DMOH beat Flu in Battle by Eric Rasmussen Newspeak Staff On Saturday night Alden Hall was the sight of W PI's annual Battle of the Bands. This year’s battle was signifi cantly smaller than those of the past few years. There were only five bands competing, and there were prizes for the top two bands only. On the good side, the prizes were more significant this year. Second prize was a $200 gift certificate to Union Music, and first prize was a $500 gift certificate to Union Music. Before I tell you who won these fabulous prizes, let me tell you about the show. The first act was not a band, but instead the night’s emcee/comedian. Unlike the comedian at last year’s Battle of the Bands, this one was funny. His name is Jonathan Solo mon, and he has been seen on NBC’s
Comedy Club, MTV and VH1, CB S’ morning program, and performed at famous comedy clubs such as Catch a Rising Star and the Improv. The first band to perform was Hush Hush. The members of Hush Hush are Jonathan Bird on drums and vocals, Gregory Harrington on bass and vo cals, and Jeffrey Hebert on guitar. This was a solid band that played a set of mostly original high energy rock and, by the end of their performance, incited several people to get up and dance in front of the stage. They finished off their performance with the drummer coming out to the front of the stage, grabbing one of the amps, jumping on it, and finishing it off with a fire axe. One thing that surprised me about this band was who their drum mer was. As you may or may not know, Jonathan Bird used to be the lead singer and lead guitarist for a
fairly popular WPI band known as The Project. After hearing him belt out some scorching guitar solos for the past few years, I was very sur prised to see him pounding away quite skillfully on the drums. The second band was Thin Red Line. The members of TRL are Peter Jenkins on drums, John MacNeill on keyboards, sax, and vocals, Troy Nielson on guitar, bass, and vocals, and David Rostcheck on bass and guitar. These guys were one of the more flavorful bands of the night. From rock to slap bass funk to blues, this band played a set of mostly origi nals very well and managed to get quite a crowd dancing it up in front of the stage. Their final song was a cover of a song by the Sonic Youth. For this, they brought out a smaller second set continued on page 3
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Influenza plays at Battle of the Bands on Saturday night.
The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Volume 18, Number 2
Ttiesday, January 30,1990
F in a n c ia l A id a p p lic a t io n s f o r 1 9 9 0 -1 9 9 1 by Laura Purutyan Assistant Director o f Financial Aid The financial aid application pack ets for the academic year 1990-91 are available now. Current financial aid recipients in the Classes of '90, '91, and '92 who have enrolled since Term A '89 should already have received their packet in their mailboxes. If you did not receive an application and plan to apply for assistance please obtain the necessary forms at the Financial Aid Office.
The following list contains several items to consider as students and par ents begin completion of the applica tion forms. Please review the follow ing and note those items relevant to your application: 1. Completion of the Financial Aid Form (FAF) is much easier if students and parent(s) have completed their tax returns. Therefore, in conjunction with your parent(s), please make ev ery effort to complete your 1989 IRS tax returns as soon as possible. 2. Important points related to the
B o y n to n P iz z a c lo s e s by Joe Paker Newspeak Staff Boynton Pizza, one of the WPI stu d e n t’s favorite hangouts, has closed its doors. The final night of business concluded at 12 midnight last Saturday, January 27. According to the source I spoke to, it should just be a temporary affair, while they search for a new site. “We want to stay in the local area,” I was told, but he said that no progress has been made on finding a site. A favorite location because of its proximity to the campus, the pizza shop will be missed during its sabbati cal. According to the man I spoke
with, the move arose out of a non renewal of their lease. “W e’re kind of being pushed out. I guess the owner of the building wants to take over or something.” One student I talked to said: “ I think they should move into the pub and be open regular hours, they’d make a killing. It’s mostly WPI people in there all the time, anyway.” Another said “I’m sorry to see it go, it was a good alternative to daka.” The promise to stay in the area, however, sounds as if they are appre ciative of the business that the stu dents here supplies them, and hope fully their absense from the area will be brief.
O rder o f O m ega chap ter established by Danielle Bellavance and Prof Frank DeFalco Order of Omega is a very prestig ious national Greek honor society that honors those Greek students who have shown outstanding leadership-char acter and involvement with their insti tution as well as strong achievement academically. The purpose of the Order of Omega is to recognize Greek men and women who have attained a high standard of leadership in inter fraternity activities, to encourage them to continue along those lines, and to inspire others to strive for similar conspicuous attainment. The organization brings together outstanding men and women who will help mold the sentiment of the institu tion of questions of local and intercol legiate fraternity affairs. The Order of Omega also brings together faculty, alumni, and student members of the institution’s fraternities and sororities on a basis of mutual interest, under standing, and helpfulness; to help
create an atmosphere where ideas and issues can be discussed openly across Greek lines and to help work out solu tions. The Order of Omega was founded at the University of Miami in 1959 and presently consists of over 200 chapters across the United States. With the help of Nancy Denney, assis tant Dean of Students, the WPI chap ter of the Order of Omega was estab lished. The chapter is advised by Professor Frank DeFalco of the Civil Engineering Department. Dean Bill Grogan is a faculty member of the charter group which also includes: Vincent Tyler III: president, John Bell: vice president, Michael Kelleher: treasurer, Danielle Bellavance: secretary, Earl Larson: selection committee chairman, Greg Baryulk, Michelle Petkers, Jen Tobin, David W oodilla, Je ffre y C uddy, Pete Tousignant, William Keefe, Michael Bowen, Susan Bamabo, Cindy Bachelder, Lindwood Brown, and Debra Whitman.
FAF: a. Use a #2 pencil to com plete the entire FAF. The FAF will not be processed if completed in ink. b. Attention Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island resi dents: If you have not received a FAF for your particular state, inquire with the Financial Aid Office. c. Follow the instructions included for each data item requested. d. Make a copy of the FAF before submitting it to the College Scholarship Service and retain the copy for your records. 3. Our instructions refer to the
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form for “Divorced or Separate Par ents.” These forms are available in the Financial Aid Office. 4. Please be aware that you will not be advised of your financial aid until approximately July 1, 1990. Finan cial Aid recipients in the current freshmen class should note that this upperclass notification date is consid erable later than the date entering freshmen are notified. 5. Current members of the class of ’90 who anticipate continued enroll ment in the 1990-91 academic year will need to obtain an application packet at the Financial Aid Office. (Please note that the policy of Finan
cial Aid eligibility for grant and schol arships being available only for 16 terms is closely monitored.) 6 . Students who entered WPI dur ing the current Term C ’90 will have to obtain their application packets for 1990-91 at the Financial Aid Office. 7. All students applying for finan cial aid for the 1990-91 academic year please note relevant deadlines stated on the application packet and in cluded in the instructions. 8. Most importantly, please con tact staff members of the Financial Aid Office with any questions you may have regarding completion of the 1990-91 forms.
B la c k H is to r y M o n th o b s e r v e d a t W P I W orcester Polytechnic Institute will host a variety of programs during the month of February in observance of Black History Month. A special committee of students, faculty and staff was formed to plan and schedule the events, all of which will be held on campus and are open to the public. “American Pictures,” a multime dia show that traces a Danish Vaga bond’s personal journey through the American underclass, will be shown Thursday, February 1 at 7 p.m. in Kinnicutt Hall. Admission is free. WPI and the Jazz Worcester Soci ety will cosponser a concert by Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra Sun day, February 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Har rington Auditorium. The event is also a part of this year’s Jazz Worcester Festival. Admission is free for WPI students who order tickets in advance, $4 for WPI faculty and staff, and $8 for the public. Tickets may be pur chased at the WPI Ticket Booth in Daniels Hall or at the Ben Franklin. “We Shall O vercom e” willl be shown Tuesday, February 6 at 7 p.m. in World House, 16 Elbridge Street. The film uncovers the diverse strands of social history that led to the Civil Rights M ovem ent by tracing the sources of the song of the same name. It will be followed by a discussion with black community leaders, in cluding Allan A. Brown and Shirley Wright. Admission is free. Brown is assistant director of admissions at Quinsigamond Com munity College. A 10-year resident of Worcester, he is a member of the board of the Piedmont Opportunity Center and was an unsuccessful can didate for the Worcester City Council last November. Brown says he ex pects the discussion to “focus on is sues pertinent to the growing minority population (black, H ispanic, and
Asian) in Worcester and the issues that will be surfacing over the next few years.” W right has lived in W orcester since 1973. A former teacher with 19years of experience in Massachusetts school system s, W right currently serves as program director at Emman uel Baptist Church, where her hus band is pastor. She is a member of the board of directors of the Worcester Youth Guidance Center, the Advo cates for Excellence in Public Educa tion and the National Council of Christians and Jews. “My remarks to the students will address how they can impact the progress of minorities within the city of Worcester,” she says. Comedian Walli Collins will bring his act to Gompei’s Place at 8 p.m., Friday, February 9. Collins is a native o f Springfield, Mass., who has per formed on radio, TV and at comedy clubs such as Catch A Rising Star and the Comedy Connection in Massa chusetts, and Dangerfield’s and the Improvisation in New York. Admis sion is $ 1. The following evening, Saturday, February 10, G om pei’s Place will rock to the music of the reggae band “One World.” The show will begin at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $2. The film “Mississippi Burning” will be shown at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., Sunday, February 11 in Kinnicutt Hall. Admission is $2. On Tuesday, February 13, Joyce Kegeles and Nii Okai will demon strate trad itio n al W est A frican dances. Their performance will be followed by a showing of “A Dry White Season,” the story of a white school teacher in South Africa whose life and beliefs are threatened when he questions the brutal mistreatment of a young black boy who dies in police
custody. Both the demonstration and the film are free. A panel discussion about Ameri can economic connections to South Africa will be presented on Monday, February 26 in the Archives Room of Gordon Library. Admission is free. Panelists will address the issue of whether the process of democracy in South Africa is best served by current economic sanctions or an extension of those sanctions; the current divest ments of American holdings or more comprehensive forms of divestment by U.S. industries; or progressive policies of economic investment that would require an end to racial injus tices. The forum has been organized by the W orcester Coalition on South Africa— WPI faculty, students and members of the Worcester comunity concerned about bringing an end to apartheid. Additional informatiftn about the forum may be obtained by calling Bland Addison Jr., assistant professor of history in W PI’s Hu manities Department. The Spike Lee movie, “Do the Right Thing,” will be shown at 8 p.m. Tuesday, February 27 in Kinnicutt Hall. Admission is free. An exhibit of materials from the collected papers of W.E.B. Du Bois, a black scholar, poet and civil rights leader, will be on display in Gordon Library form February 15 through February 28. The exhibit has been prepared by the Archives of the Uni versity of Massachusetts at Amherst and is supported by a grant from the M assachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy. It provides a biographical overview of Du Bois’ life and deals with both intellectual achievem ents and ihe highlights of his carcer.