[The Stute] March 10, 1978 (Issue 19, Volume LXXVI)

Sluea Sets 'Baken Schedule

Novel and exciting, the acllvlties-packed weekend dubbed "'Boken" begins with the IDC, IceCream Party on Friday night, April 21 Featuring deans and IDC reps as soda Jerks, the Ice Cream party will tak.e place on the gym patio. Then hustle, twist, and boogie your Friday night away. (as well as those colaries) at the BSU Disco in Jacobus l.ounge or loin tha promendacjers at a Barn Dance on the 4th floor conference room of the Oenter,

••• .definite· plans for 'Boken

,T,iifj,(>na'lld:,:Fil1ancial Aid Increased

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but Irom and histltule,:annoUl;icea .that' slale, ,Iunds. ' Without' other sources of funding; the rate of • ,In, ttte; would lie 40% higher.

The, stUdents' cClntributlon to ,w,11 rl!,lsethe tul- the ,op9r/ltlon 01, \he aoademic tlCln' rate, ,to !$3950.oo, (through to Ilion) departments tlon; 'tuition, ,foY' ftill'. time. Isusuallyabouthalfoflhe$2.5will be·'·M million necessary funds. .Or; l'Iogers wished to stress

class of 1982's enrollment. Dr. Rogers stated that it will have "no effect," On the other hand, Or. Rogers, said that applications for the class 01 1982 were "more than ever" and that a waiting list will be lormed Incoming freshmen.

Saturday's events open as the varsity lacrosse team takes on CCNY on the ath letic field, Following this spectacle, will be the STUCO games. All students are Invited to participate In the Tug of War, Egg Toss, Bat Game, Volleyball Match, and the marathon stUdent versus facUlly softball game. The IFO Midway will bring the carnival atmosphere to this campus with betting wheels, a skateboard. rally, ping pong games, frisbee, and pie throwing. Another at· traction will be a car demolition booth spot\sored by the Bates.

Treats lor the palate are also being planned by lhe Graduate Students Association and Gear and Triangle. The Graduate StUdents Association is planning an International food day. "Foods of the World," G and T Is sponsoring a Barbeque to be held during the sporting events of the day.

No time to catch to breath, as Saturday night arrives with more parties and fesllvlties to enjoy. The Rathskellar will be filled with the talented and not so talented amOrlgst us, vying for prize money in the long-awaited Gong Show.

In the field house, a mixer fealurlng SMILE is in lhewor!<s, During one band break. a beer race will be held.

'Boken Is still a growing event and needs your ideas and InvolVement. Participants for the G"ong Show are needed. Keep in mind thatlirst prize will exceed 100 dollars. AlSO, if you 'have any ideas of which of the records in the Guiness Book of World Records we can break, !lubmit your Idea to Ron Hoise, BoX 503.

STUCO·Honor Board Reps Elected

Heidi Maderwere chOsen to fill them. Lou Oddo is the first alternate.

291 VOleS were tallied; 94 for the junior reps, 108 for the class of 'SO and 89 forfrl!$hman class reps.

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Ipr Plltt.lIme gra.d,uate that when.the tuition lit Stevens , ,.... ,,' , ., ", lscompared to other private '-. When. , ,questioned Or, the, engineering schools suoh as '(eaSOn ',Ior't\1e:lndrease in tul- M.I.T. and,R.P,I., thetOlllon at STUCO' and Honor Board' Miller, the other candidate, is t1ori,,:Or.·,ROgers stated·thif'ln- Stevens Is.much low,er. Offset- class representatives were lirst alternate. Kathy ,crease' was due,to the raising of' tlng the Increased costolluitlon elected this week In balloting Burkholder was elected to the faculty:' salaries.· tui,tlon', itsel!, will be In the IInan- which ttlok place on Tuesday S<1phomore class' one emply pays,on,ly for: day :,to', day ex- clal aid offered by the Institute, and Wednesday. place; Kathy O'Ml!lIey holds the , penses' and some administra- Financial aid will be on the 314 ballots were cast In the first alternate spot. order'of $2.3 million next StuCoelections.Ollhe88votes Four spols were open in the (eg , the year; buhac/! student oon'".lol '7.9, John Milani, lou' ·.freshman class; Tom Alameda, ,bISh'(lg' ,on lin Biondo· 'and Steve Grananali Joe Duke. Tom Hughes and 1(I(Ide coll'iplex_ thE! lnsia.llmellt" Th,s Increase won'the topthree spots. Mike 01 the new computer In of fmanclal aid was described Mortarulo is first alternate. computer ,center,.' thll by Dr. Rogers as ""ubstantlal" , ,Chemlstl'y,:Chemlcal Engineer: as 'was the iindergradlrate tul· , .:, rU'n'delfb{'iIOn "'{crease: In 'regard to the paYrY)ents 'pI effect of t'!.i.tion Increase on the

'In thi! class. Pat Caramante, Mary Doddy, and Ian Howe were chosen as reps; Steve. Vllkovsky is first aller nate. 108 ballots were cast.

Plans Pre-Law Forum

Women high s,chool juniors and their, guidance counselors will, 'sUend a one-day acnference on Women'inEngineerIng to be held at Stevens; March 15. This oonference will, be Sllohsored In' co-operation with the,.Stevens Chapter of S,W.E. ,Rurpose 'of the can• ference Is to helll young high ,schoOl women' who' excel in. , science and mathematics understand' their" talents and and: t,il Inform them about oareer opportunities In theenglnellringfield, aocordlng to ,Roberta ,Johnson, .Assistant Dean' for Student Alfalrs. Women engineering graduales are oUfrantly being ollered Ill(oellent positions In Industry, gQvernment and eduflBtion. "With the strong growth In ,opportunities for women In engineering has come a concern on the part of oollogos and oorporatlons that many wallwomen are unaware 01 these opportunities," Dean Johnson said.

Tho 00nlere1109, supporled by oorporate and foundation grnnts, will address this conoarn by Including presontntlorlS und dlacusalons by praotlolno wolllan' 0I10lnoor8, Inoludlng tl1roo Slovens 1I1U11111M lind by (lo-odQ, Prostlntly '13<l W(lllIO" /11'11 onmlltlti In I1ltl IhM) linfi6romdulllll PI'0\1 1'III1HI.

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Tours of tne college'.s 55 acre campus and laboratory demonstrations will also be part of the Conference. The Inslilute will follow up by offering the participants the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) test which Identifies engineering aptitude In precollege Sill dents. The results of the test will be reported to Ihe students and their cO!Jnselors and can be used as an aid In career counseling.

The conference will be Irom

9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. In the Stevens Center. The JETS test 'will be given on March 18 Irom 9:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. In the Kidde Lecture Hall.

AseE Field Trip To Construction Site

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL EMIIIMEEIIS

The Stevens Ohnplerol MOE will be 5po"sorll19 illioid trip to lho MarlO!l VlllW Plalll construction alto 011 Wlldnosdny, March 15, Mr, AI)thony Snlvntorlollo, who Is tho project Manngor with BriscOl! Construotlon Co" will glvon presonliltion nl tho construction slto.

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Sl'tlllid llll 1t11\"lllt.l1l1 1:00 P.M. 11)1 II 111101 tllih bofl1l " PIOt11'II,Hl111 til 1M Silt>.

Cindy Hughes ••Ed Najmy and Susan Sherman were elected to the Council as reps. forlheelass of '81. Ron Ruberman holds the first alternate place; 188 ballots were cast.

In the Honor Board elections. Ed Pines will fill the !lnly vacancy for the class of '79, while Bill

Nuclear Energy Expert To Address Campus

On March 14, Sam Lovejoy, a nationally known and respected expert on (and opponent of) nuclear energy. will meet with membors of the Stllvens community In Kidde l.ecture Hall. His talk is sponsol'llCl by the Human\l\es Oepartment.

Lovejoy attracted lUltional atlention on Washlngton'to birthday, 1974, whOn, alone. ha pushacl over a 500 loot tower at lhe slle at a propooed nuclear power plnnt in Montaguo, MassachusettS. Tl1a incldanl was lmllladintely pickad UP by lim !lOWS l11odla. and ,Lt:>volo\' DtlCt11110 I' nalh:mal I'gulIlln tho IInll-nuclQIII' InOV€l!l111nl.

SUMOlllltlnUy, hll hlls 1l000000lUtl !lOI only II 101' lh" lIIOVllmOI1l but nlso II CI)nlml flgum III U", Ct",nsbtlIlAlIinntw. tim nllli'ln's f)flndplt' ",)t!"lIcltllll U1t) 1l11.'u!,

Because new and challenging opportunities exist in the legal profession for stUdents with engineering-science background. a Forum is planned to acquaint. all sllldenls at Stevens with exisllng prospects and possibilities. Sponsoring this. forum will be a group of Stevens Alumni lawyers who will be In attendance to discuss the legal profession with interested sludenls. A meeting is which was responsible for the massive demonstration at Seabrook. New Hal!lpshire, last year.

LOwjDy'& Nudeai' War. 11 film porlmYlOg the nuclear deball! in this oountr)' lind lIrtioulating Mr. LolI'Qjoy'a; pointof-view. "'ill 00 show" in Kidda Lecture Hall 01'1

13, at ll:30 P.M. Mr. LG"/oQIOlf"s IlIlk, which will bQ b,+ a will ba h\lld the follow,"!! i!wnIng. TuesdllY, at 1:00 l".111. In Kidda LllCllllQ Hatt

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to be scheduled in late April. It promises to be II mutually informativ!! and pleasant gettogether. Any student whO is conSidering leg:.l studies anyone dOOring to oblain indepth infoonation :sf1oold c>ootact Dr. SiMon R. Laroelli. Humanities Depal1meont llie Pre-law a.cMser. His office ""UI coordinate ai!'tlln!leMeilli$ 1,1\1' !he affair.

Please in(JIil:ale)'OO1 iiIll(lolloo,m to attend 1M Fo<u"" by Ieoat<;i"'l; your na-. bmt l>M. class yIlal will> fbe Department Se<::re1aJy. Rooo'" 215. P>eroe SUildi,ng

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Editorial: letters"

Armageddon

, ' 'It can be worthwhile write 'You'mlght say tiJat Isds not Dear Editor: 'aboul one's experiences simply ; necessary for a sophomore to The Senior Class Allotment because they' are amusing; 'or :, have a thorough understanding covers other !lctlvltles besides, .Interestl'ng:The experiences by ,:oi.everY,:co'urse he'or shetakes, the dance with the main ex pen- themselves are not Important;' My answer Is thai, one of the' dlture being a Senior Dinner'however,.lt,ls,il:ie Insight which '

Well, these past few weeks Cashmere has been lying back Speaker, Hopefully thls,clear,s "one Obtains' after, reflecting ,studerlh with ,ri" soil d observing the various machinations 01- the power elite at ,up any misunderstanding upon the experIElrlCes,that.,ls:" backg'round In the' basic Stevens. The grinding of gears and flesh (With the tortures of which may have' arisen. Ad-. 'impor:tant. As'l near the end.of ,en'glneerlog'sclimces, h II I dh hd dltlonal questions can" be ' , , the mind that follow), of te peope nvove as a answered by contacting me my.stayatStevens,lwould,jlke. :What i:am:leading,'to Is the' Cashmere in alternating states of, bemusement and ' Sincerely; to'wilte

follOWing: I thlnk.'ttiepresent' bewilderment. Bewilderment followed bemusement

Ron Hosie tha hope bellf four" engln',eerlng: becauseCashmere was completely amazed at first at the ' ' STUOD"class '78 rep. some, benfilflt tC1, I currloulum should be replaoed actions of those who are "involved": and then as 'the fury of ' , Box. 503 behind. ". ',', ,c", wi!.tlll' f1 i!!"YE!ilr pfogrl\m; A-five their chorus increased, sadness overcame amazement (due At'Steveils: there a c,on-' ,\leat, ,.program: Wquld ,provide, to the accompanying change in Views).

Dear Editor: filot ,between'" learning 'ri\orellme forstlldents to'grasp' , I would like to bring to the derstl\ndlrigat'd gel: Cashmere, on the other hand, has become quite pleased of what I feel a grade. For 'example; ",any ,In addition; mO,re'cQ,ul'lillscquld With other events around the oampus, Among lhese,are the IS a, Jack of abqui a people have, received B's and, be ,added' to the ourrioulum:, 'I dh faoel of sludent government, ' , , " , large number of nominees for the Student COUI1CI an te Khoda From what I observe A's In lab courses',wlthout un-' ,Engineers mlghl even find time ' " Honor Board, the general revival of spirit and vinegar in the, Khoda' Is Stevens very' derstaridlng, the experiments. for Rumanilies.; ,.', '" student body, and the Increl!sed number of let,ers In the covert organization; I admitted- lodo, Is, fOU!iw:the" STUTE. What neither the student body NOR the of 1'1 am not InvolVed, In student format ,ancl regurgltat!', I ,have 'a' few, 'suggestions. Ihe student organizations should ever beoome is oompla- government" but. other, whats In the ,ltb. notes. In Ohooslng mymaJorwas.OJ:!e:,of,' cent of their situation, As Ii solution, one should qllestion organizations, (stuco, 1,0.0.,: writing lab thlnkll)g Is the' niost diffiCUlt :deciilonii ,I ' things ' that you don't understand and get other peoples" S.R.B., and t!l"-Honthor BO!lrd) discouraged; Indeed" you can made: at 'Stliveris: Unfortii'nate,seem to make emselves b 'II ecf! r do'ng' It" Th " " '" .,','" opinions on sUbjects and a vainglorious image will not to. stUdents. (side e pena, z ",0, ':., .e'IY,: ; occur. This attitude is meant to apply to all stUdents: note:,The Honor Board,S.R.B." reason .Is that,lfyou, think'"the, freshmen as well as senior. Freshmen so they might tearn the and Security Commlttee,have a tp, declalo.". , ' d" list, of members. with their box Lecture courses are Itlctlms of.: experiments dompOllllng' the worki ngs of student government at Stevens; an ,semors so ,number on ,the bulletin board this conflict, too;' The proble",'" E28 'iall' course 'prOVided l;,sllf" they might not become stagnent in Industry. As a closing next to the post office, I com- 'with these courses is'there"are'f1cieni )nforinlillon"aoout Ihought to seniors, the following applies,from Edmund them. ot course these too" man,yof Burke: ,',' hsts be \lpdated .at this. sophomore yasr Is, the 'prime' each dePartment sllould offer a ,. , , th" sofev'ltowlnl'ntheworl'd t1me,sonoanewoffloarshave' ","',',,' .". :""',, , " '""

'''All that,s necessary ,or II il8en elected: This seems'to be example, of studllnts being 'mini coul'll8l!Vllk;h is for enough good men to .do nothing. • an easy way to provldesludents overlQaded WI,th, !lourses. a.s an ,iritred,ucllon, to , with a meens of contacting of" Well', since the elections for the neW editor-In-chief of the these groupS. Howaboutdolng enough lime to, acquire' a engln'!9rlng. STUTe will be held nell! week; this\liill then be the last issue the, same Stuco and I.O:C.?)·, thOrough !-Inderstandlng of all 'shOUld bf!!'

I will write an editorial for,; I wquld .lIke to. tl)ank ail Khoda although, Is " ,.:the the sUblectslhay are required to reqUi(edto,take'litleastthl'ee'of the people who helped the newspaper this past year, secretS8ntorSociety, :',orso 'tllke;",The' only,: thing a these'Courses: ,'," ',". especially' the STUTE staff and the readers of the my three year old so,pho'more .learn ,to' do With or \vithOu'i Ii fhia year , newspaper, I just hope Ihe editorials forced people to think, th t 'well Is estimate how long hecan program, Ihese QOi,lrs8S shOUld, " .P!JXP.9S!t If not, e:- lei one course.llde In order 10, ,bllcome part of' the freshman. then we are all closer to Armageddon. "r,.. pla,tnsthow.'Khoda Wo!ks,:,wl:lat, ,catCh up on befor" Ihe, ' " power they have, and "elll h e,1 "" h " direction they operate under. It '''', , , ', • "" , ' : ' , ,',' Is very Importent though, that

The Reverse BIas

. eVlllYone al Stevens knows ' these things. I have.a "',.

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Cookies and Punch will be available at 3:45 p.m.

•All are encourage to atlend·

Affiliated with The Society of Collagiste Journalists Publl.hed every FridaV during Ihe aCldemle year bV the students 0' Slevens InsUlule Of Technologv. Hoboken, N.J. Edltorllllnd otllees Ire loelted In lhe Sleven. Center. Phone: 659-4228. Editorials expre •• Ihe opinion 0' the BOARD ONLY. Adverllslng and sUbscription rates on request.

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Msnaglng Editor

Mary Lemanowlcz '79

New. Editor

Caron Kogan '78

Maureen Burke '78

Features Edltofl

Joanne Beallle '79

Typing Editor

, Tom Malcher '79

BUllne Manager

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Dave Straube '80

Layout Editor

Pat Oaramante '80

SptlrlI Editor

Jim Krt!ft '81

John Andraws '78

Copy Editor

Scott Kushner

Adverliling Manager

Dan Hawkins '78

Bill Miller '79

Photography Editor

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Circulation

Contributing thll week:

Doreen Foster '7& I.ori Bluman '81

Dolores LsMarca '79 DennIs Boudreau '81

Dave Kennedy '80 Mike Cullen '81

Ed McGregor '81

Jim Natale '81

Jeff Silverberg '81

Phil Aoutanza '81

" , suspicion, of 'seoret , ..,',' ",--:, ,", " ,'.-,," , organizations. A gro\lp of First of all, although 'the be'a success"-'!'islialdo (This studenls, whose identities loan' tl tf th's c III n has little to ,do with what I was onlyguessat,maklnglmporlsnt nega ve aspec 0 10m '. deoisions In'seeret, Is not very has already b8!!n talking, abolll, bu! a rell"bl" comforting to me, and hope- I'd like to' pay tribute to, you, editorial expert told melt fully not to anyone else. Fred. When asking.oplnlons on professional to throw In a quote

Bl,ues

I think II Is Within mY rights, your paper, too many times noiN and then) (Sorry-Fred, but and the rights ofBll studanls, 10 have I heard, "Well, anyone ,is ii's all just good olean American be informed about running of better ,than Camille," Vour fun, right?) Now; where was I, Khoda. Who are the members editorial of two weeks ago cer- oh shit, yeah I remember, Look and officers of Khoda, and how' tainly proved you a worthy around you'well, Tech stUdents, are they appointed? Is Khoda edilor. ' How much professlonallsl!\ do funded, and If so how? What Is 'I Khoda empowered ,to do, and, Second. In this column, at last you see?' We have a secur ty what does II do? someone besides Ihe chosen force', on wh'j'ch cerlaln

A copy of their oonstitut.lon, few, oan speak. The flrsl two members find it hard to contain available for public Inspection oolumns have, proven this Idea various types of emotional outat the Center Desk might be to be an excellent one. Take bursts. Is thIs professlona'l? We helpful. In faot, a notebook, with John Smalley, a textbook case have an who Ihe constitution and bylaws ofof the excellent results that can· have had built· in boards, every student government, be obtained 'through drug vacuum' cleaners and other' organization, m'lght be a abuse. I take' exception to those goods 'on order" for about four, worthwhile addition to the hdI hi th t "eserve section orthe library.' who think pot destroys brain mont s, an ce mac nes a , hsve been on order since the I have tried to plead guilty to celis. Quite the contrary, I I charges ,of past apathy, I have believe Marjuana stimUlates beg nnlng of the semester. We never tried to become involved brain oell growth, and Ihalthese have dorms In Which student in student government. But I new cells perhaps contribute re,iresentallves must supply the never signed over my rlghtto be the most to creative thinking. lollets With lollet paper on the Informed and Judgethe facts for (Wow, Man, Intense) (No weekends, or watch his myself. , Idoiotlc oommenls please.) classmates suffer from The only Informatlo'n I can get Inflicted ,constipation. This Isn't now concerning Khoda Is All this talk about drugs sanitary. nol to mention unrumor.lamsuremanyofl!lese reminds me of something else I he'althy., illogical, unmust be Incorrect. But when an' wanted'to talk aboul; Security; professional a!'ld most of all unorganization that has so much or just administration. in Amenoan. have a facully power on campus (HOW mUCh, I general. (Here comes the ' do'n·tknow),operatesseoretlu,1 who feels slrlklng Is' an .' negative part.) Most of us come h bl fII tl oan't help but wonder If they are onora e pro eSS ona ac on. dGoldlng the outoome of oam- 10 this pinnacle of higher I must admit, h'owever, there pus elections or allowing the eduoatlon hoping that,wlth the lire many members, some of admin Istratlon to make proper effort we will emerge a which wel1l on strike and some decisions which are reserved professional, In some field. Un- who dldn'l, who epitomize the for members of the stUdent fortunately, one cannot teach meaning of the word body. I am not accusing Khoda anolher professionalism as one professionalism, Being a stuof any wrong doing, I am Just 'teaches De's. It must be gained saying that when I cannot find through the stUdent's dentofEE,I'vehadthepleasure out lhe truth, I can do little else' association with the available of having some of these bu tfear the worst. professionals as teachers. Not professionals around him. You will excuse me If I'm' not being a self-seeking, name Which reminds me of a quote an optimist, but I doubl that dropper, I would never mention Khoda will come out of the "Get born, keep warm, short that some of these profs. incloset on my request (I HOPE I pants, romanca, learn to dance, clude Prof. Efe and Prof. Wright

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IDCOutlines Policies

Cipllnary action, For further information see the IDC constitution.

The IDC Is an organization composed of students, whose sale purpose Is not to play "Big Brother", We are here-to serve yOU and see that students get a fair break.

Delts Down Chi Psi 32-29

next minute and a half contained some of the most excIting action seen allYearln IFC 'play. With a gym full of howling supporters the Delts took the lead for good 31-29 with jump shots by Joe Zahuta and Pete Tymus wh'lch countered a lay-up by Pete Penn. Steve Grandanall came up with, some great defensive plays In the final seconds to deny Chi Psi a last chance to tie. Tony Massoud sank a foul shot for the final margin, bringing to neught the efforts of Tom Stahowlak, Pete Penn and Lyle Mayer. for the Lodge, While Ohico Rogalln, Joe Zahuta and Ken Mayer played well for the Delts, BUlthere" morelo lcelandielhao just Iowlili'es.

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Lacrosse Outlook Opti,mistic

Can a team with 16 adapting fantastically. If you sophomores and freshmen. out think-the second middies are of 24 players, lum a rebuilding Inexperienced, wait until you year Into a winning season? see the first. Sophomores Detl'That is the question that Coach nis Lang, Rick Abradi, and Pat Rotunda is laced With. with the Caramante, have a combined 78 Lacrosse team. The squad is 2'h varsity seasons under ,their one of the youngest in recent belts. history. Only 5 seniors, and 3 Still. both lines are solid. Still, two major questfon marks, , juniors return and it is on this offensively and defenslveiy, and, remain. Can the Ducks avoid, base of experience that the iflheyjell.theyhavethepolen- the major 'InJuries',.!hat, program must be built. tial to be the best set of middies decimaled last year's squad?

experience under his belt. Add , thai to the fact that he and Billy Wilson are begl;lIiing 10 mesh together as the behlrid eUack pair. and you have a solid attack Il)at is likely. to give trouble.

Luckily, Ihree of Ihe seniors, .Tech has .sean in quite a while, Can Ihey, put the ball In the net, ' relum at delense. With Co- The attack seems 10 be Ihe ' enough. times' 10 win' some', Captain Jim Daly. Scott otller Stevens strong point. games? The injuries, can't be , Silverness, and Pau I Senior Mike Antlerl has been Slopped, but as Coach Rotunda ," Finlelmeler. as well as, moved up from midfield, and said. "Five of our ,top six offen", Sophomore Marty Farrell, com- has looked confident and good sive players are sophomores, ing back. the defense should be In his' new position. The major 'and predicting a solid offense'is the Ducks' strongest point. The strength is In the fact that Alex impossible, but there", is no, two guys who will benefit Marra. last year's leading scorer question that the season' rests' directly from the defense sand MVP. as a Freshman, on our pulling It together on strength are the goalies. Junior returns with that one year 01 offense;" '

Mike Murray. and Sophomore

Bob Henderson. Bolh are capable of tuming' in fine performances. and both will see a great deal of playing time. The key to who will be number one rests in Ihe l<onsistency of performance in the nets.

If inexperience is to be considered the Ducks major weakness. nowhere is it more obvious than al the midfield.

·'Senior··Joe Francomano is the only middle in the top six with over one year of experience at the position. His Iinemates on the second midfield. Joe Grandinetti ·SO. and Co-Captain Chuck Matcovitch '79, are both converted defensemen who are

Women's Fencing

On Saturday March 4. Stevens

Women's Fencing team traveled 10 Caldwell College for the New Jersey lntercollegiale Championships. This competition Involved a field 01 12 college teams. Representing Slevens in the "A" pool was Janice Baldo.

Joann Gheradi and Karlina Sc;o!t fenced in the "B" and "0" pool respectively while Judy Chsura and Nancy Pertowski shared the "C" spot. Fine perform3!'lces were contributed by everyone. Janice Baldo led the team falling short 01 the semi finals in the individual competition by one bout in a fenee-oll.

Joann "Kid" Gheradi showed some fine fenc;lng talent and determination in all her bouts.

Nany Pertowski ended her season with some tough bouts and some strong wins. Captains Karlina Seott and Judy elisura exhibIted some outstanding fencing and led the Ouckette's to a p,lacq of 7th in the State, On the whole the women's lenCln.g team is doing well and Improving greatly, At this same petition last year the came in dead last winning only one bout the whole oay, Now check the improvement: thiS year Stevens women's Fencing Team came 10 seventh and had 20 v,ctQries at thr; Slate competition This year wc: Will also be sending a reprf:sentatfve tr; the Championships .Janice BaldQ w,111 bG thq Duckettr:-s r<:prt1srm tatlv", G')od lUCK, ,Janlc",

Baseball Previ:ew

After an 8-5 season and 8 out Greg Kovacs incenterwlth right, of. 9 starters returnjng, the field going to either junior rom' Stevens baseball team looks Pierce or, freshman Nick like a sure bet to have another. Bonnell. Pierce is c9mlng off a fine season. A healthy team and leg injury sustained during thl! theemergenceofsomepromls- basketball season 'and shoiJld ing lIee readY lllltil the middle of Teach team challenge perennial the season. The other, pitching'" power N.J.I.T. lor tlie lndepen- spot should be IIlIed by either dent Athletic Conference title. Pete Tymus or Gle,n Restivo.

The team is led by senior, ,The- team, heads to FlorIda pitcher Bob Torre who led the March 18forspring training and N.C.A.A. Div. III in e.r.a. (0.90) some eXhibition games. 11 the and was second on the learn in club stays healthy It should be batting (.387). On the receiving another successful season for end of Torre's pitches will be the Ducks.

senior catcher John Jarboe who batted .309 and Is the team caplain. At first base will be junior Tom Palilonlswho balled .435 in his first year of varsily ball. Sophomores Mike Regan and Dan Hamadyk will be vying for the second base job while Bob Scholz will move from third to shOrtstop. Third base will be filled with Bob Torre when he's not pitching or junior Dan McMahon who is coming out for his first time. The outfield will be patrolled by Dan Dosch in lelt,

People who are interested in the

ARCHERY CLUB

We shoot Thursdsy nights f,om 8:30 to 10:00 in the fieldhouse. No beginners. please.

Any girls interested in playing TENNIS for tha newly lormed

TENNIS CLUB contacl Linda Wollkommer or Box 380.

The iDe Spring Semester Sports are in full swing. We are in the thrld week of competition. ' The Bowling turnout.has bean very plliful, On 'Thursday, March 2nd. there were three forfells. Northwest, Hayden, and Palmer gained five points each beoause of the absence of teams from Northeast·835 CPT. ·South. and Marine View Plaza. An unofficial game was piayed between Palmer and North. The high game was bowled by Bob Mitchell, a 176. Albert Ostanek contributed the second highest game for North. a 156. Kathy Ward also made a fine showing for the girls with a 130 game. Palmer won with a final pin tally of 903-771, Volleyball was the highlight of the week with another forfeit by Marine View Plaza. MVP had beller shape up. They have the highest forfeit record. A close set of games were played by Norlhwest and Palmer. Top players Irom the Palmer team were Bob Mitchell, Pat Hickey, Mike Leahy, and Ralph Russenberg. Northwest's top performances came from Bill Butler, Albert Ostenak, Jules Osinski, Norman Hurst, and Shokrollsh·Anseri. Palmer won both games 11Hl, 15-13, Northeasl-835 CPT also

i played a tough game, against lIonl\l, plays were. made South. ,The boys from SQ!!th" by- ShEiila' Banks, and ,Mary were not allowed to spike ·Ihe. "Spacfl", Ivan. Back'i,ng ,tl)Ei!fl up ball. but they' overcame this wer!! Katy O'Ml\,liye, MarY Dodhandicap with exceptionally" dy, Janice Baldo, Jpanne Beatfine team work. South's team';. lie, ,Kathy Burkhqlder:J,oimn was led by Jose Bravo, James Gherardi and kathy Murphy, Wilcox. 'Derovlde, Malfi, and '0 Tatch, and Juan J,lmenez, The If anyone has any questions or Norlheast-835 CPT game was wishes' ·to be' a 'referee for made up of both rookies and VOlleyball. leave a note In Box Sexperienced players. Excep- 380.

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, Well, fOlks;'thei'e are the'Baseball and Lacrosse:p'revlews " , for 1978. Next week to haVe:sorne,pictur.es',pflhe 'i, ,'' '., \,' ", :'''-5TUTE Mainstays'" It is 'very" , obvious ,·th'at boih."ch.ibs couldl)9'tiil'tlleverge , finest seasons, " , For .' fi,ridi nga jpa'tcan!loi!ow :' .' and!t '" '. , second. line ,Is golhgto':b.ea,rilaJor:!factor' for;, the ,Ducks as ,they play.two,doLibl,eneaderS an,dRlay' , ,three Qamesln four.daYlI' bills;, " 'Thls' is atremllridous'straln

, Coach rqb. is to find a rliimber'th'ree'starter:,' , and two'oi' three relief men ,who can ,'do thlfJob:.'·', "",' ,'. "I'" '," ".

The Lacrqsse team, the either h,and;' inU$t ' old scoring prc>I;I:le!T1, The goals .a game last year while giving' I"" ,,',' ,,' ",' ",\. ill •, Improvei;Tlent could flll1her, , but theoff,ense is goi.rig,tll have'to:'9"t put the'b;tU II" thepagfil. 'Co!lch the Yflar that 1ecl) sho.uld '. game thlsy!!ar. lI,he'ls rlghtthlsyii;tr'sret;;uilding program' may turn Into a wlnni,ng season'.v: '." , .' ,," ",:,,' ,• ;. I ,'. I' l" ,1, , You teMis fans,may, be wondering' wl1er,etheTehnis Preview is.Well,I'lllall you: Tennis rrv9u.ts , and I Coach'Mykul,ak to formulate some Ideas on this year:s sq'uad;Therefore "'ftJe''feliilitPreview will ,'i' ": Parting Shot - As I understand it, t;; 'lI:' T. is planl1ing to hold beer bashes during home Lacrosse'. 'and, Basetlall ' '. games that are 'on did It last year during a Lacrosse game ,'and it went'oller •" .• '. ,,' ,. I':'J' big, and.! hope,thatthe o.!,the.ld,ea !!qes oller as big , ,,' ,,'

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Tech Bowlers'in Top Form

The mark of a championship team' is usually detEHmined In the win/loss column. The Stevens Tech bowling team's performance over the past five weeks oertalnIy ranks them as a team of ohaplonshlp caliber. To realize' their recent aocompllshment, the league's point syatem must be understood. Each single game In a match Is worth two points with lotal series worth one poinl, providing a total of seven points In a three game sel. In their last five matches, the Tech bowlers have taken all butlwo points and are currently ,Iding a 33 point winning streak, Stevens' victim last Sunday night was Cooper Union, From the slart, there wes no doubt as

to ,the outcome as Ihe Ducks ripped off three victories. winning each game by at least 100 pins. Junior Mark else was high man, ripping a 243·618 which raised his average to a shade under 18p, Freshman' Ed McGregor has second hono.rs rolling a 211-572. A word of congratulationG can be given to Brooklyn's Diane Rappa who proved that the girls can roll as good as the guys, Diane shot a 24S·6gS league high series two weeks ago amid many Impressed teammates and opponents,

This Sunday will lind Tech betlling against Kings Point, another team who has recently been Improving Its record, after (Continued on page 3. col, 2)

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