hughes said he planned to be back. Close was nominated for a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Cruella. The sequel will be Buckley and Regan’s second high-profile Disney project. They arc working on “Carmen Sandiego,” an adaptation of the PBS children’s show.
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At the Wednesday night meet against Johnson &Whales, WPI won 36-16
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Tetris is back with a new 64-bit interface for Nintendo 64 by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff
Name: Magical Tetris Challenge Platform: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Capcom Rating: 7.8 The game that launched a thousand Gameboys is hack for the 64-bit age. Capcom,
creators of Street Fighter and Resident Evil, publish their first Nintendo 64 game, Magical Tetris Challenge, featuring the Disney cast. There are two main modes of play. Magi cal Tetris pits Mickey, Minnie, Donald, or Goofy against Pete and his gang as they seek to use a magical gemstone for evil. The storyline advances between games of Tetris as our heroes defeat encountered adversar
ies in two-player games of Tetris. High-scoring moves cause the other player to receive oddly-shaped pieces to use, some composed of as many as 25 blocks. These pieces can be used for otherwise impossible moves, but usually serve instead to disrupt one’s strategy; their shapes are so wild as to be nigh-impossible to place. Either way, they disrupt the unadulterated game’s balance.
W WPI 90.1 FMcable ch. 38 c-term 1999 schedule Sunday 7am-8am Off the Air 2pm-4pm So What! 4pm-6pm Off the Air 6pm-8pm Sinister Intelligence Agency Psychedelic, Trance, Gabber, TerrorCore, Jungle and Industrial 8pm- 10pm Joel Ortiz - Reggae, Rap, R&B and Dance 10pm- 12am Spike the Mike - Folk, Jazz, Popular, Alternative, Ska, Punk and Show Tunes...
12am-2am Alex Clifford and Shamus Patry - Techno, Industrial, Ska, Hip Hop and Rap
4pm-6pm The Swine King is God 6pm-8pm Whatever, Wherever, Whenever 8pm-10pm Nick and Jim - Rock and Popular 10pm-12am CAW - Rock and Classic Rock 12am-2am Miscellaneous Debris - Rock, Ska, Punk, Classic Rock,Funk, Grunge and Indie
Wednesday 7am-8am The Jeff Nawrocki Show with Rockin’ Jeff Nawrocki 2pm-4pm David Weatherwax and David Chevrier-Alternative, Rock, Hardcore
Alternative, Hard Rock, Classic Rock and Heavy Metal
8pm-10pm Eclectic Feedback with Deb 10pm- 12am Postal Rte. 5 - Alternative and
Ska, Punk, Classic Rock, Funk, Grunge and Indie i Tuesday
7am-8am The Jeff Nawrocki Show with Rockin’ Jeff Nawrocki 2pm-4pm Jesse Goyette and Mike O’Bryant
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Friday 7am-8am The Jeff Nawrocki Show with Rockin’ Jeff Nawrocki 2pm-4pm Off the Air 4pm-6pm Vermont Vomit - Many Genres o f Music
6pm-8pm D.J. Pegasus - 8 0 ’s, Dance, Techno, Electronica, arui Mainstream
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8pm-10pm Paul Laplumc - Pop, Classic Rock and Jazz
6pm-8pm Moonstomp - Punk, Streetpunk and Ska
8pm-10pm The Mike and Anil Show - Hard Rock, Alternative and a little Boogie Music
10pm- 12am Jake Telepciak, Steve Conte and Chris Boumenot - A lternative
10pm-12am The LiP Penny and Mongo Show - Rhythm and Blues, Rock and Rap
12am-2am All Cows Eat Grass -A ltern a tive, Metal, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Blues, Angry Classical, and Celtic
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Fortunately there is Updown Tetris, with a more classical two-player punishment: high-scoring moves cause the other player’s stack to rise a certain number of levels. None of Magical Tetris’ unusual tetrads are present in this mode. Both modes can be played against the computer or a human opponent, but there are no four-player modes. The computer artificial intelligence is as ruthless as ever, especially in Magical Tetris, sending unmanageable blocks aplenty while receiving them gracefully. It’s odd that a game with a pre-adolescent theme would prove too difficult for the intended audience. Others may smile at the story elements but focus on the gameplay. A new feature, the “temporary landing sys tem”, is a boon for novices and veterans. It casts a shadow of the in-play piece on where it would land, given its current position, aid ing players in making quick decisions and avoiding mistakes. Puzzle games have rarely depended on in tense graphics, so Tetris loses no points. The Disney cast shows up with various costumes, reacting to the game’s events, with back grounds cute and colorful. The music is typical for an action game, but not for a puzzler. The tunes are decent, but are neither appropriate nor rememberable (like the original Gameboy’s Tetris). A real opportunity was missed in the sound effects department. With complex games like Starfox employing hundreds of digitized phrases, a simple game like Tetris fails to have any. You won’t hear Mickey’s squeaks or Donald’s exasperating outbursts, which should be part of the appeal of having the characters present at all. Tetris is a timeless game, but doesn’t suf fer from the occasional innovation. Magical Tetris Challenge offers some new unbalanc ing features without offsetting them with sufficient positive bonuses. The same core game is available for other systems at a much lower price. It’s Tetris, it’s fun, but Capcom could have done better.
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WPILA to teach members in ongoing presentation series by George Caswell WPILA Secretary
Starting at the beginning of Cterm, WPILA meetings have in cluded a new feature. Each meet ing now begins with a brief pre sentation by a WPILA officer, member, or guest speaker on a Linux-related topic. Presentation topics are suggested by club members, most often in the areas
of Linux beginners’ topics, tech nical issues of Linux and Unix system operation, and tutorials for some of the more interesting, powerful, and productive pro grams and libraries available for Unix-like systems. Weeks one and two featured presentations by W PILA president Dan Murphy on the topics of simple shell program m ing and Unix Makefiles. Week three will fea
ture a presentation by WPILA sec retary George Caswell on Guile, a powerful software extension li brary, with an additional, brief in troduction to the GIMP, a free Photoshop-like graphics editing package. Upcoming, planned presentations include more exten sive introductions to the GIMP, as well as powerful Unix-based editors, and the available userfriendly productivity software
available for Unix systems. The WPI Linux A ssociation hopes these presentations will help any one who needs to use Unix in their coursework to use it more effec tively, and that the presentations will complement those of other groups, such as the WPI Associa tion for Computing Machinery. The WPI Linux Association holds weekly meetings every Monday at 7PM in Fuller Labs room 311. WPILA
additionally holds monthly joint meetings with the Worcester Linux Users Group - the next of these is Thursday, February 18th, at 7PM in Kinnicutt Hall. WPELA is a peer education and mutual support group: new members are always welcome, no dues or other mem bership obligations apply. Contact wpila@wpi.edu or see http:// www.wpi.edu/~wpila for more in formation.
Going cold turkey vs. taking small steps. Depending on what
cold turkey vs. taking small steps will partially depend on the particular subject but also on your personal ity. And speaking of your personal ity...
reasons, namely, that you’re try ing to do something healthy and positive for yourself. And fi nally...
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Add it to the list by Kelly Boyle West Street House
If it’s not enough to have maga zine covers, your parents, the tele vision, and all your peers telling you that you need to improve, in January you face New Year’s Resolutions. The pressure is on to lose weight, quit smoking, get better grades, and find a healthy relationship by Valentine’s Day. And these are all in addition to the regular things you’re sup posed to be doing, such as eat ing three square meals, exercis
ing, and brushing your teeth. Yeah, right. It’s not that self-improvement is a negative thing. On the con trary, it’s important to be in con trol of your life and make changes that are important and/or desir able. But in order to keep from going overboard, here are some thoughts: Be realistic. No one is going to lose twenty pounds, quit smoking, and find an ideal mate all by Febru ary. Changes take time, patience, and often careful planning. And speaking of planning...
your goal is, you’ll need to decide whether to do something all at once or to break the goal down into steps. For example, if you want to manage time better, it may be best to concentrate on making three specific changes for one week. After that, you can make adjust ments and plan for three new changes. On the other hand, if your goal is to give up soda, you may need to completely give it up all at once or you may find that any amount induces cravings. Going
Consider why you are making this change to begin with. Is it an
Seek the su pport that you need. Whenever you make any
other excuse to be hard on yourself, or to procrastinate about something else you should be doing? Are you doing it because you’re a perfection ist? Are you hoping to find a quick fix for a deeper problem; e.g., hop ing that losing weight will make up for all your unhappiness? Make sure you’re doing this for the right
life change, it’s helpful to have the support of the people around you. Talk with your friends and family about it, or come to West Street House to discuss your goal with a coun selor. We’ll help you determine w hether or not this goal is healthy for you and, if so, ways to accomplish it.
the near future. Keep reading. How much to you know about the most populous country in Af rica and one of the stauncest US trading partners? In connection to Black History Month, visiting Pro fessor Abdul Yesufu will discuss the history of Nigeria as well as the issues and challenges that modern Nigeria faces on Friday, February 19th at 6:30 here at International House. Do you really want to impress somebody? How about becoming a peer mentor? The International Stu dent Council (ISC) is looking for upper class international students to serve as mentors for new, incoming international undergradaute stu dents. These mentors will be se
lected by the beginning of D term and will have one training ses sion during this term as well. New mentees will be assigned over the summer and mentors are expected to be on campus for the arrival of new students. Interested stu dents should contact Tom Thomsen at the International House for application forms. The ISC is planning its annual Ski Trip to Wachusett Mountain on Saturday, 13 February from 7:30 am to 5PM. Several options are available. Contact the ISC and sign up at International House before Monday, 8th February. A $ 10 non-refundable deposit is re quired. Sharpen your skis and come on out for fun!
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February is a Happening Month! by Billy D. McGowan Director o f ESL
If the winter and mid-term ex ams are beginning to get to you, it is time for you to seek help. Kelly Boyle from the Student De velopment and Counseling Cen ter will conduct a workshop on managing stress on Thursday, February 4th from 4:30 to 5:30. Come and let her show you how to meet your deadlines while maintaining your sanity. Last month, many of us re ceived our W-2 forms in the mail, and now we have to deal with them. The International House is kicking off the tax season with some help: If you are an interna
tional student who earned income in the USA during 1998, you will have to file a tax return form be fore April 15,1999. The most com mon forms— 1040NR, 1040NREZ and Form 8843— are available here at International House. A tax workshop is being planned for February 12lh. More details are available at the International House or from Janice Martin at extension 6030. If you did not earn any income in 1998, you may be hoping that things will be different in 1999. With this in mind, Mary Beth Harrity, Associate Director at the C areer D evelopm ent C enter (CDC) will discuss strategies for international students seeking
employment in the USA. The pro cedures for applying for optional practical Training will be cov ered. Current WPI students who have secured employment will be on hand to share seme of the strat egies they used in the processing of finding jobs. Congratulations to the ISC, especially to Chairperson Pallavi Singh and S ecretary Sharad Bhojnagarwal for facilitating the Coffee Hour last week at the In ternational House. “A Slice of Life From Around the World” was a very informal meeting of students who discussed e le ments of their cultural heritage. Co-Chair Ali Durlov Khan iterated that another is being planned for
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XTC’s Transistor Blast.& packaged statement of cultural influnece by Brian Whitman Newspeak Staff
Trivia: the music group XTC were the following: (a) a cute 80s band, (b) a loud punk rock group in the late 70s, (c) responsible for the most beautiful pop record since “Pet Sounds”, (d) a scraggly-haired mess of dub technicians, or (e) avant ‘orepop’ for the late 90s. Of course it’s all of the above. Why else would I ask? This fol lowing article means to prepare you, my loving readers, for the on slaught of XTC HYPE. Within the next month something quite amaz ing is going to happen: a new XTC record, the first one in 7 years, called “Apple Venus Volume One.” This is decidedly a BIG DEAL, because even if you personally haven’t heard XTC, I guarantee that at least one third of your fa vorite groups worship at their al tars. With this resurgence of XTC interest comes the interesting side effect that finally, after all these (20!) years, to like this band is HIP. Big time. Why the name sounds familiar: a very big 80s event was the piece of music called “Dear God,” you know, the agnostic’s reasonings as to why this God can’t exist that he’s talking to in a very witty monologue: “Did
you make mankind / or did we make you...” ‘Rock Radio’ got a little scared, but those crazy college sta tions, fearless victors of Negativland, played it nonstop. Funny thing is, that B-side was their worst output from that era, which culminated in the gargantuan mon ster of a pop masterpiece, the sea son-themed “Skylarking.” (In the next Evil Record Man episode, watch as ERM puts ‘Dear God’ in the middle of Skylarking a few months after it is released, disrupting the flow of the record! Tune in!) But I’m getting ahead of myself: XTC has a history; they started off as a crazy loud and frenetic punk group in England’s burgeoning scene for that kind of stuff, late 70s. They had classic loud songs with awful videos: “Are You Receiving Me?”, “Making Plans for Nigel”, “Generals and Majors.” But something was up with them: while their peers were content bashing out three chord riffs and singing about girls, XTC (most notably their frontman Andy Partridge) had ‘quirks,’ which is instant death in the
popularity biz: their music got more complex over time, evolving from the absolutely stupid (but amazing) “Go 2” to the instant classic “English Settlement” (with acoustic guitars! gasp!) to the screwed up Korg instrumentals on “Mummer”, on to the serene and downright pretty Sky larking and beyond. But they lost a lot of fans on the way: who could keep up? No one who listened to punk in 1978 wanted to admit they liked “Mayor of Simpleton” in 1988. (Even though I was 2 in 1978, I’d like to think I would.) So, out now on their new label (TVT in America, Cooking Vinyl in the UK) comes Transistor Blast, a four CD box set of live stuff. (Oh yeah, XTC hasn’t played live since Andy had a nervous breakdown on stage during the English Settlement tour) If you’re not an XTC fan right now, don’t bother with it—but it is a end-to-end document of their short lived live career, culminating in the fourth disc, an absolutely intense concert from 1980 that would put any “only hippie bands play good
shows” naysayers to shame. The rest is some great live in the studio stuff, but don’t be fooled: the last thing XTC is and will ever be is a live band: they’ve made their mark in the studio. Without them, the musical campus we roam these days would be much less varied; thousands of musicians, from the ultra-popular to the indie claim
XTC as their major influence. While many of these groups are certainly flash-in-the-pan types, XTC’s influence extends well past that and roots even in the present day. Transistor Blast is a packaged statement of that influence, but I’d definitely suggest you look else where for an introduction.
S G A A g e n d a f o r J a n u a r y 2 6 ,1 9 9 9 I. Call to Order II. RoU Call HL Approval of the Minutes for January 19,1999 IV. President’s Report V. Committee Reports CSLl-Committee on Student Life Issues: Chairs Bowers andStrekas, CAI - Committee on Academic Issues: Ac ting Chair DiMicco, Committee on Appropriations: Treasurer Brownson, Committee on Public Relations: Chair Viveiros, Committee on Policies and Procedures: ChairPantazelos Committee on Elections: Chair Heylin, Institute Committees Budget Development and Advisory Council, Committee on Academic Operations Committee on Academic Policy, Committee on Advising and Student Life, Planning Implementation Committee, Student Organization Committee, Web Design Committee, Bookstore Advisory Committee, Community Building Committee, Clubs/Organizations, VI. New Busi ness, S.02 Increasing Senate Size, S.03 Decreasing Constitutional Amendment Time
VII. Treasurer’s Report VIII. Secretary’s Report IX. Vice-President’s Report X. President’s Remarks XI. Announcements XII. Roll Call & Adjournment
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Newspeak has great things in store for the future Dear Readers,
I’d like to take a moment to thank those of you that stoppedby Newspeak’s membership drive and reader’s survey table in the Wedge this past week. The valu able information and feedback you offered will help us to build a better Newspeak for you, our readers. Also, I’d like to thank those of you who offered to write
for us, either as a staff member or correspondent to another cam pus organization. We will be in touch with you and we anxiously await your subm issions. For those of you who weren’t able to stop-by our table, but are inter ested in writing for us or working in our business or photography departments, please contact us ASAP or see us at the upcoming
activities fair. Where are we going? Since I joined the staff last year, I’ve seen Newspeak grow and in teract with the WPI community as we added new features to provide you with a wider variety of reading material, both entertaining and in formative. The new Newspeak staff also has some great things in store for you throughout the remainder
of the year. We are currently work ing on increasing the amount of news reporting for on-campus events, as well as adding new items to our funny pages and arts & en tertainment section. We’re also looking to work more closely with the various student organizations around campus to make sure we know what’s going on and that in formation makes it into the paper
in a timely fashion. As we move and grow, we hope that you will continue to interact with us and let us know how you feel. Please address all correspon dence to Newspeak, c/o Student Activities or write us via email at newspeak @wpi.edu.
nized student groups, have at least one specific thing that they honor and let people know all of the quali ties they’re looking for in new mem bers even if it’s something that can’t be easily quantified like “com mitment” or “integrity”. I think that speculation about the qualifications of some honor soci eties on this campus is detrimental for everyone. A set of guidelines defining what qualities honor so
cieties should have would prevent skepticism about them and is long overdue. I think we have many good honor societies on this cam pus and I would hope that a basic set of guidelines wouldn’t hurt any of them. I simply think that WPI needs a definition of what an honor society is that everyone can agree on.
you Irish,” and neither does any one else. The thought doesn’t cross our minds. Every Caucasian is American. Period. It is, however, acceptable to go up to every Latino and say, “Are you Mexican?” This serves as a constant reminder of the double standard within soci ety. It also serves as a constant re minder that I will always be viewed as an outsider no matter how American I may be. Take, for ex ample, my friend, who was bom in Poland and immigrated at the age of six. The irony is that because she has blond hair and blue eyes no one will ever ask her, “Where are you from.” On the other hand, I will constantly face questions such as these for the rest of my life despite the fact that I was born here. The epitome of this is the ques tion, “What nationality are you?” Nationality is synonymous with citizenship. My nationality, therefore, is American and my ethnicity is Puerto Rican and Salvadoran. Yet people stare in awe if I respond “American” to this question. Much like when asking if I’m Mexican robs me of my ethnic heritage, ask ing my nationality (and meaning ethnicity) robs me of my American identity. Is it that hard to believe that a person can dwell within two cultures? Moreover, is it truly a coincidence that people use the terms ethnicity and nationality in
terchangeably? I remember when I was a child and race never seemed to matter. Children of all backgrounds played together without need for interro gation. It was only as I “grew up” that race became a defining char acteristic of both self and others. Then people began asking me to choose - choose a language, choose a culture, choose friends, choose your alliance. I chose both and that made me an outsider. But the truth is that I already was an outsider. Throughout my life people have referred to me as exotic. This term abridges the perception many fel low Americans have of me. Exotic is defined by Webster’s dictionary as “Belonging by nature or origin to another part of the world: for eign; strangely different and fasci nating.” A mg or a bird is exotic, but I’m about as domestic as you can get. More importantly, I’m a person. When people call me ex otic it makes me feel like imported chattel. No person should be made to feel that way. I am not exotic. I am not a minority. I’m just as Ameri can as any of my fair-haired coun terparts. Therein lies the cause of racial conflict in this country. Until people begin to realize that skin tone does not necessitate al legiance or nationality, there will never be equality and we will never supersede the racial inequities this country was founded upon.
Sincerely, Justin D. Greenough Editor-in-Chief
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Honor groups at WPI aren't so honorable Dear Editor,
I think that many people at this school would be surprised to learn that WPI has no policy about it’s honor groups. Every student group at this school must follow certain rules in order to be recog nized of course, such as signing the anti-hazing form and having a constitution. To be recognized honor societies must do this as well, hut there is no otherpolicy
they must follow. One thing that this means is that any group of students can call themselves an honor society if they want to. There are dozens of student groups at this school. If all of them wanted to call them selves honor groups then there’s no way for the administration to stop them. I’m not trying to say that any of them would, but even if one group calls itself an honor
society when it shouldn’t then it would lessen the respect that people have for all of the other honor societies. I’ve been working on a proposal to the administration for such a guideline. I realize that every honor group honors something different. However, I don’t think that it would be unreasonable for a guideline that would say something such as all honor societies must: Be recog
Andrew Carruth Class of '00
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Ethnicity doesn’t always imply allegiance By Alicia Roca Daily Bruin (U.C.L.A.)
(U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Every once in while some ignora mus leads me to look in the mirror and ponder the inevitable ques tions every American person of color does throughout their lives, “Do I look American? Will I ever? Or does being American require the rare commodity of blond hair and blue eyes?” As a child who grew up watch ing re-runs of “The Brady Bunch” and eating TV dinners, these ques tions never seemed to cross my star-spangled mind. I always con sidered myself as American as apple pie; as American as the dream boasted to children in far-away lands. Unfortunately, as I grew older I realized that perceptions are one thing, and skin tone another. It seems that no matter how old I get, or how long I spend in this country, I am perpetually reminded of the fact that I am an outsider look ing in. And sadly, despite all my efforts, I will never be what people allude to when they speak of the “All American girl.” Take, for ex ample, an encounter I had while crawling along the 405 Freeway en route to the airport last week. As we weaved in and out of traffic, the middle-aged shuttle driver felt com pelled to start small talk. On the other hand, I was content to read my enthralling textbook in the dimly-lit cabin. But being the social butterfly that I am, I felt obliged to engage in conversation. Did he ask my age or my major? Did he inquire about my future career aspirations? No, of course he didn’t; such neutral que ries were out of the question. Pre dictably, as so many before him, he inquired about my ethnicity and then to further exasperate the situ
ation he complimented me on my English proficiency. “You speak English so well. How long have you been here?” I resisted the urge to punch him, and responded, “Since birth,” and left it at that. It was the same feeling I get when people ask another one of my fa vorite questions, “Where are you from?” The simple answer - San Francisco - never seems to suffice. Most of the time the inquirer stares at me as if ellipses linger in the air, as if they expect me to site some exotic locale I was bom in and de scribe my daring voyage to America. Occasionally, they’ll com pensate for my lack of detail with, “No, I mean where were you bom?” or “No, I mean where are your par ents from.” The problem with this query is that besides being utterly offen sive, it elicits a response more com plex than superficially apparent. The interest of the speaker exceeds mere geography or cultural curios ity. Depending on who asks the question, it can be interpreted as either “Are you one of us?” or “Are you one of them?” It follows that the response to this question is actually a procla mation of allegiance. My ethnicity has been a topic of interest ever since I can remember. People are never quite able to pin point my origins. Most of the time people compensate for their con fusion by lumping me into one of various categories - usually defin ing me as Mexican. This is not surprising, being that we live in a society that re volves around the idea of lump ing. We lump people into eco nomic brackets. We lump people according to religion. We lump people according to political af filiation. In fact, we all began lump ing in high school when we first identified the nerds, the cool kids
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and the rebels. It almost seems logical to lump, being that categorizing is based on simplification, and through catego rization we better understand the world around us. But the problem is that this phenomenon of lump ing leads to stereotyping and gen eralizations. Soon, distinctions are so vividly drawn that it becomes a matter of us versus them. Of even more immediate concern is the fact that lumping robs the individual of his or her identity. Take, for example, when people ask me, “Are you Mexican?” This in furiates me for two reasons. First, I am Puerto Rican and Salvadoran, two cultures completely different from the Mexican one. To classify me in a category which I do not belong to robs me of my culture and identity. Furthermore, if people really must ask about my ethnicity, why can’t they ask about it directly with out first making assumptions. Not every person with brown skin is Mexican. Moreover, the funny thing is that these assumptions vary regionally. Here everyone thinks I’m Mexican. When I vis ited Florida everyone thought I was Cuban. If I go to New York, maybe people will finally get it right. My second problem with lump ing people into ethnic categories is that it only seems to happen to people of color. I don’t go up to every Caucasian I see and say “Are
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Mainers get a sneak peak at Hollywood's latest Courtesy o f Associated Press
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) Mainers will get a sneak peak at the Hollywood production “Message in a Bottle,” which was filmed almost entirely in Maine last summer. The movie starring Kevin Costner and Paul Newman will premiere at two theaters in Brunswick on Feb. 8, four days before it opens at theaters around the rest of the country. Maine Film Office Director Lea Girardin said she is trying to con vince Newman to attend. Costner will not be able to come. Proceeds from the premiere’s ticket sales will benefit the nonprofit Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, which let production crews shoot several
scenes inside its boat shop for six days last summer. The movie is set in North Caro lina but nearly all the movie's scenes were shot in M aine, Girardin said. Locations include Portland, New Harbor, a fishing village in the Lin coln County town of B ristol, Popham Beach in Phippsburg, the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, and several historic homes in Bath. “I’ve been told the scenery is drop dead gorgeous. Visually, the film is supposed to be absolutely stunning,” said Girardin, whose office worked behind the scenes for months to convince Warner Bros. Studio to shoot the film in Maine. “Message In A Bottle” turned
out to be the largest film project ever created in the state. The film’s producers estimated its 225 pro duction crew workers and 200 ex tras spent about $6 million on local goods and services during their stay here last summer. In the movie, Wright Penn plays a divorcee with one son, who works for the Chicago Tribune. She finds a bottle on a deserted coastline that contains a moving, passionate let ter signed by “G”. Her search for the letter’s author leads her to the outer banks of North Carolina, to a sailboat builder named Garret Blake (Costner), a solitary widower. Newman plays Costner’s father. Dodge. The movie is based on a bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks.
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ACM Hello members, Hope everyone is doing great! ACM has planned a variety of ac tivities as the term progresses. ACM had one of its memorable moments as we cel ebrated the 16th birthday of the coaxial battery on 24th January, 99 in our Sin Lab. We are in the process of setting up a web page for the 16-year old! We had the first meeting of the ACM software development program last Thursday, Jan 28,1999. There was a very good response and we hope the interest remains the same. Tom Sedeinbcrg gave an excellent Perl Tutorial last Tuesday, Jan 26th which was very wellattended. We are hoping to gel more tuto rials on Perl and other nifty stuff pretty soon! Amongst the activities that are coming up, first of all is the ACM trip to the Sun Microsystem’s facility at Burlington on the 4th Feb, 99. We almost have a bus-full of members who signed up and will be going. In addition, we have a talk presentation by our very own Prof. Heincman on the 11 th Feb, 99. It will be held in SL 121 from 6-7:30 pm. We are also having Digital come up and give a talk about some pretty neat stuff at our next general meeting which will be up soon. So, we have tons of activities planned for all of you! Let us know of your comments and suggestions by emailing us at acm@wpi.edu. Also, stop by at the SIN Lab and don’t hesitate to have a look at our BBoard in the basement of Fuller Labs. See ya all!
Newm an Club Had a great Sunday afternoon of tailgat ing . Who said we could not equal Patriot's tailgating? Thanks to Greg MacLeod for his work in setting it up even if his room mate, Tom Vogiman, kept asking him every hour if everything was all set. Thanks Tom for doing that. Also, thanks to all the cooks
for helping out. Even Lauren W did not mind the cold of the day. Lauren hounded Tom and Greg that the people from Florida know how to run a real tailgating party. Tom and Greg hope to get invited to Miami for next year’s game and party. Our executive Board has decided that the following events will take place during the month of February; Video and Pasta night on Friday, Feb. 19th, Retreat Day on Saturday, Feb.20th, Nursing Home Minis try every Sunday afternoon and a visit to Wright’s Chicken Farm - dale to be an nounced. Sometimes between all of these we are going snowtubing when the weather gives us plenty of snow. Jen Hardy is busy setting up our Appa lachia in Worcester Project which will take place on Tuesday, March 16th. More de tails and how to sign up will appear in fu ture edition of Newspeak. The Nominating Committee will be meet ing towards the end of the month. Anyone interested in being nom inated for a Newman Office, please contact Greg Macleod, our president. You are welcome to Our Faith and Dis cussion group that meets every Wednes day night at 8:30 PM in the Religious Cen ter.
Society for M edieval Arts and Sciences Court was relatively small this time, but the entertainment was talented as always and a new Herald-in-Training was discov ered! The Tailor’s and Bardie’s Guilds had announcements to make. Master Anthea is planning to hold another garb-making session, this one primarily for hats. Mas ter Corrie is still trying to start a weekly practice in period music. Also, the middle eastern dance class will probably be mov ing to Tuesday nights after the meetings. The Royal Exchequer gave a positive fi
nancial report, but we were at a loss over what to do with all that money until some one suggested throwing a faire! What a novel idea! Therefore, the Baron has de creed a faire to be held, probably in the afternoon of April the 10th. We’re looking for entertainers of all kinds, people to help with food and history and games, and for raffle prizes. Committees will be starting work next week. There has been some confusion, per haps, about meeting times. Meetings offi cially start at 7pm this term, with commit tees working for however long is neces sary. Practice in the combat of light weap ons is Mondays 7:30-9:30pm and Satur days at 2pm. The baronial court can be reached via realms@wpi.edu.
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Student G overnm ent A ssociation SGA had its second meeting of the 9th Senate session at 6 PM in the Lower Wedge on Tuesday. The SGA Committees are now in full operation: a short goal-setting ses sion followed the meeting for all SGA com mittees. There are two constitutional amendments currently on the table. One is a motion to increase the size of the Senate, increasing student representation from one senator for every one-hundred students to one senator for every eighty students, in creasing the Senate size by seven sena tors. The other motion deals with the time necessary to enact Constitutional amend ments. Currently, an amendment needs to be public for five days before it can be voted on by the Senate. This proposed amendment reduces the necessary time to one calendar day, allowing for more expe dient updates to the Constitution. Both of these motions passed their initial votes last meeting, and require one more vote of ap proval at the next meeting in order to be enacted. As always, any questions or con
W PI Linux Association Hey everybody, there’re more cool WPILA events coming up all the time, so if you can actually cross campus without getting stuck in the middle of a tour group, come on down! This week WPILA Secre tary George Caswell gave the group an in troduction to Guile, the GNU extensibility library, and a brief introduction to the GIMP. Additionally, WPILA President Dan Murphy gave a brief introduction to the CVS source-code management system. Plenty more informational talks and fun events are planned, and WPILA members should consider themselves the central part of this planning. Also, elections are coming up... Yes, even those WPILA officers who haven’t yet gone senile are being put to pasture.. unless, of course, they get re-elected... So if you’re a WPILA member and think you could do a better job, now’s your chance to prove it. Watch for upcoming details of the exact time and place of WPILA elec tions, and prepare your acceptance speeches! And finally, for those who don’t know, the WPI Linux Association is a WPILA is a peer education and mutual support group: new members are always welcome, no dues or other membership obligations apply* Our weekly meetings are every Monday night at 7PM in Fuller Labs 311, and we hold joint meetings with the Worcester Linux Users Group about once a month - the next is on February 18th at 7PM in Kinnicutt Hall. Contact wpila@wpi.edu or see http://www.wpi.edu/ -wpila for more information.
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strategy for Monday’s videotaped depo sition. These advisers, inside and outside the White House, cautioned on Friday that final decisions would not come until later this weekend. They stressed the goal was to use their side’s four hours of questioning of Ms. Lewinsky to embolden the 44 Senate Democrats who have already voted to dismiss the case and who hold the abil ity to acquit Clinton at the impeachment trial. House prosecutors are expected to zero in on details of the relationship in an ef fort to show the president’s efforts to find Ms. Lewinsky a job were inextrica bly connected lo her filing a false affida
vit denying their affair and that the hid ing of gifts he had given her was part of a scheme by Clinton to obstruct justice. In stark contrast, the White House le gal team is likely to work the margins of Ms. Lewinsky’s account, accentuating her most favorable past testimony. Chief among those statements was her asser tion last August: “No one ever asked me to lie and I was never promised a job for my silence.” One adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the goal would be to show that any cover sto ries Ms. Lewinsky and the president developed were aimed at hiding their relationship from the beginning “like any two embar rassed adults” and were not constructed later to obstruct justice.
The C rim son C lipboard L ib ra r y s e m in a r fo r g r a d u a te s tu d e n ts Attention Graduate Students: Do you know what you need to do to graduate from WPI? You can find out by attending “What You Need to Do to Get Out of Here.” In this half-hour seminar, Registrar Nikki Andrews and Librarian Judy Fallon will explain what forms you need to fill out need to fill out, and the theses and dissertation guidelines you have to follow so you can graduate from WPI without any hassle. “What You Need to Get Out of Here” will take place on Tuesday, February 2 from 12 Noon - 12:30 PM and Wednesday, February 3 from 6 - 6:30 PM, in the Forkey Conference Room in Harrington Auditorium. This seminar is sponsored by the George C. Gordon Library in conjunction with the Projects and Registrar’s Office. Don’t miss this meeting... or you may be staying here a while. A P O S e rv ic e P r o je c t Alpha Phi Omega, the national co-ed service fraternity, is sponsoring a campuswide service project on Saturday February 6lh, at lpm in the Lower Wedge. All participants will help decorate boxes that can be used as coloring boards for children in the hospital. Everyone is welcome to join APO in this great cause!
The president’s defenders have also discussed posing some questions about the threat of prosecution she and her parents were under as Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr’s office tried to compel her cooperation. “Ms. Lewinsky was never asked by Mr. Starr’s assistants in the grand jury about the kinds of coercive threats which were made against her and her family,” said former Watergate prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste, an outside adviser to the White House. “And since she will be under oath, she will be obliged to answer questions of that nature.” Ben-Veniste said C linton’s lawyers could use their questions to point out that when FBI agents and Starr’s pros ecutors confronted Ms. Lewinsky in a hotel on Jan. 16, 1998, and threatened her with perjury in the Paula Jones case, her lawyers had not yet filed with the court clerk the affidavit denying a sexual rela tionship with Clinton. “It was absurd but I’m sure very real to her at the time,” Ben-Veniste said. Two lawyers who have played a role in the p resident’s defense at the trial, Deputy White House Counsel Cheryl M ills and private attorney N icole Seligman, are preparing for the Lewinsky interview although it is unclear who will actually pose the questions for Clinton’s side. The president’s supporters, mindful that Ms. Lewinsky would risk her pro
tection from prosecution if she altered her account substantially, are taking pains to portray her in public as truthful and consistent. It is a marked difference from a year ago when presidential lawyers sought out inconsistencies in her story, hoping to discover an innocent explanation for her 37 visits to the White House after she was no longer employed there. Other presidential supporters were dismissing her as a “stalker.” “I don’t see her as a hostile witness at all,” said former presidential special coun sel Lanny Davis, who continues to ad vise the White House. “On 23 occasions, she was questioned by Ken Starr’s staff, anxious to bulldoze her, and I admire the fact that she has stuck to the truth throughout.” But while both Ms. Lewinsky and Clinton now admit to an affair, they dis agree on aspects of their relationship that are key to the House prosecutors’ obstruction and perjury cases. For instance, they differ about the tim ing of their sexual intimacy. She says it began in November 1995 when she was still an intern; he says it began in early 1996, after she was a full-time employee. White House lawyers are likely to avoid that sensitive issue in the deposition, and instead contend in their closing arguments that any conflicts are just innocent differ ences in recall, advisers said.
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projects, a one-hour trouble shooting session of a TV, VCR, computer and fax machine, and two tests on theory. “All of this took part in an open booth that was part of the International Consumer Elec tronics Show,” noted Tim. “Visitors pass ing our booth and even a film crew ob served us during the competition.” The World Youth Skills Competition is
the capstone of the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA) skills competition. As a winner of the national contest Tim will be provided a six months advanced training internship with a CEMA member company. Tim will begin work at Philips Consumer Electronics Co. in Jefferson City, Tenn. in May. He will also receive an all expense paid trip to the world contest.
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Wednesday, January 20 11:22pm - Assist: Student’s MV sliding in ice, officers attempting to assist. 11:26pm - Assist: Student contacted to move vehicle in Stoddard Lot.
10:00am -4:00pm - Red Cross Blood Drive, Founders Basement 12:00pm - Resume Writing Workshop, CDC 4:30pm - Quadfest 7 Planning Meeting, SL 121 1 i 6:00pm - 8:00pm - Women's Basketball. WPI vs. Mount Holyoke, Harrington 8:00pm - 10:00pm - Men’s Basketball. WPI vs. Springfield, Harrington 8:00pm - Coffehouse. Peter Mulvey, Riley Commons
Thursday, January 21 10:00am - Atwater-Kent: Motorcycle removed from 3rd floor area. 2:00pm - Assist: Becker PD with Worcester PD. Assault that happened on 290 ending at Sever Street. 8:05pm - Disorderly Persons: Large group of youths running through the gyms disturbing. 8:10pm-Code 5: 15 youths were removed from gyms. 9:59pm - Medical: Alumni Court level, student with injured ankle.
10:00am - 4:00pm - Red Cross Blood Drive,Founders Basement 7:00pm - Interviewing Skills Workshop, HL 116
Friday, January 22 7:59am - Property Damage Accident: Library lot, near Kaven Hall, car on stone wall. Saturday, January 23 3:35am - Suspicious Persons: Officer out with 2 subjects at Dean Street. 3:50am - Officers clear Dean Street, subjects warned of trespass.
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Sunday, January 24 12:32am - Fire Alarm: Alden Hall. 12:42am - Officers & WFD clear Alden Hall, smoke detector activation IMfloor south. 12:53am - Assist/fire alarm: Sargent reports assisted WFD with fire alarm at Salisbury St. 2 :17am - Assist/fire alarm: Sargent reports assisted WFD with fire alarm at Wachusett St. 2:28am - Disorderly Person: Report of violent subject in Riley causing damage within building. 3:05am - Medical Response: Institute Hall, intoxicated student vomiting. 4:08am - Assist/fire alarm: Worcester Fire Department reports responding to fire alarm sounding at Wachusett St. 4:30am - Assist/fire alarm: Worcester Fire Department requests officer to Wachusett St. 4:43am - Sargent reports that Wachusett St. has been evacuated per order of WFD due to water leaking from pipes onto electrical fixtures; responsible person from house will notify this department when situation is rectified by plumber and electrician. 2:47pm - Heath & Well being Check: Parent called looking from student. Has not heard from him since Thursday, has been trying to contact since Saturday. Student is a known diabetic. RA contacted. 3:00pm - Code 5: Student not in room; note left by RA to call home. 9:42pm - Medical: Riley, 19yo female bleeding profusely from the nose.
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