GAEA, Plant Services working to improve recycling on campus by Tom Sico Associate Editor Recycling on campus became a hot issue late last school year when the Global Awareness of Environ mental Affairs (GAEA) group hosted a campus-wide meeting on the issue. Students and faculty discussed ideas and options for recycling with mem bers o f a panel from educational and industry organizations, and GAEA presented a program it developed to the community. Some strides have been made since this meeting, most notably at the end of last school year with an increased number of bins for magazine and newspaper removal, but plans are progressing slowly while plant services researches its options. • What is being done now WPI is doing some recycling now of various materials. Currently, most of the heavy paperwork areas on cam pus have recycling bins for ‘office m ix’ paper - blueprint, NCR/FAX, manila envelopes, white ledger, plain
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away rather than trying to do it your white, colored, coated, printed white there is a large usage demand, more may be added. ledger, copy, and laser printer paper. self. This does NOT include coffee cups, Bins are put out for collection of • What happens to the material paper plates, plastic covered/coated phone books in the spring when O urrecycling bins are rented from NYNEX sends out the most recent paper, newsprint/magazines, tissues/ W aste M anagem ent System s, our napkins, brown kraft bags, windowed edition. Tarmasewicz notes that we have been recycling nearly four tons envelopes (unless the window m ate garbage removal service. Each of rial is removed), carbon paper, and fice mix paper bin costs $1.00 per of phone books a year since the pro bindings. month, and each of the news Paul Tarmasewicz, the p a p e r/m ag a zin e bin s are $5.00 per month. These bins A dm inistrative S ervices “ II*' recycle a b o u t 5000 p o u n d s o f Ip a p er I a are placed around campus M anager for W PI’s Plant m o n th a n d th a t's a bout 2 5 r/c o f w h a t's o u t for use, and are em ptied Services, says that “ We th e r e ." when Plant Services is noti recycle about 5000 pounds -P a u l Tarm asew icz, fied they arc full, rather than o f [paper] a month and A d m in istra tive Services M a n a g er that’s about 25% o f w hat’s on a set schedule. The mate out there.” There is cur rial is then taken away by rently no residence hall Waste Management to a sort portion of this program, ac ing facility where it is sepa gram was begun. cording to Tarmasewicz, because of rated and sent on to those companies that reprocess it. In addition to this paper-type re the lack of a method to secure collec tion receptacles from vandalism. cycling, WPI also currently recycles Newspaper and magazine bins are • G AEA’s proposal meets com scrap metal in a bin behind the cam plications pus police station on Dean Street. located in Gordon Library and the The proposal GAEA presented last Anyone can put any type of metal basement o f Boynton Hall. Two bins were also placed in each of spring included making bins avail here to be removed, though Plant Fuller Labs and the Wedge area last able for students to use for glass, Services asks that if there are larger paper, plastic, and aluminum. These week. Faculty and students are en pieces that you would like removed, couraged to use these bins, and if bins would be collected once a week contact them to have the scrap hauled
and taken to a facility where volun teers would separate the material and arrange for it lo be transported lo the proper reprocessing facilities, much like the program currently in place at Clark University. The hope was that a vendor could be found who would pay for the recycled goods, making the program somewhat self-supporting. Snags were hit at two points in this plan - the building and the work ers. Plant Services felt they had a suitable warehouse for the project, but il was sold this summer by WPI, leaving no place for the separation part of the plan to happen right now. Additionally, in talks with former president Jon Strauss, GAEA was told that if the program looked to be working, some work study money would be made available to hire people to do the work. It was learned this summer, however, that to do so would be in violation of federal non competition laws, by allowing com petition for work with the union here. So for now, GAEA is focusing on See Recycling continued on page 2
The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
N e w sp e,a k
Tuesday, November /, 1994
Volume Twenty-two Number Twenty-three
Eight undergraduates named Rutman Scholars for 1994-1995 courtesy o f WPI News Service Eight Worcester Polytechnic Insti tute undergraduates have been named Rutman Scholars for the 1994-95 aca demic year. This year’s scholarship recipients are Karen Goodell of York, Maine, Jeffrey Spaleta of Charlotte, North Carolina; Jennifer Yambert of Evanston, Illinois; Teri Lee Burrows of Hillsboro. New Hampshire; Erik Alldredge of Carson City, Nevada; Mark Suennen of Coventry, Rhode Island; Jay Scott Rine of Wheeling, West Virginia; and Rebecca Kiluk of Tilton, New Hampshire. Three of the students are receiving the Rutman Scholarships for the first time, five are past recipients. Goodell, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Trenor Goodell of York, is receiving the Rutman Scholarship for the first time. A graduate of York
High School, Goodell is a junior ma joring in chemical engineering. She is the vice president of membership de velopment for Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, a member of Masque (W PI’s theatrical group), and stage manager for the Women’s Chorale. In addition, she is a Charles O. Thompson Scholar, a recipient of the SKULL Outstanding Freshman Award, and a member of the Society of Women Engineers. She recently finished her Humanities Suf ficiency on the subjection of women in 17th century England. Spaleta, also a first-time recipient of the Rutman Scholarship, is the son of Sharon Spaleta of Charlotte. A graduate of North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Spaleta is a sophomore at WPI majoring in phys ics and mathematics. He is involved with the Glee Club and the Math Club, and is a cheerleader, a MASH leader.
a Peer Education Team publicist and an alumni liaison. Spaleta plans to attend graduate school and will pursue a career in space and astronomical physics. Yambert, is also receiving the Rutman Scholarship for the first time. A graduate o f Evanston Township High School. Yambert is a sophomore al WPI double majoring in civil engi neering and social science and tech nology. She is a Gertrude R. Rugg Award recipient (outstanding Fresh man Woman scholar) and a Charles O. Thompson Scholar. She is also a mem ber of the Society of Women Engi neers and th e P re-law S o ciety . Y ambert is also involved with the crew rowing team, Masque, Newspeak, and the GAEA (Global Awareness of En vironmental Affairs). She recently finished her Humanities Sufficiency
entitled “France’s Black Soil,” which looks at the relations between the French and Black Africans from the days of Colonialism to the present day, with a special focus on the prob lem of racism in France. She plans to study Civil Rights Law after gradua tion. Burrows, who is receiving the Rutman Scholarship for the second time, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Burrows of Hillsboro. A graduate of Hillsboro-Deering High School, Burrows is a junior at WPI majoring in mechanical engineering with biomedical interests. She is a football and basketball cheerleader, a member of the Pance Club, a member o f the Society of Women Engineers, and a MASH (Math and Science Help) leader for chemistry. In addition, she is a Charles O. Thompson Scholar and
a two-time recipient of the Outstand ing Woman Award for the Class of ‘96. Burrows recently completed her Humanities Sufficiency entitled “Humanitarianism or Murder,” which deals with the medical ethics of assisted suicide as well as her Interactive Quali fying Project en titled “ How the Worcester County Mechanics’ Asso ciation Brought Knowledge to the City of Worcester.” She plans to get her master’s degree in biomedical engi neering, and will pursue a career in that field after graduation. Alldredge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Den nis Alldredge of Carson City, is also receiving the Rutman Scholarship for the second time. He is a junior major ing in physics at WPI. He is president of the Society of Physics students and a member of the Tau Beta Pi and See Rutman continued on page 2
Young Alumni Director to leave by A l Doig and Steve Hebert Lisa Hastings will be leaving WPI on November 18th to accept the po sition of developm ent o fficer at Harvard University’s Arnold A rbo retum. While we are happy for Lisa, we will miss her professional leader ship, wit, enthusiasm and energy and it will be difficult to replace her. She has been conspicuous with her many successes over the years with us. Lisa came to WPI in 1989 as Assis tant Alumni Director and quickly was promoted to Associate Director and later to Director of Young Alumni Pro grams. This record of promotion not only reflects outstanding professional growth, but also a willingness and de sire on Lisa’s part to take on new chal lenges and to develop and implement new initiatives. She has been a team player and has been extremely well received by alumni, students, and her colleagues here at WPI. During her tenure here, she has revived the Student Alumni Society and helped to create new
traditions by working with students and alumni volunteers. Traditions Day, a dynamic new homecoming program and W orcester C ounty’s annual community service project are just a few examples o f her inno vative approach to alumni program ming. On the Alumni Fund side, Lisa has been responsible for all young alumni fund-raising including help ing to organize the GOLD Council and managing successful 10th re union gift programs for the classes of 1984. 1983. 1982 and 1981. She has also taken our student calling program from a 3 week experiment to a 15 week program which devel ops over 50% of the annual pledges made to the Alumni Fund. A search for Lisa’s successor will begin immediately. In the interim, we are committed to supporting the programs Lisa has worked so hard to develop over the last five years. Please join us in wishing Lisa all the best as she starts a new chapter in her life.
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Tuesday November 1,1994
Graduate and Professional School Fair scheduled for November 9 courtesy o f W PI News Service A Graduate and Professional School Fair with representatives from over forty major colleges and universities, from predominantly the Northeast, but including universities as far away as Pennsylvania, is scheduled for W ednesday, Nov. 9, at W orcester Polytech nic Institute. The fair will be held in the lower wedge of Morgan Hall from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. This annual event is sponsored by the W orcester Consortium for Higher Education. Last year more than 275 potential graduate students attended the fair. This year a slightly higher turnout is expected from throughout Central M assachusetts. The fair will be mar keted through the W orcester Consortium schools which include Anna Maria College, Assumption College. Clark University, Col lege of the Holy Cross, WPI, and Worcester State College. Combined enrollments total more than 15,000. “This is an excellent opportunity to meet firsthand with representatives from key gradu ate schools,” said Lisa Jernberg, Director of
Graduate M anagement Programs and PartTime Graduate Program M arketing at WPI. “ Not only does it provide convenient access to information from many schools, but there will be admissions staff and faculty available from virtually all disciplines including law, business, engineering, arts and sciences,” she continued. Additional information may be obtained by calling (508) 831-5561. Graduate schools scheduled to be present include: Anna Maria College; Antioch New En gland; Assumption College; Bentley C ol lege, G raduate School of Business; Boston College, Wallace E. Carroll Graduate School of M anagem ent; Bryant College; Boston University, School o f Social Work; Central C o n n ecticu t State U n iv ersity , G raduate School; Clark University, Graduate School of Management; EmersonCollege; Emmanuel College. Center of Adult Studies; Fitchburg State College, Division of Graduate and Con
sity of New Haven; University o f Pennsylva nia, School of Social Work; W estern New England College, School of Law; W orcester Polytechnic Institute, Graduate Science, En gineering & Management; W orcester State College
tinuing Education; Johnson & Wales Univer sity; Lesley College; New England School of Law; New H am pshire C ollege, G raduate School of Business; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Nichols College; Northeastern University, Graduate School of Business; Northeastern University, Bouve College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; Northeast ern University, Graduate Engineering; Pace University; Providence College; Quinnipiac College, Graduate and Continuing Educa tion; Quinnipiac College, School of Law; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of Management: Rochester Institute of Tech nology; Simmons College, Graduate School o f Library and Information Sciences; Smith College; Southern Connecticut State Univer sity; Springfield College; Suffolk Univer sity; The Hartford Graduate Center, Schools o f M anagem ent, Engineering & Science; Tufts University, School of Arts and Sci ences; UMASS Boston, College of Manage ment; UMASS Lowell, Graduate Business Programs; University of Bridgeport: Univer-
WPI hosts Global Opportunities Fair by N eil N orum Director, W PI News Service WPI students have an opportunity to at tend a Global Opportunities Fair from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Alden Hall on Friday, Nov. 4, to learn about W PI’s Global Perspective Program and talk with those who have com pleted projects at the various sites. “We wanted to try something different for those who are interested in going to one of our off-campus project centers or exchange programs,” says M arche Haddad, assistant director o f global programs. “W e’ve had an evening set aside in prior years for interested students but the meeting locations were scat tered around the campus. This will put every thing in one place for students to visit as many project tables they’re interested in as well as have some fun with door prizes and free refreshments.” Students will have an opportunity to talk with students who have completed projects around the world. Site program directors will also be there as will information about finan cial aid and student travel. “W e’ve sent invi tations in the form of a passport to all fresh man. sophomore, and transfer students,” says Haddad. There will be project program tables for Holland, Venice, Bangkok, Costa Rica, London, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Washington. D.C., San Francisco, and Innichen, Italy. Additionally, there will be exchange pro gram ta b le s on B elg iu m , S to c k h o lm , M ontreal, M unich, Z urich, H olland and Monterrey, Mexico and Darmstadt, Germany. A representative from the International Stu dent Exchange Program (ISEP) representing 100 foreign universities in 40 different coun tries will also be present to answer questions on their program.
Recycling program at WPI Rutman Continued from page I Sigma Pi Sigma honor societies. He is also an International Scholar (one o f a select group of undergraduates who complete courses and projects that provide them with an international purpose). Alldredge recently returned from WPI’s London Project Center, where he spent his summer completing his Interactive Quali fying Project on the Imperial War Museum. Alldredge plans to obtain his doctorate in phys ics. Suennen, son o f Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Suennen of Coventry, is also receiving the Rutman Scholarship for the second consecu tive year. A graduate of Coventry High School, Suennen is a junior majoring in civil engineer ing. He is an orientation leader and a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Suennen is also a member of the Student Alumni Society and a member of the Worcester Care for Chil dren Society Collegiate Council. Suennen re cently finished his Humanities Sufficiency on the failure of Vietnamese Diplomacy during the Vietnam War; he will prepare an innovative mathematics curriculum for his Interactive Qualifying Project. Suennen hopes to work in the transportation engineering field upon gradu ating. Rine, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Rine of Wheeling, is receiving the Rutman Scholarship for the third year in a row. A graduate of Wheeling Park High School, Rine is a senior at WPI majoring in mathematics. He is a member of the Thompson Honor Society, a peer advisor forthe major selection program,a MASH leader and a calculus tutor. He was also last year’s treasurer of the Pi Mu Epsilon chapter (the national mathematics honor society). He re cently finished his Humanities Sufficiency on the decline of the American steel industry, and his Interactive Qualifying Project in which he evaluated the success of a three-dimensional “Do Not Enter” sign in the United States. Rine plans to pursue a career as an actuary after graduation. Kiluk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kiluk of Berlin, is also receiving the Rutman Scholarship for the third consecutive year. A graduate o f the Tilton School, Kiluk is a senior at WPI majoring in management. She is presi dent of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority and an admis sions tour guide. Kiluk is also involved with the Women’s Mentoring Program, the Major Selection Program, and the Student Alumni Society. For her Interactive Qualifying Project, she helped three and four-year-old special needs students understand the aerodynamics of ob jects. Walter and Miriam Rutman Scholarships, which are among WPI’s most prestigious awards, assist students who have been selected for their academic records, promise and personal achieve ment. Walter Rutman, who graduated from WPI in 1930 with a degree in chemistry, paid for his education by working as a student correspondent for the former Worcester Evening Gazette, and eventually moved to Providence, R.I., where he and a partner took over the nearly defunct Rhode Island Jewish Herald. Several years later he established the Herald Press, a printing house, and eventually purchased the East Providence Post and the Seekonk Star. The scholarships were established in 1983 by a $1.5 million bequest from Rutman’s es tate. Miriam B. Rutman, who assumed the presidency of Herald Press following the death of her husband, has maintained an active inter est in all the Rutman scholars and meets with them each year.
Continued from page I developing the student end of the program making students more aware of the need and opportunities to recycle that exist, and organiz ing dorm programs to take advantage of them. GAEA member Melissa Lagreca says “if the students start recycling their trash and putting it in the right bins, we can convince Plant Services to put bins in the dorms,” which Tarmasewicz agrees to do if the students are interested and will treat them with respect. • The Future Tarmasewicz feels that WPI has the room to expand their program to two other materi als - glass and cardboard, a little departure from the GAEA plan. He believes that be cause o f the amount o f plastic used, it would be uneconomical to try and implement a pro gram involving it at this point in time. He does see the expansion of the program to the residence halls, once the current problems of vandalism, misuse, and theft of the contain ers has been resolved. Students should talk lo their RA ’s for more information about what is happening w ith this, and encourage
the addition of bins for their floors. Right now, all recycling at WPI is on a volunteer basis. Tarmasewicz believes that a mandatory program could very well be imple mented next summer if all goes well, and be phased in for all students during the 95-96 school year. And based on a GAEA survey indicating that if a program were implemented 91.8 percent o f students and faculty would participate, Lagreca believes that WPI can develop a successful program. For now, students and faculty can still improve their recycling habits by making good use of the facilities available. GAEA suggests a few things that all of us can do: instead of tossing your recyclables into the old circular file, that you put them in a box and empty that occasionally into the bins, when the junk mail comes through, put it into the proper bins in the mailroom area rather than just into a trashcan. and if you live off cam pus - take advantage o f the City of W orcester’s recycling program. Working together as a community, we can make a difference for our environment.
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SPORTS
Weekly Sports Update - Results from October 21st through 27th by G eo ff Hassard Sports Inform ation Director Football (3-3) A 28-yard touchdown pass from quarter back Tom Burns (Milford, MA) to fullback Matt Leahy (Nashua, N.H.) with 1:38 re maining in the game gave WPI a 17-16 vic tory over William Paterson College last Sat urday at Alumni Field. “For the second straight week our defense has held the oppo nent to under 10 first downs," Coach Kevin Morris said. He continued, “The difference this week was that we made the big plays we needed down the stretch to pull out the win.” WPI opened the scoring late in the first quarter when Ernie Ansah (Worcester, MA) broke through a hole in the middle o f the Pioneer (1 -6) defense and raced 43 yards for the touchdown. The extra point was blocked and WPI led 6-0. William Paterson came right back as quarterback Jamie Golden kept the ball on the option and ran 47 yards for the score. With the extra point, the Pioneers led 7-6. In the second quarter neither offense could move the ball effectively as both punt ers were very busy. W PI’s senior punter Stan Farrell (Augusta, ME) continues to kick well as he is averaging 38.9 yards per punt on the season. Saturday he punted 11 times for an average of 44.6 with a long of 63 yards. It was on a fumbled punt return that the Engi neers capitalized on just before halftime. They recovered the fumble at the William Paterson 12-yard line where they ran a couple o f p la y s b efo re k ic k e r G reg A m iro (Chelmsford, MA) put a 27-yard field goal through the uprights to take a 9-7 lead into the locker room. In the third quarter WPI was still having problem s moving the ball against the Pioneer defense with any consistency. The Pioneers
took the lead 14-9 on a 1-yard run by fullback Andre Evans with 5:55 remaining. Both defenses remained strong into the fourth quar ter as each team had their chances to move the ball offensively. With 3:50 remaining in the game, WPI had the ball on their own 45. Ansah (138 yards. 1 TD) carried the ball four times for 23 yards to move the ball to the Pioneers 32-yard line. Two plays later. Burns threw a screen pass to fullback Leahy who took the ball 28 yards for the touchdown with the defenders hanging on him. The visitors had one last chance to score with 1:38 re maining. A critical pass interference call against WPI gave William Paterson a first down at the Engineer 43-yard line. They moved the ball to the WPI 30 when on the next play, defensive back Kevin Ranucci (W arwick, R.I.) intercepted the ball to ice the win with 43 seconds left. WPI took the safety for the final 17-16. Ranucci was named to the ECAC Weekly Honor Roll; as he had two solo tackles, one quarterback sack, one fumble recovery, one pass break up and one interception. Also playing well defensively for the Engineers was defensive back Matt Wassel (Walpole, MA) who had 14 tackles and a quarterback sack and defensive linem an Rich Regan (Framingham, MA) who had 10 tackles and a quarterback sack. M en’s Cross Country (6-2) While the women were getting ready for their conference meet, the men were running in their meet last Saturday at Franklin Park. MIT was the host for the 1994 Constitution Athletic Conference Meet. The hosts were heavily favored to win as they boast one o f the top teams in the country. Coach Brian Savilonis was hoping his team would be com petitive and make strides versus the rest of the conference from a year ago. When it was
Indoor Track expects stellar season by Jam es Beardsley Class o f ’95 The WPI indoor track team is presently preparing for the 1994-95 season. After a long period of uncertainty regarding the status of the team. Athletic Director Ray Gilbert recently assured the team’s captains that WPI would sponsor a varsity indoor track program. Fol lowing the retirement of 42 year veteran coach Merl Norcross, the Athletic Department inves tigated the necessity and logistics of sponsor ing of a varsity level indoor track program. Mr. Gilbert determined that the indoor program was crucial to the success of the spring program and thus deemed it necessary for WPI to spon sor an indoor team. The indoor team appears to be much stron ger than recent teams. But, with only two returning seniors, distance runner Chris Reilly and decathlete James Beardsley, this is still a building year. WPI is returning a very potent core of athletes including four former “All New England” selections; Steven LaBranche (1000m ), Chris Moore (long jum p), Jeff
Mullen (triple jump), and James Beardsley (decathlon, high jump). These athletes are all legitim ate contenders for the ’94-’95 New England title in their respective events. This seasons first scheduled meet is De cember 3rd at The Wesleyan Invitational in Middletown CT. Last year at this meet, W PI’s characteristically small but powerful team finished second behind the host team Wesleyan College. In addition, the WPI indoor track team will most likely travel to regular season meets and invitationalsat MIT, Coast Guard Academy, Holy Cross and Tufts. The new track coach has been chosen, but has not officially signed his contract. O ffi cially organized practices will begin as soon as possible. Any new athletes that are inter ested in competing for WPI this indoor sea son should contact one of the following per sons; James Beardsley, Steve LaBranche or Chris Reilly, women should contact Amy Brooks. Athletes are also invited to attend our informal captains practices held on the track or in Harrington Auditorium (show up between 3:30 and 5:00).
all over, WPI finished in fifth place. They did however bring themselves closer to the top teams in the conference. Coach Savilonis was pleased and optimistic that his team will catch the others within the next two years. The Engineers top finisher was freshman Michael Kearns (Saugus, MA) who came in at 21st overall. Also running well was junior Steve Labranche (Uncasville, CT) who fin ished in 29th place. M en’s Golf (5-9-1) The men’s golf team traveled to New Seabury Country Club on the Cape to play in the New England Tournament last Monday and Tues day. Overall they finished in 42nd place. W om en’s Volleyball (10-16) The volleyball team was in South Hadley, M A last weekend to play in the annual Hall of Fame Tournament hosted by Mount Holyoke College. The tournament included some of the top teams in the region as WPI was in a pool that included Kean (NJ) College, Bates C o lle g e , G o rd o n C o lle g e , an d M ount Holyoke. Unfortunately the Engineers did not play well enough to win any matches, but they did play well in stretches according to Coach Nancy Vaskas. They lost all four matches in their pool 0-2. Playing well for WPI were freshman Stacy Gold (Nazareth, PA) who had 11 kills, senior co-captain Mindy Plog (Oshkosh, NE) who had 15 kills and 21 digs and senior Kathy Paulauskas (Mattitick, NY) who had 12 kills and three service aces. On Tuesday night, WPI had their first home match in almost a month as they hosted Mount Holyoke in a New England Women’s 8 Conference tilt. The Lyons jum ped out to a 2-0 (15-8, 15-6) lead before the Engineers battled to win the third game 16-14. In the fourth game. Mount Holyoke’s serving proved to be the difference as they won 15-3 to win the match 3-1. The night began with Coach Vaskas presenting flowers to her seniors who were playing their last home game. We would like to congratulate our seniors, Plog, Paulauskas, Amy Fetzner (Roanoke, V A) and co-captain Kristin Kotopoulis (Nashua, NH). For Paulauskas, this was her last game ever as she is headed to Ireland to work on her MQP. We wish her the best o f luck. On Thursday, the Engineers journeyed to Roger Williams to play in a tri-match. Coach Vaskas and her seven athletes battled but lost to Roger Williams 1-3. They were supposed to play St. Joseph’s of Hartford, but due to an injury to one of their players, they had to leave. Field Hockey (9-5-2 final regular season) The field hockey team ended their regular season last Saturday when they hosted MIT in a very important conference game. Both teams entered the game with identical records with the winner finishing as a higher seed in the conference tournament. The game was as exciting as everyone anticipated as they played to a scoreless tie during regulation. For those who d on’t know about the rules in field hockey, it was adopted this year to play sudden death, which means
that the first team to score wins. If the game is still tied at the end o f two 15-minute over time periods then the game remains tied. The pace was furious as both teams were trying to end the game quickly. The Engineers got an offensive corner and there was a lot of action in front of the MIT goal, when all you could hear was the sound of the ball hitting the back o f the goal. Sophom ore Heather B ryer (Warwick, RI) put the ball past the goalie to win the game. The goal was assisted by senior tri-captain Heidi Huggett (Holden, M A). The win assured WPI of hosting a first round conference tournam ent game on T hurs day. The Engineer’s season probably ended on Thursday as they were elim inated in the first round of the NEW 8 Conference Tournament by Smith College 1-0. Coach Barbara Quinn and her team just couldn’t sustain an attack. The first half ended in a scoreless tie, but Smith had the advantage in shots 10 to 0. The Pioneers broke the tie when the ball bounced over a pile of players in front of the goal and passed Amy Mercier (Ashburnhamn, MA). Mercier did keep the Engineers in the game with some big saves later in the half, but WPI could not take advantage o f a couple of op portunities late in the game. We would like to congratulate this year’s team on having a successful season in transition to a new coach. M en’s Soccer (11-4-0) As the soccer team tries to secure an ECAC bid, they knew that they would have to win the rest o f their games and hope the selection committee would pick them to participate. With their fate in their own hands, the Engi neers hosted Norwich last Saturday in a Con stitution Athletic Conference game. The Cadets entered with a 1-13 record, but as is the case, according to C o ach M alcolm MacPherson, it is always atough game. Coach MacPherson was right. The game went into the second overtime still tied at 0-0. Fourand-a-half minutes into the second extra pe riod. Scott Ennis (Canterbury, NH) redirected a Jamie Gustafson (Monson, MA) cross past the Norwich goalkeeper to put the Engineers in front 1-0. Five minutes later, freshman Eric Langlois (Canton, MA) scored to ice the win. Gustafson assisted on this goal as well. With his goal, Langlois reached the 10-goal plateau in his first season at WPI. From what is known, it may be a team record. On Wednesday, the Engineers traveled to Babson to play the Beavers in another con ference matchup. This was the biggest game o f the season for WPI. They needed to win so they could stay alive for the postseason, but to do so, they had to beat one of the top teams in the region. In a closely played game, the Engineers came out on top with a 2-1 victory. Goal scorers were junior Rad Donaldson (Winston Salem, SC) and freshman Mark Socha (E. Longmeadow, MA). Senior co captain Craig Boucher (Sutton, MA) had an assist on the first goal and sophomore Jim Goodreau (Ludlow. M A) assisted on the other goal. Senior Chris Michaud ( Windham. CT) recorded eight saves for his seventh win of the season.
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Your world travel begins at the Global O pportunities Fair. Take the first step.
Tuesday November 1, 1994
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Culture Spew by O.ver J.oyed This week I’d like to feature two new recordings by local musicians. Canister - Rapture: For those of you who d o n 't know. Canister is made up of several ex-WPI students and one who actually still goes here. Their sound is (if you must catego rize) industrial-gothic. For those who won der what that means think Nine Inch Nails but spookier. For those who know what it meant sorry for the obligatory NIN reference. This latest release sets Canister far apart from their earlier works and criticism. My first impression of the band through their first album (released 1992) was that they were good yet somewhat discombobulated. Their second release, the “C old” single, was better yet still a bit vague as to what they wanted to appear as. Now, in 1994, with their new release on their Sanction record label, the group is tighter, the energy more evident, the a n g e r m ore fo rw a rd , and the g o th , well...blacker. As much as I hate to compare bands, “ Rapture” sounds like what Trent Reznor might have done between “The Down ward Spiral” and “ Broken.” Haunting key boards, driving guitar, and synth-like base lines holding everything together. The sec ond song, “Truth”, com bines distorted guitar hooks with Canister’s spatial yet effective drum programming, occasional melodic lines and a stripped down bass line. The vocals are Canister: distorted, disguised and bitter. Over all, this song is their best yet with possibly the exception o f their earlier work "M achine.” The final work, a haunting remix of the pre viously released “Bloodshadows” is earlier Canister but done better. Vocals, this song doesn’t need vocals. Hopefully this three song release is only a taste of what Canister has in store. If you are interested in Canister the tape is only $3.00 and is available at Mars R eco rds on H ig h la n d St. or e-m ail rougan@wpi for further info. I don’t know exactly what their touring schedule looks like; although they did have a chance to open for Big Catholic Guilt; but turned it down. If interested contact rougan@ wpi, I have heard their live shows as of late to be well done and probably better than most average W orcester underground/college groups. Canister is cur rently also being distributed on Apostrophe records (operated by Roger from the Curtain Society) and I sincerely hope even bigger labels lie ahead. Tang anyone? Jaded - Evil: A nother semi-WPI group
who you might have heard about is Jaded. I say semi-WPI because both members go here but rarely perform here anymore. The music is well, in their own words “acoustic, alterna tive, progressive folk music; sort of.” This new album represents a major step in their career. It is the longest album to date (19 songs), their first after a string of recent headlining shows, and their first to depart from their normal sound. Instead of going for their usual acoustic guitar/bass/vocals Jaded has gone for a more produced and varied album ala the Indigo Girls (and others) using drums, keyboards, electric guitar, percussion and even MIDI to bring out their songs. Songs range from “Rain Falls Down” with its background bongos, to the Celtic inspired “ Sacrifice” with its moody orchestral strings, to fast paced “What Would He Say” with its frantic drums and open-minded lyrics. The standard Jaded fare is also existent in the stripped down, emotional “Two W ords” and funkier “M erry-Go-Round.” The album also includes 2 live tracks off the first album: “ Solstice” and “Literacy of S e lf’; recorded at a recent perform ance at The Old Vienna Kaffeehaus. The 4 songs released as an EP this spring have also been re-recorded. One o f the most surpassing tracks is the first on
the second side “Tired of Love” , as it is called, is almost more like C anister than Jaded with its anger and distortion. The tape is released on Jaded’s own label. Mytilene records, and available for $3.00 through Mars Records or Jaded. For more tapes or more information about upcoming shows at Old Vienna or Coco Bean open mike nights and headlining dates at E leni’s Midnite Cafe, contact atkins@wpi or tintern@wpi. Keeping with the industrial theme started earlier. Nine Inch Nails is coming to Boston in December. This should be a great show. This is also probably going to be expensive and packed with annoying people, but none theless the performance should be incred ible. If you go and it isn’t, dem and your money back. By the time you read this you’ll have missed such acts as Helium (at the Pub inG om pei’s), Peter Mulvey and Too O f Many (also in the pub via coffeehouse committee), Bikini Kill in W orcester, and Frente and Black 47 in Northampton. And, lest we for get, W PI’s own Toy Truck and GFY will have slugged it out in W ormtown’s colle giate battle of the bands. I know GFY re corded something late last year but I haven’t heard a damn thing about it so if anyone has a tape send me a copy. Toy Truck (as far as I
Worcester Art Museum presents contemporary landscape show by Barbara Feldstein Worcester Art M useum From now until February 26. the Worcester Art Museum p r e s e n t s A Distant View, an exhibition that assembles the work of six artists who transform traditional landscape painting, redefine it, and employ it as a means o f contemporary expression. Katherine Bowl ing, Robert Ferrandini, Michael Flanagan, Mark Innerst, Joan N elson, and Elaine SpatzRabinowitz go beyond the mere depiction of landscape: their exquisite images of rural and urban scapes are mediations on loss and the fragility of nature. Moreover, their work ques tions the possibility of originality in a world saturated with images. The title of the exhibi tion not only describes the kinds of scenes portrayed - visions o f land and sky seen from afar - but also an experience of nature that is second hand. Some images are filtered through art history, many are based on photographs, and others are mysterious composites of imaginary
views. As such, they remind us of the artifice of painting. A Distant View challenges the viewer to look beyond landscape as an expres sion of nature’s beauty and to explore the genre as a commentary on the relationship between nature and society. The artists in the exhibition tend to distill broad panoramas into personal, concentrated images. Much of their work is intimately scaled. To varying degrees, their paintings are suffused with a sense of melancholy. There is a curious blending of reverence with tension and loss. For some, like Robert Ferrandini and Michael Flanagan, landscape exists as much in the mind as in the eye. Many of their scenes are creations of the imagination. All the artists share a love of painting and their works evince beautiful and skilled technique. In an interview with Lois Tarlow (Art New England, March 1988) Robert Ferrandini explains, “ I believe one should get better at what one does, push one’s standards. 1 want my paintings to be beautiful.”
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know) does not have anything new out since last winter. Well, its time to blab on and on about something most of you don’t care much about (including myself usually) .... fashion! But wait, there’s something important this week.... USEFUL fashion. Yes. useful fashion. Be fore you think I have smoked my last brain cell let me remind you o f New England weather.... it’s weird (evident by the recent trend of cold and humid weather); and winter is near, little ones. There are several things you need in the upcoming months. First and foremost are boots. Not pretty fashionable or cute hiking ones but real boots. You need something water proof because when it rains in the winter unbelievable amounts of slush accumulate. Also, they need to be warm. Wind chills of 0 to -10 are not uncommon in the middle of the winter. The best thing to do is get a pair of tough leather workboots or combat boots (black goes with everything). Don’t spend a lot of money either, the road salt eats away most natural (and lots of un natural) fibers. In addition, make sure what ever you get has good tread to climb over the 6 foot snowdrifts. Also, hats and gloves are necessary. Get Thinsulate ones, they work best. No matter what you previously thought or how dorky they might look they are really nice to have during cold snaps. Turtlenecks are also great because you d o n ’t get really cold gusts of wind blowing down your shirt into sensitive lower regions. Trust me, that is NOT the way to wake up w alking lo class. If you don’t want to spend a lot of money, either check out the Army and Navy store on Main St. just past the City Hall or try Salvation Army near the Centrum. One last word of advice. Get a flu shot. Sharing a bathroom with 10-20 people in a dorm is a great way to ensure you a new virus every 10 days.
The Beaux’ Strategem courtesy o f College o f the Holy Cross The Theatre Department of the College of the Holy Cross proudly announces its fall production of George Farquhar’s rollicking Restoration comedy The B eaux' Strategem. Two young adventurers in disguise seek love and fortune at an English country inn. But no one they meet is exactly who he or she claim s to be. Deceptions reveal a test of wits and disguise, marriage and infidelity, love and freedom. The production is directed by Stephen Benson with costum es designed by Kurt Hultgren. Holy Cross students Deborah Farrell and James Fleming created the set and lighting designs. Performance dates are November 3 - 5 and 10 - 12 at the Fenwick Theatre on the Holy Cross campus. One College Street, W orces ter. All performances begin at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $4.00 for the general public. For reservations, call the Box Office at 793-2496.
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H ull M e m o r i a l L e c t u r e
"Overworked Americans: Reflections on Time, Work, and Money* D r . J uliet B. S chor “Why, contrary to all expectations, do Americans enjoy less leisure today than at any time since the end o f World War II? In the last twenty years the average employed American has seen his or her working hours increase by the equivalent o f one month a year— and this dramatic spurt has hit nearly everybody, men and women, professionals and low-paid service workers, across industries and occupations. U.S. manufacturing employees work 320 hours longer a year — the equivalent o f two months — than their counterparts in Germany or France. Why are we repeatedly "choosing ” money over time? Indeed, are we the ones doing the choosing? -fro m “T h e O v e r w o r k e d A m e r ic a n ”
T u e s d a y , N o ve m b e r 15, 1 9 9 4 , 4 : 0 0 P .M . K in n ic u t t H a ll, S a lis b u r y L a b o r a t o r ie s Dr. Schor is Senior Lecturer on Economics, and Director of the Women’s Studies Program at Harvard University. Her book The Overworked American was chosen for: Business Week, best business books of 1992; Los Angeles Times, best business books of 1992; New York Times, notable books of 1992; and Boston Globe, editor’s choice for non-fiction books of 1992.
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SPORTS
Icecats defeat Providence, Binghamton back at Ram again not five minutes later, as Jarret D ueling scored with assists from Defenseman Roy Mitchell and newly signed Center Mark Ouimet. Binghamton left the ice a very angry team for their own mistakes and for failing to capitalize on the few that Worcester made. The second period opened much the same as the first period did. Both teams tested each other, and many people were penalized, but Binghamton failed again as Center Mark Ouimet returned the puck from Worcester’s redline to Binghamton’s goal, for Worcester’s third point of the night, and stunned the Binghamton de fense. Much later on Worcester capitalized on a Binghamton holding penalty when Jarret Du eling got his second goal of the night. The third period saw Binghamton make a valiant attempt to right the score and save their undefeated record. They had more shots on goal in the third period than in the first two combined ( 12 vs. 4+5 ) but Goalie Wayne Cowley, who had done nothing but stand there and watch the game when compared to his last outing, stopped slap shot after repeated slap shot, awing many people in the vocal crowd. Worcester ended the night with a 4-0 shutout victory over the Binghamton Rangers, and notched their second win ever as a franchise, though their record is a disappointing 2-7-1. and they sit at the bottom of the Northern Division, as rival Springfield Falcons, who were only one point ahead of them, also defeated the Provi
by John Grossi Newspeak S ta ff AHL hockey is fast paced and the Worcester Icecats are no exception to that rule, as the last two games have proved. The Icecats, who as of Friday was languishing at the bottom of the AHL’s Northern Division without a win, made major trades picking up 8 new players from the IHL, specifically Atlanta, and Detroit’s teams. This change in chemistry has shown through for the Icecats. Saturday night with many of the new players skating in nameless jerseys they sent the top rated Providence Bruins packing for their first win by a score of 5-2. The game was an almost one sided show and the record crowd of 10,301 was well pleased to have attended the game. Wednesday, the as yet undefeated Binghamton Rangers skated into town, for what they assumed would be an easy win. They left a much chastised team. The first period started out fast and furious as both teams tested each other looking for holes. Worcester trying several of the plays that they had used to great advantage against the baby Bruins. Binghamton attemptingseveral times totest Goalie Wayne Cowley who had not dressed for the last three games. Things changed though at 13:55 of the first period as newly signed Right Winger Ross Wilson flipped a wrist shot by Binghamton Goalie Jamie Ram. Ram is the third rated goalie in the whole of the AHL. The Icecats then came
dence Bruins at the Springfield Civic Center (and had no zamboni after the first period) Friday. The Worcester Icecats next skate against the Hershey (PA) Bears, in hopes of extending their two game winning streak, on Saturday in Pennsylvania. Their next home game is the following day against the Rochester Americans in the Centrum with face-off at 5:05pm
Tickets are $12.50 for Center Ice Tickets, $10 for main arena seating, and $8.50 for seat ing in the upper levels. Discounts are available for group sales. Tickets may be purchased at the Centrum Box Office at 50 Foster St. during regular business hours or from Ticketmaster. I would encourage everyone to go see Worcester Icecats Hockey, as the AHL IS skating.
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The Icecats, Worcester’s AHL team, skated into action against the undefeated Binghamton Rangers on Wednesday night at the Centrum, and left the ice as winners, shutting Binghamton out 4-0 and improving their record to 2-7-1 in the Northern Division. The Icecats tied the Hershey Bears 5-5 on Saturday night. Scores from the Sunday night game against the Rochester Americans were not available at press time.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: 1 am writing this message to com m ent on the colum n w ritten by Stephen Brown. Mr. Brown’s col umn first came to my attention two years ago when he wrote that no one in New England knew anything about football. This surprised me greatly since I had been participating in or ganized football for over ten years. But since it was printed in Newspeak it had to be true. After this article 1 read Mr. Brown’scolum nevery week and each week became more disap pointed and angry. Before I air my complaint, I would like to tell you a little about myself. I’m a junior here at WPI and I do not smoke, drink, or do drugs. I believe
that I live a healthier life by choos ing to be clean. This idea was pro vided by my parents who I love very much. I enjoy to learn and I have been excelling in my classes here. This must come as a surprise to Mr. Brown because I am an atheist. W ith out any sort o f “spiritual guidance” I believe I turned out OK. Every time I read Mr. Brown’s column I learn that because of my choice, 1 am inferior to anyone who is religious. In his column, Mr. Brown constantly suggests how those of faith lead cleaner lives, are more focused, and will always succeed. I find this kind of writing very offen sive. An example of why 1 feel the way
I believe that this practice is com mon with every religion and that is why I am an atheist. The church tells its members that it is wrong to kill, yet wars over religious differences are fought every day. The church states that it is wrong to discriminate yet it alienates gays and does not allow women to be priests. The church promotes sex only between married couples while at the same time priests all over the nation are being tried for sexual crimes. This is a practice of restricting people from doing the things that you yourself are doing. Not only is this twofaced, its just wrong. I believe that those who are leading clean lives have the right to preach to others;
I do was the column printed in News peak on October 11, 1994. Mr. Brown warns the students of WPI that they should not drink because it is bad. What right does he have to say anything? Mr. Brown him self says that he had been drunk before. This contradiction obeys the theory posed by a newspaper reporter who was commenting on mandatory cur fews for teens. He said that one of the best pleasures that a generation can have is the ability to take away the rights that they had before. I think this is the case with Mr. Brown. He doesn’t want change when he is benefiting but is eager to condone such activity when it suits his pur poses.
not those who indulge in what they are preaching against. That is all I want to say about the article. A fter a lot o f thought 1 have decided how to handle the situation. I will adm it that Mr. Brown is far superior to myself and will model my life directly after his. By doing so I will be a better person and he will no longer have to tell me what I should do. Then there will be no need for his column, please elim i nate it from Newspeak.
Michael W alker Class o f ‘96 Submitted via e-mail
COMMENTARY
Philler Sabotage and Sodas - The Time has Come by Laurel and Guinevere Since we’ve just gotten back from break, we’ll try to make it last a little longer and start up with a letter from someone else: Snowballs and Fried Eggs Well. well. Yes we have lowered ourselves to the Philler! Just kid ding. /4s phans o f the Philler we would like to bring up some im por tant issues we fe e l should be ad dressed. L e t’s start with the heat. The question is no longer where is it. but w hen’s it gonna go away. I'm so hot and I ’m running out o f t-shirts. I d id n 't know I'd have to have my parents bring up my summer wear again. You all remember back in October on a sunny afternoon when our parents came to join us in our misery, (heck we love this place!). Well... We decided to clean our room.
this sure beats studying fo r mid terms. We made the mistake o f spraying a detergent like substance on the ra diators. L et's ju st say rivers o f dirt flooded out. We were in shock. We re s o r te d to ju s t p la in vaccccuuuu m m m m m in g (I d o n ’t know how to spell that word, w e'll ju st let that one slide) On to (hope fu lly) cleaner pastures. (Moo Moo) D.A.K.A... A bout their decorating committee. I t ’s great and all, but the two pum pkins hanging beside the salad bar have to go. I'm not tall so it d o esn ’t really affect me person ally, but anyone over 5 '7 " has hit them on several occasions. They need to get rid o f those things immedi ately. Heck when this gets published th e y ’ll probably be replaced with big T u rkeys. (G o b b le G o b b le) (Enough o f the anim al sounds!) The video jukebox is a rather pleasant
Just a Thought Fax, Not Fury by Stephen Brown Protestant Campus Ministry I had lunch with a colleague the other day who described me as one of those “60’s kind of guys.” I gave myself a once over to see if it was something I was wearing. Then I thought it might be the wonderful way I decorate the back panels of my van with an eclectic variety of bumper stick ers. Gee, and here I though I was being subtle. I mean, just because I have a Kennedy-Johnson sticker and still be lieve they were/are the best ticket in the last 40 years. And I admitted to per haps letting some of my youthful bias sneak into my writing. Guess it kinda shows, huh? As we had a good laugh about that, my friend shared a comment she had heard recently. She quoted someone who said that we (boomers, I guess) arc in danger of losing our passion for the causes we had fought so hard over many years ago. In this day and age, “the fax has replaced the fury.” I had to think about that one for awhile. And as I did, I realized how uncomfortable I was in both under standing what that meant and the truth it implied about the struggle for justice and equality. It does seem as if the passion of a boycott or demonstration or protest has been replaced by the fax and e-mail. The information age al lows us to do more than just stand out in front of the court house or the Dean ’s office, so the argument goes. If you want to change something, whip off a fax, send an e-mail message. I suppose there is something to be ing able to send something directly to those we want to communicate our protest. They can always close their doors if we are marching outside, but they have to read their mail, right ? And the idea of any protest is to get the message through, let people know how we feel and what we want. You don’t
even have to leave your room, just turn on the PC and send out your cry for justice. Which is exactly the problem: you don’t have to leave your room. You don’t have to interact, debate, struggle with ideas and leadership and strate gies over the best solutions. Not any more. We can do away with all the noise and confusion and passion and stress and just quietly punch the keys and feel we have contributed to the struggle. Well, folks, if that is the future arena for the struggle for peace and justice and equality, count me either out... or just anotherold fogey who can’t change with the times. (And I swore I would never be OLD FASHIONED LIKE MY DAD!) To be isolated and alone in front of your computer screen or fax machine and see it as your main vehicle for social protest just loses it for me. I can think of nothing more destructive to community building and a passion for justice than to surrender my right and need for assembly and group dis cussion and a movement protest by joining a bunch of isolated hackers in cyberspace. And people wonder why there is so little community at WPI. It may be “fax, not fury” for the present generation and those who want to teach or lead or govern them. Not me, pal. I want the fury. I want to feel the passion. Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that when any government fails to meet the needs of the governed, “it is the right o f the people to alter or abolish it and insti tute a new government.” If you seri ously believe that we can lead a revolu tion with the fax and the e-mail from the solitude of our offices and our homes, you will help George Orwell’s 1984 truly come to fruition. The fax, not the fury. I don’t think so. Just hand me my sign and tell me where the rally is being held.
D.A.K.A. addition, don't you think? Everytime we think something will be good (i.e. the cheesecake) it isn ’t! I'v e heard “S a b o ta g e " ( B eastie Boys) three times at every meal. Will someone please break that thing! (Note: Newspeak does not necessar ily advocate any o f the ideas o f i t ’s readers, Wink Wink ;) We also de cided to respond to your lop ten with one o f our own. P. S. I heard som e one got yelled at fo r reading News peak in a Chemistry lecture. They must have been reading the world events section! Top Ten Reasons Why We Read Philler
Your num ber one fans. Pebbles and Bam Bam (we w anted our own cute super duper secret private totally unsolva b le m y s te r y nam es: AKA c.s.d.s.p.t.u.m .n) Ah... What to say? W riters get ting fan mail signed “Your number one fans”... Anyone read Stephen K ing’s “ M isery”? Oh, we’re not scared... In our quest for justice and humour around this wonderful campus, we have had many requests for a particular topic. Be cause this
#10 It makes one heck o f a fan, since i t ’s a tad hot in the dorms 9 It tells you all the things they don 't tell you at the open houses 8 No one else gives you a certificate fo r writing in 7 We like the catchy logo 6 I t ’s the only thing in the paper worth reading next to the police log 5 What else can you do on a T u esd a y m o rn in g in D.A.K.A. 4 About that logo, we think i t ’s really keen how the article ju st keeps going right around the article 3 W e’re gathering hints on who the real Laurel and Guinevere are 2 W e’re really into the cool last fo re v e r go on fo re v e r and ev er (c .l.fg .o .fa .e ) acronyms A nd the number one reason we are p h a n s o f the P h ille r is .... (Drumroll please....) I We, yes we do. idolize Laurel and Guinevere
h a p pens to be the oldest topic to poke fun of at any school, we have always tried to avoid it like the plague though many temptations existed. However, their latest gimmick could not be left without comment, and no GS Grams would do this topic justice... Picture it... Sicily... No, wait, that’s not right. Picture it... DAKA... It used to have a pleasant relaxing social at mosphere (work with us here). A place to get together and talk to your friends and unwind. You could talk about classes, complain about the food, or just stare at your plate for long periods of time - you know, the good things in life.
See ya next tuesday over a h a lf toasted bagel. (No cream cheese o f course, th ere’s never any when I go!)
This term, however, DAKA has been invaded by IT. IT is interactive television, and also, surprisingly, another Stephen King book. A large black monolith consisting of several hundred speakers and two screens. Ever find yourself complaining about the music DAKA piped through the speakers? Well, ju st walk up to the screen and select your favorite song and i t ’s m usic v id eo w ill be autom agically ( is n ’t that a cool word?) broadcasted on multiple tele visions around your dining area for your enjoyment. At first, we’ll adm it, it was kinda cool... But lately, I think most ev eryone wants to destroy the bloody thing. It’s kinda scary if you watched the progression. First, people sat down and noticed the monitors. They talked to their friends, and every once in a while, looked up if a song they liked came on. Then after a few days, people started sitting in small a rc s around the m o n ito rs, stared at the picture excluw sively, and ate the food, be coming antisocial zombies of technology. We too will snap if we hear “Sabo tage” one more tim e... The random play feature seems stuck on Beastie Boys and Pink Floyd. You start to hate even the best o f songs if you hear them more than a couple of times each meal every day... Some people have been known to program in some o f their favorite songs before they sit down to eat. This seems like a good idea so that you can enjoy the type of music you like, and som ething closer to the tastes o f the rest o f the eaters in contrast to the random mix the ma chine com es up with by itself. See Philler continued on page 14
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Tuesday November 1,1994
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
SGA Letters of Candidacy submitted for November elections On-Campus Senatorial Candidates Karolyn Am law My name is Karolyn Amlaw and I’m a freshman from Hudson, New Hampshire. I want to get involved in SGA by joining the senate. I’m in volved in the radio station and plan on joining the crew team. I also like to play volleyball, ski, and run. I’d like to be a part o f the senate and do my part to make a difference. I want to help other people get more involved around campus and think this would help me to do that. Heather Cleary My name is Heather Cleary and I am running for the SGA office of oncampus senator. I have decided to run for this position because I have the desire to become involved on campus by representing other students. I feel I could be a good representative be cause I know a lot of students and I am in touch with most of their feelings. I plan to represent the on-campus popu lation to the best of my abilities in any way that is fitting. I am a determined person that does not quit in the middle and will work with others towards a common goal. Todd Davis Hi, my name is Todd Davis. I am a junior ME running for the position o f on-campus senator. I can’t say that I have much political experi ence, I just got fed up with the way some things are done around here so 1 decided to try to do something about it. I would like to organize more events for the weekends, to make this campus a little more en joyable for everyone. Also. I would like to investigate how student input affects the actions o f everything on campus from the faculty to plant ser vices so that they can be most ben eficial to the students, since we are the ones shelling out the cash to come to this school. So if you want someone who will work hard to make changes at WPI then vote for me, Todd Davis. Nat Fairbanks I have three years of experience on the Senate so far, and would like to continue for a fourth year. My activi ties at WPI give me a unique insight into the workings of this school, and that allows me to be a productive mem ber of SGA. I have chaired two com mittees, and served on many others. I feel that my re-election will benefit the senate greatly, and urge you to vote for me. Deb Foley Hi! My name is Deb Foley and I am running for re-election. I am a sister of Alpha Gamma Delta and belong to other groups on campus. I really enjoy being involved here on campus and having an opportunity for my voice to be heard. I would really appreciate your vote and am open to any concerns or ideas you may have for Student Government. Thank you! Deb Foley Beth Gentry My name is Beth Gentry, and be ing a freshman I don’t know a lot about what’s happening around cam pus. I’d like to leam more and help other people become more involved too. I’d also like to be a part of the planning process to make what hap pens through SGA more suited to ward what the majority wants. I would like to make a difference by running for SGA Senate. Rebecca Hoffman My name is Becky Hoffman. I am a freshman from Sterling, MA. I am really excited to be here at WPI. I want to get involved by running for the senate. I am on WPI’s Novice Crew Team. My other interests include
cross-country skiing, track, and play ing the flute. I have a lot o f energy and hope to use it to make a difference around the campus. Seth Kintigh My name is Seth Kintigh. I’ve never been afraid to act a little differ ent or speak my mind, and I’ve always thought for myself. You might know me— I seem to be a memorable per son. Unlike a few of the candidates run ning for on-campus senator, I actually care whether or not I’m elected. I intend on making a positive difference on this school in my 4 +/- years at WPI, for me and everyone to follow. A few specific changes I would like to make are: the addition of accessible change machines somewhere on cam pus, either an upgrade from the DAKA D-grade plan or finding a replacement and the disolvement of DAKA’s com plete monopoly on all food sales at WPI and the high prices that come hand-in-hand with monopolies. Some of these changes will be easy, others will not. I am prepared to put in the work to make these changes hap pen. I would appreciate your vote. Gregory R. Snow On N o vember 1-3, 1994 every undergraduate member of the WPI student body will have the a opportunity ™ to select is g o v e r n in g body for the next year. I, Gregory R. Snow, am a “ fre sh m a n candidate for a Student Government Association oncampus senator position. The first thing I must assure you is not to as sume that because I am a freshman, I am naive to the problems that face the student body at WPI. During the past term I have spent much time familiar izing myself with the SGA’s purpose and the problems it addresses. Next, I would like to give a little background information about myself so that you may judge if I am a quali fied candidate. I come to WPI from Smithfield, Rhode Island. While at Smithfield’s public high school, I was elected twice to the position of student government treasurer, a position that proved my ability to manage tens of thousands of dollars of student funds. I have also assumed leadership roles in most organizations in which I have been involved, including Boy Scouts, Young Republicans, etc. My efforts in student leadership earned me the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s Leadership Award. In the upcoming year, WPI faces several important challenges which the SGA must be influential in. The selection of a new President will be a crucial decision about the future of this Institute, a decision that the SGA must be involved with. As the school moves closer to the construction of a Student Center, issues such as loca tion and parking become critical. It is also expected this year, that WPI will begin a major reevaluation of the WPI Plan. These are all issues that SGA must be involved in if student input is to remain important at WPI. As an elected Senator, I will make it my primary goal to see that all deci sions at WPI seek student input and foster student involvement in the pro cess. The SGA cannot become an organization which slows or hinders campus decisions, but rather must ex pedite and strengthen these decisions, while still maintaining the best inter est of the students. I am looking for ward to working with you and for you in the future.
a junior ME and am looking for an opportunity tobecome involved in WPI student concerns. If elected I will devote all possible time and energies towards being an effective senator. When voting in the SGA elections please remember the name Kristen Stagg. Thank you. Kurt Stewart Hi, my name is Kurt Stewart, and I am running for an on-campus SGA Senator Spot. I am a junior biochem istry major with plans to go to medical school after graduation. I am running for the senator spot because 1 want to help change some things here at WPI. 1 know that you probably don’t care why I am running for senator but I’ll tell you anyway. First off, I would like to try to organize more events on cam pus. It seems as though when the weekend rolls around there is nothing to do except go to a movie on Sunday night. I’d also like to see more events occur with the other colleges in Worcester. It might be fun to have a mixer or dance with Holy Cross or Clark. So, I guess what I’m saying is I want to improve the life outside of classes. If you think that might be a good idea please, vote for me on No vember 1.
tions left open by one of last years seniors. I have since been attending the weekly Senate meetings, attended to my two office hours every week, and have signed up for the Public Relations Committee and Committee on Academic Initiatives. I have also taken on the duties of assistant Secre tary by typing up the Senate meeting agenda and the minutes summery for Newspeak. I have enjoyed working in SGA thus far and I would like to con tinue doing so. As for previous expe rience I have been involved in Student Government throughout high school, holding the offices of Sophomore Class President, as well as P.R. officer and Secretary on ASB. I see this as an wonderful opportunity to get involve with our school and represent your interests. So in the upcoming election please vote for Joe Wain. Seoungjae Yim My name is Seoungjae (Sun-jay) Yim, and I am running for a Senate seat. I’m confident thal I can provide excellent service as a Senator. I have the guts to stand up and say what I need to say to whom I need to say when I need to say it, and the interest in getting involved is the only reason I’m running. Not only am I fully capable as a Senator but I’m also a great per son. So Vote forme for yourself — to have a person c o u r a geously s p e a k in g out in your behalf.
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Respectfully submitted, Gregory R. Snow Kristen Stagg My name is Kristen Stagg and I am running for On-Campus Senator. I am
Chizoba Uchendu My name is Chizoba Uchendu, also known as “Chizzv". I am an EMSEP SCHOLAR, a freshman ECE major an attentive, determined, trustworthy and hardworking person. I am running for senate because in this school there are a lot of needed changes and improvements, for ex ample: DAKA needs to be improved and A Student Center needs to be implemented. Why should you vote for me? Well, while most other senatorial candidates are sitting on their behinds doing noth ing while waiting for election results. I am trying to make a difference. I have two office hours, this helps be cause the office is usually not open all the time especially in the late after noon. This allows students to come in and utilize the facilities that we pro vide for them. I also attend SGA senate meetings and am on two com mittees. I may not have voting power now but I am still trying to make a differ ence. For me to do more I would appreciate your vote. “Vote Chizzy for SGA senator.” Thank You. Cara Valliere Hi, my name is Cara Valliere. I’m running for an on-campus senate seat. Being a freshman I’ll admit that I don’t know WPI inside out, but I do know SGA needs a change. In the past four or five weeks I’ve tried to famil iarize myself with Student Govern ment. Spending time in the office. I’ve seen senators not show up for office hours. I’ve also seen senators not show up for their meetings. I’d like to change that. I would like to make SGA work forthe students. That means making the commitment to Stu dent Government by representing you, the students.
Joe Wain Some of you are wondering how a freshman could have an incumbent status for the up coming election. At the beginning of this year I visited the SGA office to see what they were like and express my interest in getting in volved in student government. They took me up on the offer and appointed me to one of the vacant Senator posi
Off-Campus Senatorial Candidates Shannon Finley My name is Shannon Finley. I am a junior Biotechnology major. After two years at WPI, I have decided to run for off-campus senator. My main reason for not running for SGA ear lier, was the time commitment in volved. I believe very strongly in being fully committed to any activity 1 take part in. Therefore, I wanted to make sure I was ready for the respon sibility of representing the campus. I feel that I now have better control of my academics and can give more time to extra-curricular activities. I am running for senator for sev eral reasons. The main reason for my running is that I believe in the power of student voices here at WPI. SGA is our only opportunity as stu dents to get things done the way we see fit. In the recent past, I have heard many negative comments about SGA and what it does, or does not do. The only way to deal with these negative sentiments is to try to do better, and that is what I hope I can do. As a senator, 1 would like to work on projects that directly relate to the lives o f students. I would like to work on projects that make life a little easier for all students. A few areas that I have encountered since the beginning o f B-term that I would like to work on are the cleaning of the laundry rooms, the hours o f the mail room, computer lab monitors, and many other daily annoyances. As a senator I would do my best to represent you. Thank you very much for your vote. Lee Guthrie My name is Lee Guthrie and I am currently in my senior year at WPI as a physics major. I am running for an SGA off-campus Senate position, hop ing thal I will be able lo work with the WPI student body on current, and fu ture, problems and goals. High on my priority list is to get involved with existing committees dealing with is
sues confronting commuting students, such as parking. I hope that you will support me in this effort and give me your vote in the election. Thank you, Lee Guthrie Ed Hallissey I, Ed Hallissey, am running for an off-campus senate seat. Since I my self do not enjoy the whole political process, I feel I represent those who are disgusted with modem politics and are looking for a fresh voice. David M. Smith The purpose o f this letter is to in form Student Government Associa tion and the student body, that I, David M. Smith, am still interested in run ning in the upcoming election for the position of Off-Campus Senator. I am a transfer student from New England College majoring in Civil Engineer ing. While 1 attended NEC. I was involved in many extracurricular ac tivities including the Student Senate. The reason why I chose to run for election at WPI is that I feel there are many people on campus with important concerns, yet aren’t sure how to voice them. By getting involved, I hope to be able to address those concerns for the good of the entire campus community. If elected, I would take the position seriously and concentrate on the is sues on a whole and not just for one specific group. I realize that because I am a transfer student that I may not be familiar with things that may have happened in the past but. I’ve been attending the SGA weekly meetings and 1 feel that I could bring in some new ideas and enthusiasm. Please, don’t forget to VOTE! Sincerely, David M. Smith N. W olf Winset I’m running for a second term as a Senator because I’d like to see some changes at WPI before I am graduated. Last year Student Government is a lot of rebuilding, and it’s time for us to start applying our resources to prob lems on campus. I’ve been appointed head o f the Quality of Life Committee for student government, and am now one of the senior Senators on the Sen ate. My plans for this committee (pre viously discussed in Newspeak) in clude examining the contracts for all the franchisees: the vending machines. DAKA. and the Bookstore. There las been student concern with many j s pects o f the social life on this campus, and they need to be addressed. They should probably be addressed to the head o f the Board of Trustees, in the form o f a letter bomb. T he W orcester C onsortium is largely dormant: among our fellow colleges, there are activities going on every night around Worcester. The problem is, there is no good system to let everyone know what's going on! Currently a sad few posters, with some activities, are hidden around each of the campuses in the system. This isn’t working. SGA needs to strengthen our social life by strengthening lines of communication within the Consor tium. Many of our students, saddened by the lack of suitable male and female companionship, drink incestuously while murmuring quietly to themselves and howling at the moon. Inter-Consortium dances, activities, and riots could solve many of these problems. Females could find males who can discuss something other than toys, and wear something other than grease stains. Males could find females en amored with an engineer’s starting salary. There's something for every one - in the Consortium. That’s really the theme of my office - there’s some thing for everyone at SGA. or there should be. Myself, I’m hoping for a nice resume line and all the office supplies I can cart home. Anyway, vote for me - actually, I’m running in an uncontested seat, so it would be hard lo lose; besides, my drunken antics are, in my humble opin ion, well worth the caloric price of walking to Daniels Hall and lifting a pen to page. Thank you.
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CLUB CORNER
ASME This one will be pretty brief because of the term break. Dan and 1attended the RSLS conference at the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticutt over break. Basically, it was a bunch of, well, boring speeches on what the ASME has been up to lately. They did have have a boat design contest in the day that a team including myself, Dan, Prof. Walccrz, and someone we picked up along the way participated in. You’ll be happy to know we destroyed all the other boats terms of distance the boat could go (using a ballon and some straws) but we didn ’t take home the AS ME gold because ours wasn ’t as “pretty” as the rest of them (what do you expect when competing against future coast guards?). Maybe next time. As we mentioned before, we are trying to get some plant tours together, if anyone has any contacts, feel free to get in touch with us. Our first meeting will most likely be next Tuesday or Wednesday. As always, if anyone has any questions about joining ASME. classes or anything else contact me through e-mail (marko) or drop something off in my box (841). See you next week.
Bacchus Splat!!..Splush..Crunch?? Yes., those are the sounds the pumpkins made on Sunday. I hope all of you had a great time, I did. Although cleanup was not too cool. Where is Phil? Hmmm.. well I would just like to say hi to everyone and hope Bterm goes well. If any of you are interested in joining BACCHUS email greger@wpi..„
Chinese Student Association HELLO Guys and Gals! Welcome back. 1 hope you all had a WONDERFUL BREAK. So NOW you are back at WPI...another 7 weeks of torture seem to be awaiting us. Oh, so is it going to be a boring term?.. NO WAY!! With CSA around, you will never be bored. Ok, so you’re wondering what’s up with CSA this term?...read on, my dear friends. As usual, there will be a bunch of sports going on. This term. Intramural Basketball. Bowling, and Table Tennis are gonna happen. We have a lot of people signed up and I think it should be a lot of fun. Also as usual, if you want to check the intramural schedule, just type “more -dragon/ Pub/IM”. Don’t forget to mark your calendars and show up at the games! Oh, and a little something else about old IM stuff.... The old IM file is now saved as “IM-old” and a recount of the results are in a file called “IM-results” in -dragon/ Pub as usual... you should know how to get to them by now (*hint* same as "IM” except replace the filename). The First CSA General Meeting for B term will be on Wed, Nov 2nd, in SL 121 at 4:30 pm. Be there. We will talk about what the CSA is going to do this term and you’ll get to sign up to buy the New CSA Sports T-shirt. The design should be finalized by that time. Ok, one last thing for those of you that have followed Vball intramurals all last term...you’ll have a chance to see the trophy we got. We will e' en take a picture with that too (cool, eh?). S 1..SHOW UP! Alright, guess that’s it for this week; see you all tomorrow at the meeting. Take Care!
bikers alike and that is OK. I’m here to lay it on you. We will be having our next meeting on: WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2nd, 1994 8:30 in the PM Higgins Room 109 on the first floor Well now that I have placed the heavy stuff on you back to the jive turkey. I have some new trick wheels, at least a front one, but you can’t do it because it is patented!!! HA HA. I will have a trick rear wheel soon thanks to my buds down at O ’Neill’s the coolest shop in Worcester. All must also check out Ryan’s chair, for it will give you much pleasure. Chris and Eric are graciously providing refreshments, thanks guys!! The Pest Of The Month: The Dog Rea. As the wheel turns.......
Lens and Lights Welcome back to reality, folks. It’s B term, which means that next term is C term... Don't worry, freshmen, you’ll learn what that means... Blah. I can’t think of anything to write. It’s too early in the term. Upcoming events: Masque’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” lotsa films. Music Association events in November and December, sound train ing sessions, more PIT training, and hopefully a lighting session or two... If you are interested in submitting to the Club Comer, contact trek(G>wpi. I will put your quotes and stuff in the column, since I have run out of things to say. Meetings are now Wednesdays at 4:30 in AK232. Have a good week, all!
Masque Welcome back from break. Get your alpha psi nominations in ASAP, e-mail alphapsi@wpi for more info. The masquerade ball went great, congrats to all who worked on it lets make in an annual event!!! Remember to get to rehearsals for Midsummer on time, and to let Brenda and your stand-by know ASAP if you are going to miss a rehearsal or be late. Meeting tomorrow (Wednes day) night to discuss MWRep C term show stuff, come check it out. e-mail lissa@wpi for more info. Hey Noah, what is Masque’s C term show? Masque meeting at 4:30pm in the Green Room behind the stage in Aldcn Hall as usual. See you there.
National Society of Pershing Rifles As you can see, we are back for another excit ing term of...well, of whatever stuff you did last term. Since most of you were at the meetings we held on Friday and Monday, you realize that the troop will be undergoing some changes over the course of this term. Hopefully it will be a vast improvement and we will get membership back up to previous levels by next year. For old news, make sure those of you who have been skipping out on the meetings show up tomor row, Parodi needs people for some of the color guards and beauty pageants coming up. Pledges, you had better get to work, at the time I am writing this. I have only seen one pad, remember, the longer you wait, the more difficult it will become to get the pledge pad signed.
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Here we go again.. B term is off and rolling! I pray that you all had a relaxing break. FNF is underway! For all of you who missed last Friday, we will be getting together again this Friday in Morgan A at 7pm. We will be having Prayer and Share on Wednessdays, in Morgan A at 7pm. This is a great time to praise the Lord and offer up our prayer requests with other Christians. Also, for all you who are interested in having a good lime on the athletic field, we will be waiting for you outside of Alumni Gym this Saturday at 10:30am. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanks giving. present your requests to God. And the peace which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:6-7 NIV) At times I find myself worrying about school, relationships, everything. You have probably done the same. This verse tells us that by prayer and petition with thanksgiving we should present our requests to God. Why should we do this? The second part of this passage reveals God’s promise to us; He will bless you with the peace which transendsali understanding! Isn’t that incredible! Have you found that you are just not at peace? Are you worried about every thing that is going on around you? Seek the Lord with all your hean and He will be gracious and bless your heart with peace.
Happy Halloween and welcome back...even if Halloween was yesterday the whole fall spirit thing is still there. Here’s a quick update of this term’s events: The nursing program is off and running. This past Sunday was our first time there and they were really appreciative of our effort. Our first meeting will be 9pm on Monday at the Center ("Holy Hour” is at 8:30). We will be discussing plans for our officer retreat and indoor/outdoor barbecue. Some other topics up for discussion are participat ing in the Big Brother/Big Sister program, the creation of of a freshman council, and some social events to get through another Worcester winter. If any of the freshman are interested in getting involved please stop by and talk to Father. He doesn’t bite you know. We really want you all involved in the decision making. On a lighter note I'd like to thank Buck and Carla for their hospitality last weekend, and hello to Dan- you should join us more often! Don’t forget that everyone is welcome to stop by the Center and talk if you ever need it. Have a good week everyone...
Cycling Club Break was real cool and stuff but now we arc hack and must get it all together and stuff like that you know? There arc mountain bikers and ROAD
Pathways We arc going to be meeting every Thursday at 8 p.m. (this term anyways) in the office. If you happen to be reading this out of curiosity, Path ways is WPI’s own arts magazine. We publish short stories, poems, artwork, and B&W photog raphy. If you're interested in submitting: e-mail to “pathways" or drop a note in our box in Student activities
Pre-Law Society The Pre-Law Society is a group of students who arc mutually interested in pursuing a pos sible degree in law. The society meets twice a month to discuss upcoming events, possible tours of local law schools, test taking tips and helpful hints to the admission process. At the moment, we are a very small group and encour age anyone with an interest in the study of law to come to our next meeting on Wednesday, November 2nd at 4:30 pm in AK 126. Our recent events include a trip to the Law School Forum in Boston. Along with our advisor. Pro fessor Rissmillcr, the society was able to learn more about individual schools; over 110 differ ent law schools were represented. Seminars were also offered on financial aid, the LSAT and the admission process. There are many upcoming events in the society, as well. These include, but are not limited to, professional speakers, tours of some local schools like Bos ton University and Franklin Pierce, discussion of recent legal events in areas like environmen tal and intellectual property law, information on the many concentrations in law and where we. as engineers come into play in the field of legal study. If you are interested in law or any legal matters, please join us at the next meeting. If you have any questions or suggestions please contact Professor Rissmillcr in the Social Sci ence office located on the first floor of Atwater Kent.
PreMed/Vet Club Hello and welcome back! I hope you all had a good break and are ready for another glorious term. We are planning on having a meeting some time in the very NEAR future so check your mail for the date. I hope all the committies have met to discuss ideas, if not. GET ITTOGETHER!!! This is looking to be a really short club comer unless I can think of soniethi ng real ly good to tal k about... If you are doing an interesting IQP or MQP that is medically related and would like to have it put in the premed/vet newsletter, contact me (giraffe) and Mike and I will see what we can do (free plug). I guess that is it forlhis week, keep in mind that our next meeting is coming up VERY soon!!! Until next time, guppy.
Society of Women Engineers Hello everyone. I hope you all had a relaxing break. Here’s what is new in the land of SWE. This past weekend we had the Girl Scout Badge Day. Stay tuned to find out about how sucessful it was because as I write this it hasn’t happened yet! Due to the extreme popularity of the event another one is scheduled for sometime in Nov. I’m not sure of the exact date but again stay tuned to this space for details. There was a Halloween party yesterday in Gompei’s. Sorry can’t tell you how that was either. Geesh, I think we should talk Newspeak into being a daily publication, we just have so much going on it’s hard to keep up! Our next meeting is scheduled for Nov. 9th at 7pm in SL 123. Hope to see everyone there. We will have applica tions available. Reminder that forms are due by the end o f B-term. Elections are coming up in November, so think about what office you
might want to run for. TONIGHT at 7:30pm in AK 219, we are co-sponsoring an event with Student Pugwash called “Leaving Physics: The Story of a Woman’s Disillusionment”. It is going to be a very interesting speaker and we will have a discussion afterwards. Well that’s all folks. Questions and comments, email swe@wpi. Thought for the week: It does us no good to reach the top of the mountain if we leave behind those who cannot climb.
Student Pugwash TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, 7:30PM, KH 207 we are co-sponsoring an event with Society of Women Engineers: “Leaving Physics: The Story of a Woman’s Disillusionment”. It is going to be a very interesting speaker and we will have a discussion afterwards. BE THERE! BRING A FRIEND! YEAH! We are going to the Pugwash/Harvard/ MIT/ HUMAN GENOME PROJECT thingy! Hope you talked toTroy by 4 November! We will be car pooling. Anyone got a car? We will send out logistics about departure time, etc soon. We might leave Fri or Sat ( 11 th or 12th) depending on a lot of things. If anyone (Pugwash member or non-) has any questions about these events or anything else, please contact pugwash@wpi. Hope to see you all on NOV 1st!
Women’s Alpine Ski Team ATTENTION ALL WOMEN! Do you like to ski? That is the only requirement for becoming a member. Dryland has begun. It is Mon. - Fri. at 4:30pm in Harrington Gym lobby. It lasts about 45 minutes to an hour. If you are interested in racing for the team, even if you have never raced, please come by. Questions can be asked after practice or you can email ski-officers. I hope to see you there. Reminder that you have to sign up with the registrar’s office to get gym credit if you missed signing up at course changes. SNOW. SNOW. SNOW.
Women’s Crew Well the varsity racing season is over but what a season we had. We certainly showed Holy Cross that the Betty’s are out for blood. Just remember that Cross will work hard this winter in hopes that it will not happen again in the spring. We have to work even harder. Winter workouts begin this week and I look forward to seeing those who couldn’t row in the fall. There will also be a get together for food and drinks with the coach for the fall rowers. I will keep you informed on the date. The shells finally came in and look great even if the oar is pink. The novice rowers have also had a great sea son. Nothing like beating three Holy Cross eights in a four. Good job. Also good luck in your race this weekend. I would also like to thank everyone who went to the Head of the Charles to support the guys. We had a great time and got in no trouble, thanks to the English men next door. A1 and Brian never looked so cute, oh and who could forget the bear too. Everyone who went to the hotel owes $17.00 so you can either give it to me or my box 2966. Thanks and see ya.
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To all o f you who passed a class or two, welcome back! However, ify o u were not so fortunate, umm...PROULX!, I guess it’ll be a longer winter than you thought. Except for the lack of grades, Winnie had a pretty pro ductive term, as he managed to make the WPI Hockey Team, despite the fact that he had lo learn how to eat nachos with those big gloves on. So. what else happened over break? Health inspections, first off. Except for a few “walk ing” violations; i.e.. Tori and the cook, we might actually pass now. Even if we don’t, it’s comforting to know that there arc no longer any living things lurking beneath the depths of the black Mel-fry. Please, do what you can to keep the kitchen clean, because I would hate see the wrath o f our born-again Nazi steward. Also worthy of comment is the return of our beloved sofa. Rarely docs it take four months for a reputable business to return a damaged product in the exact same condition that it was given to them, but what the hell, at least it’s back. Excellent work. House Manager! Continuing down the list: rush! Under a week rem aining, but still going strong... Millbury was a blast, although Sean and Arty were severely reprimanded by the all-powerful go-cart attendant. Maybe you guys felt dumb, but at least you weren’t arrested for speeding AND usin g a fake ID to purchase alcohol...wouldn’t you agree, Paul? In a few days we will be culminating Rush with our invite-only dinner, and Friday is bid-signing. November will be a busy but rewarding month for our new Postulants, and we anticipate the arrival of an exceptional class. Great job to all who made Rush a success - now the fun begins. A rA
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Welcome Back Ladies!! Especially Lexie, we missed you! Did everyone set their clocks back this weekend? (For real this time!) Happy Birthdays to Nappi (tomorrow) and Jenn “Fruitcake” Kelly (6th)!! A big HUG goes out to Carrie—and congrats to Erica, our new Sisterhood Chair!! Thank you’s to FIJI, for the great time last Friday at the BBQ, and to LX A for the Hallow een social! Speaking of Halloween, I think we need a few aw ards fo r the best costumes...Laverne and Shirley were definately kicking...as well as those celebrities with moles...and Alpha Gamma Indiana Jones...but I think Suzy takes the prize as - Pineconc-Head! To celebrate, I think we should all take HQF to see “A New Nightmare"! Unfortunately, if you’re locked out on your own balcony, you can’t go! You guys on the volleyball team probably can’t go either!! We hardly see you... On a Happier note. The second rush round is tonight-Keep up the psych Alpha Gams!! Make sure everyone knows how wonderful it is to be GREEK!!...A DOVEL1NG
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Rush Hard. JIMMY GOUDREAU, no more needs to be said. On a serious note to the girls who PILLAGED the third floor bathroom: Thanks for the donuts. Gobis has finally landed back on Earth after the house meeting. Which one’s heavier, the left one or the right one? You know what I’m saying. NO, what the heck are you talking about? Let the games begin. Another Halloween party has arrived. Watch out for Jim m y’s friends from the Bronx and Johnny Bishop. You know, the guy who can throw an apple the speed of light. Will the attic treasures be used again? Who knows? If the combined age of your grandparents is three, you might be a Donaldson. Chad. Ween is playing at the Civic Center. No seriously Pete, we won’t get into any fights when w e’re in the Bronx. (!@#$ Pete)
AXA Its Tuesday and if your still standing as you read this then you are probably doing a lot better than the rest of us. Is it just me or has it been kind of busy? Let me see if I can recount the events as they happened. After a single day of classes we continued our incredible rush with The Scavenger Hunt. I know that the evidence, I mean Items, gathered will make great material for next years calendar “Rush Lambda Chi and get cuffed by campus police.” Saturday morning was spent bagging the greater Worcester area with bags for the food drive. Followed that evening by our Halloween So cial with AGD. Great costume Jim it really looked like you were in a machine shop acci dent. Sunday was spent Socializing with Phi Sig Sig. Which brings us to Monday and another Rush event. Is that all? Did I miss anything? Friday is Bid Night which would signal the end of rush. Congratulations to all those who
have received Bids. Those who haven’t yet received them “Do not despair keep coming to the house and meeting brothers" That’s all that’s fit to print so if I'll end it right here. Any Brothers Living Easy?
OK© -Whitten; from Bcavis to Buzzcut -Well, it looks as though the KAP A vs. KAP B football game will never take place. Looks like we’re just going to have to look at the standings to see who is better: KAP A - 4th place, KAP B - 3rd place. Case closed. -Dickey, are the rumors false, or have you really lost it? -FACT: Timmy’s friends from home visit. FACT: Mysteriously during their visit, a win dow is broken and CD’s are stolen. Coinci dence? -Mario and Marsh siltin’ in a tree, one for th-r-e-e. -Hey Marsh, ever get deja vu in history class? Almost like you’ve taken it before? -It’s going to be a lot different this term without Mich constantly hangin’ out at the house, now that he’s in Washington (for any one without a clue, I’mbeing blatantly sarcas tic.) -Shedd, I guess its time for me to voice the opinion of the entire brotherhood; you’re loud, obnoxious, and you never shut up. -A little message to the people who painted our house. You guys are the real “tough guys.” You must be if you came and painted our house at night when no one was around. What cour age! If you really want to impress us, come try it during the day when people are around and can actually see you. -KTFB Milkman
in Welcome back to B-term guys... Happy compiled a list of grades for every one in the house. Of course us seniors came out on top... The only thing that should be pointed out in the sophmores’ favor is that Tex and Phil aren’t around to bring down the ju n io rs’ grades still... W e’ve gotta find the powdered sugar... H ere’s the top ten Halloween costumes I saw last night: 10. The French Maid — it was too short and fat to be Aviza, so it must have been Len’s little friend. 9. Beal as one of those guys you see in National Geographic. 8. Dority as a Chip’n Dale. 7. Squirrel as a Chip’n Dale. 6. Phil and Tex came as snowflakes. 5. We didn’t see Happy around, but some body said was on the roof being a gargoyle again. 4. Furball went as Repunzil and Rob climbed his golden locks of hair to get some action. 3. Uhhhhhhhhh-Rich as a neanderthal. 2. Johny and Chewie got naked, put hats on, and both went as Smokey the Bear. 1. Len’s a Weenie! Interviews galore last week! Hey Eve, where did you learn to cook like that? Cheer up, RUSH ends on friday. So Ed have you picked your poison yet? I hope you can still swim after not doing crew for a term. You’re getting fat and out of shape like Dority. See you next tuesday!
Okay, welcome back everybody, especially Andy who spent the last term in London. As I walked through the house I noticed a few things. On the second floor, the stereo wars have been escalated with cracks developing in the founda tion. I heard John yelling, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me!” Ben and Zub were recovering from an adventure that took them to Montreal and Toronto. Fyrberg was in the room with the door locked, hmm... I wonder. Wes was talking to the devil about how to gain the rights to people’s souls. I went up the stairs and thought 1 heard “Rodeo 1” coming from the G Money Pit. George Carlin appeared in the Cave. The mug monster developed its own personality and is forcing Ted to move out. The Lucas time pit tried to suck me in but I finally made it to the end of the hall, where I found an empty room, where we said goodbye to William Taylor Klewien. Goodbye, Bill come back soon. On a lighter note it was UCONN HO! this past weekend. On Saturday, a Vampire killed Vader. Beavis ran amok with the Mobster’s machine gun, and Jimmy came with a butt on the front, no wait, that’s how he always looks. All in good fun. This week is the end of rush, thank the Lord, and after that it’s off to the All-Zete at MIT. See ya, there. Signing Off-Jabba
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College Bowl Sponsored by SocComm, Special Events Committee
Who: Any student is eligible to sign up as a member of a four person team or individually, as teams will be formed. What: The Varsity Sport of the mind & game show of college campuses. Where: Completed forms can be brought to the Student Activities Office by Friday, Oct. 28, 1994. be held on Nov. 10, Nov. Dec. 8.
When: Tournaments will 17, Dec. 1, Dec. 5, and
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Students: plan to enter the New England Film and Video Festival now The New England Film and Video Festival (NEFVF), celebrating its twentieth anniver sary, announces its annual film and video com petition and January term deadlines. This year, NEFVF continues its tradition of cel ebrating excellence and innovation in the media arts by showcasing the finest work of New England independent and student film and video makers. The New England Film and Video Festival is presented by the Arts Extension Service of the Division of Con tinuing Education, University of M assachu setts Amherst and the Boston Film/Video Foundation. Entry deadlines are: January 20, 1995, for students and January 13 for independents. For entry forms, contact: Arts Extension Service. Division o f Continuing Education, 602 Goodell Building, Univer sity of M assachusetts, Amherst MA 01003.3260: (413) 545-2360. All undergraduate and graduate students who com pleted their works while attending a
Global Opportunities Fair A Global Opportunities Fair will be held from4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Alden Hall on Friday, November 4. The fair provides an opportunity to find out more about off-campus projects and course work by talking to faculty advisors and students who’ve taken part in the program. In formation will be available on overseas project centers, exchange programs, financial aid and student-travel agencies. There will be free re freshments and door prizes too.
Jftnthonys Ikirber Shop Welcomes WPI students R egu lar Q O H aircu ts S * 0 * U U By Appt. or Walk-in Hours: Mon-Sat 7 :3 0 -5 :3 0
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New England college or university or are residents of New England attending college elsewhere may be eligible. Student entries must have been com pleted while a student. Works must have been com pleted in the past two years and no more than two works may be entered per artist. The festival is a regional forum for the exhibition of the best films and videos in documentary, dram atic/narrative, animation and experimental genres by New England artists. The festival expects over 2,000 people to attend the 1995 event. Up to $7,000 in cash and services will be awarded this year. Awards will be made in independent and student categories with separate award d is tinctions for outstanding film and video. In addition to the O utstanding Student Film and Video Awards, students are eligible for all other awards with the exception of Outstand-
TKE / FSS 5th Annual Bedsheet Volleyball Tournament When: Wednesday, November9 (9-11 P.M.) and Thursday November, 10 (9-11 P.M.) Where: WPI Harrington Auditorium Charities benefiting: The Special Olympics and a local women’s organization Entry Donation: Fraternity or Sorority - $40 per team - 3 team maximum. Club, Group, or Independent - $30 per team. (Professors wel come too!) Please fill out the application and deliver it along with the registration fee to the TKE mail box in the student activities office in the Daniels Hall mailroom area by noon on Tuesday, No vember 8. A team may consist of 6 to 10 players, with 6 people on the court at a time, and a rotation used with more than 6 players. Schedules will be mailed to the team captain or representative on Tuesday, November 8. If you have any questions, call Joe Raab @ 792-3902 or Heather Zimmerman @ 792-3902. $100.00 TO 1ST PLACE TEAM AND PRIZES TO 2ND AND 3RD
ing Independent Award. The NEFVF is especially receptive to stu dent entries. It is an opportunity for student filmmakers to have their works shown to large audiences as well as to receive the recognition which comes with participating in a nationally recognized film festival. In the past, many awards, including the presti gious Best of Festival, have been given to student filmmakers. With awards sometimes come other opportunities. Nneka Bennett, the 1994 Art New England Animation Award w in n e r, fo r e x a m p le , was in v ite d by
Truman Scholarships competition begins by Professor K ent R issm iller Dept, o f Social Science & Policy Studies ATTENTION JUNIORS and SENIORS. Juniors interested in public service and plan ning to attend graduate school should con sider the Truman Scholarship competition. The Truman Foundation offers scholarships to support your senior year and graduate school. WPI has the opportunity to nominate up to three juniors for the prestigious Truman Scholarships. In addition, due to a lack of qualified applicants last year, seniors from Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and Puerto Rico are also eligible for this year’s competition. Each year the Trum an Foundation awards scholarships to 85 students. The scholar ships provide up to $3,000 for a student’s senior year and up to $13,500 per year for tuition and expenses in one or two year gradu ate programs. Students planning to enroll in longer graduate programs may receive up to $9,000 for each o f three years o f study. The Truman Scholarships were created and named in honor of President Harry S. Truman to support American students inter ested in a career in public service. Therefore, eligible students are expected to present ex cellent academic credentials and be com m it ted to a graduate program that might lead to a career in public service, broadly defined. Engineering students are not excluded! The Truman Foundation defines public ser vice as employment in “government at any
Oral presentation workshop
Researching th e IQP &
mqp
"Hands-on" LIBRARY INSTRUCTION SESSIONS
WHEN: Thursday, November 3,1994 Friday, November 4, 1994 Monday, November 7, 1994 Tuesday, November 8, 1994
TIMES; 11A.M. - 12 Noon each day
An Oral Presentation Workshop to prepare applicants for the President’s IQP Awards Competition will be held Wednesday, November 16, 1994, in Salisbury Labs 104 at 4:30 p.m. Please call Barbara McCarthy at ext. 5939 for more information.
Help your child succeed On T uesday, N ovem ber 1, V irginia Freyermuth, Massachusetts’ Teacherof the Year, presents “Helping Your Child Succeed: Learn ing for the 2 1st Century” at 7:30 p.m. in Newell Hall in the A tw ater K ent L aboratories. Freyermuth will talk to parents and teachers about the role of the arts in developing creative thinking, self-esteem and problem-solving skills. The program is sponsored by the Citizens’ Educational Resource Center (CERC), a non profit organization whose purpose is to foster parent and citizen participation in education. Pre-registration is encouraged; space may be limited. General admission is $5; $3 for CERC members and Worcester teachers. Please call Carla Rabinowitz at 757-6776 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. for more information.
WHERE; Audiovisual Room, GORDON LIBRARY
NOFA/MASS sets winter conference schedule Space is limited to 16 people at each session!! Please sign up at the Reference Desk in advance to reserve a spot.
Blackside, Inc., the Boston-based produc tion company that created Eyes on the Prize. to develop animation segments for an up coming documentary. Festival screenings take place May 11 and 12 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The awards screening on May 13 will be held at the Tsai Performance Center at Boston Uni versity and is sponsored by Boston Univer sity, College o f Communications, School o f Broadcasting and Film. Screenings feature award winning entries, premieres and special guests.
The Massachusetts chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association will hold its 8th annual Winter Conference on Saturday, January 21st, 1995 at Plymouth Church Parish Hall. 87 Edgell Rd„ Framingham Ma. The program promises to be fun AND educational with 16 different workshops available on a variety of topics ranging from beginner to advanced. Vendor’s exhibits, snacks, a Farmer’s Market, the annual meeting, and a pot luck lunch, in addition to the program, will help to make this worthwhile event very special. For more information or registration, please contact Edwin McGlew, 140 Chestnut St., West Hatfield, Ma., 01088. Phone (413) 247-9264.
level, uniform ed services, public-interest organizations, nongovernm ental research and/or educational organizations, and public-service oriented non-profit organizations such as those whose primary purposes are to help needy or disadvantaged persons or to protect the environment.” If that describes your career goals, you should investigate the Truman Scholarships. The application is due Dec. 2. Students interested in this opportunity must contact Professor Rissmiller in Social Science by Friday Nov. 4th. The application form and process are lengthy, but the award is prestigious and may total $30,000. Candidates are required to write a short essay and must solicit recom mendations from faculty and others. Upon review of application materials, the Truman Foundation will interview applicants as part o f the final selection process.
Two on maternity leave During the next three months, both DAKA catering managers, Jacky-Ann Foster and Suzanne Greeley, will be on maternity leave. Shawna Panders, currently manager at Gompei’s Place, and Helen Gilman will assume their re sponsibilities. Panders can be reached at ext. 5253, Gilman’s ext. is 5402. Good luck ladies!
‘Tis the season... by Christine Von Ulrich, M.S. Healthy A lternatives Yes, th at’s right, it is not yet even Hallow een and many of us are already thinking about the holidays. And that is only right because there will be TONS o f things for us to do during this season. It is for this reason that I have listed the TOP 10 things people love to do to relieve stress during this stressedout part o f the year: 10) Beep and yell at a driver even when they are not driving 9) Do anything and everything that is hu manly possible to annoy their pet 8) Do anything and everything that is hu manly possible to annoy their room mate, spouse, or friend who stopped in for a short visit 7) Wear a garlic clove around their necks to ward o ff any “Stressful gods” (or really anyone who gets within three feet of them) 6) Point and laugh at other drivers while driving 5) Drive up to the side o f another car and scream “Pull-over! Pull-over!” and when they pull over drive by (let them worry about it) 4) Take pictures of as many fall leaves as possible to just kill some time 3) Make Jiffy Pop popcorn and com plain how it always gets burned 2) Take their smelly shoes o ff in class 1) Space out in front of the com puter with the TV and the radio on The above techniques are wonderful (?) ways of coping with stress and hectic times but if you want to learn more about how to relax and about stress itself, come over to the Lower Wedge on Thursday evenings starting November 3, at 7pm to listen and participate in a series of stress management talks that will include: Learning more about what stress is Practicing some relaxation techniques PracticingTai Chi and Back Massage tech niques Look for more details about the upcoming talks on bulletin boards around campus, or contact the Healthy Alternatives Office at x5800 or chrisvon@wpi. Admission is $1 and those attending three or more talks will receive a free stress monitoring card!!
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Tuesday November 1,1994
HUMOR
CHAOS by Brian Shuster
CHAOS by Brian Shuster
.. and in this corner, at 98 pounds, with no wins and 28 losses, it’s Ghandi." “T h e f r e s h - d u c k s p e c i a l ?
I t 's b a d , r e a l l y b a d , a n d
e x p e n s iv e . .
COMMENTARY
Philler - The Series... Continued from page 8 Others, however, have used this opportu nity to make everyone’s eating experience even more of a living hell by programming songs which they know will drive others to the brink of DAKA madness. Remember when you could usually just ignore the radio if it was on a station you didn’t really care for? Now we have these same songs played purposely at louder vol umes, and you see it too... Not only that, but you actually see the person responsible for the song being played! You can’t go and com plain to a complete stranger! The true intention of IT is still unknown. Obviously, someone at DAKA got an idea... “ ...that’s the thing, we don’t have to im prove the food. All we have to do is distract them while they’re eating so they don’t no tice...” Fact or fiction, folks? (note the cool allit eration) All that I ask, is that someone tell me that we aren’t paying for IT!!! If they tell us that they can’t make the pork sandwiches warm in the centers because they don’t have enough space, or we can’t get better food because they are on such a tight budget, and then they go and spend mega-bucks on a boombox on steroids... Ed, tell me it’s not so. Please tell me it’s not so... For those of you who think our little DAKA kick is over now, think again. This is only the beginning. There are just soo many things to make fun of regarding our lovely dining ser vice, that the possibilities give us goose bumps. H ere’s something that we are sure many of you have noticed: w hat’s up with all the darn soup spoons?! Take a little trip to the eating utensil dispenser and try, just try, to get a teaspoon. More often than not, all that you can pull out are soup spoons. Whose sick little idea is this? In the cosmic scheme o f things, it is not vitally important that we are able to have teaspoons instead of soup spoons, but don’t cha think that it would be nice every once in a while to have a proper sized utensil for cereal? (The other day, actually, I wanted some soup, and all I could find on the first half-dozen attempts were teaspoons. Image that...) It seems soo easy to just follow the directions on the cart-thingy that hold the utensils. It is actually labeled with “forks,” “knives,” “teaspoons,” and “ soup spoons,” so why can’t they just put the proper part where it belongs? (Imagine these people attem pting to put together something diffi cult, such as a Lego house... talk about m essy...) Ah, well. You all know the old maxim: The more things should change, the more DAKA ignores them. I guess that for now, w e’ll have to deal with soup spoon, soup spoon, soup spoon... (See our “skim goes- in skim,-skim-goes-i.n skinT-thingy-from- • -
a while back.) The DAKA fun never ends... Personally, I happen to like Cheerios. All kinds of Cheerios: regular. Honey Nut, Apple Cinnamon, even the “new, improved, supercrunchy. better-than-ever Cheerios.” How ever, I would like to know what kind I am going to get before I eat them. Call me picky, but somehow when one is expecting Honey Nut Cheerios, only to discover by personal tongue experience (i.e. tasting the darn things) that they are regular flavor, it is quite disap pointing. DAKA has to figure out the differ ence, and fast, before someone decides to sue them for false advertising, reckless endangerment, or (gasp!) severe-disappointmentof-a-paying-custom er-in-a-pseudo-restaur a n t - l i k e - e s t a b l i s h m e n t (S.D.O.A.P.C.I.A.P.R.L.E.). (Does it frighten anyone else to know that the acronyms D.O. A. and C.I.A. are in that one...? And I didn’t even do that one on purpose...) We think that it is terribly funny that some one changed the words over the DAKA en trance from “Morgan Com mons” to read “Or gasm On,” but we are very concerned about the connotations that brings to mind. The nagging question is: WHY! Sure, it’s ex tremely funny, and quite inventive (although we cannot directly support such wanton de struction of school property), but it just so SICK! I’ve never, ever felt even close to that state while in DAKA. Those people who performed this incident of word trickery should seriously consider the message they convey in their next endeavor. (And yes, another one could be quite funny... but don’t take that as encouragement.) DAKA bashing, DAKA bashing, let’s go a-DAKA bashing... (Oh, Laurel just informed me that “we aren’t doing DAKA bashing, we giving them insightful DAKA commentary. Think of it as a long GS Gram.” Sorry...) Anyhow, there just seems to be no end to the pickonableness of DAKA. While the Healthy Choice line presents some strange connotations, such as what sort of health would one have coming from the other lines, but that’s another story. The question that bugs me is what happened to the Healthy Choice line over break? Somehow, for an unknown reason, it disappeared, forcing ev eryone to eat unhealthy food. Was this DAKA’s plan? Someone said that the line was just com bined with the other ones, but I don’t buy that. The food wasn’t the same, so there... [Insert your version o f what Laurel and Guinevere look like here, but with tongues sticking out impudently.] You know, people really shouldn’t stay on campus over break, because it only provides them with more things to be angry about. The services change, but hey, w e’re so relaxed -with-thi« cable- television thmg,-th;U nothing
could disturb us. However, there was some thing that happened before the term ended, and someone else must have noticed also. Remember Parent’s Day? Remember lunch that day? Why was it sooo much better than any other day? If you say “because they want to show off, and make parents think that their children are just whiners because the food’s not that bad here” then you are correct. Give yourself 10 bonus points, and move onto the next round. Sure, the food was actually good that day, but it was not something that could be enjoyed, because there was this nagging thought in the back o f my mind that said, “this will all be gone tom orrow.” Chalk up another ruined meal... And now it’s time for... [insert drum roll here] yet another Top 10 List! Top 10 Things that nice young college students could change “Morgan Commons” into: 10. Mom Groans 9. Common Morn Gas 8. Mmm Organs 7. Norms Coma 6. Moron Son 5. Car Smog 4. Room O Cans 3. No Racoon MSG 2. Moms Arm Goo and the number one Thing that nice young college students could change “Morgan Com mons” into: 1. Noon Orgasm Well boys and girls, we certainly had fun
today at DAKA’s expense. Remember, to keep those letters coming. The ones we have will get in eventually, d on’t worry. Send them to newspeak@ wpi.wpi.edu. Tune in next week when you’ll hear Laurel say, “Do you think its suspicious that two high-ranking, female DAKA em ployees are pregnant at the same tim e?'
NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / JASON PHILBROOK
This wonderful photo taken by Mr. (F)ilbrook shows what happens when college students become painfully bored.
Princeton Review rates WPI’s Food Service by Servo The Princeton Review has rated twenty colleges as having the worst food. The list is the result of a survey o f approximately 28,000 students at 256 colleges. “ Is it food?” is the headline over the list which includes the State University o f New York at Albany, Rice University, and our own W orcester Poly technic Institute. “We’re not saying the schools are bad, we are saying the food is terrible,” said John Katzman, president of the Princeton Review in New York. “ If they are schools under the ‘worst food’ listing, they are still the best colleges in America.” Katzman admits he has “taken some flak” for the listings from some college officials. In several cases, food directors have written him asking for further information. The food at WPI has been a controversial issue for some time. During D-Term 1992, a large portion of the student body moved off campus. -Four-out ef-the-five-top-reasons -for-
the exodus were som ehow connected to DAKA. While DAKA may have taken steps to correct this, many students admit that prob lems still exist. If you’re looking for great food, the Princeton Review’s listing includes Bowdoin College, Dartmouth College, Cornell Uni versity, and seventeen others. According to the Princeton Review, the Greeks, studying hard, professors teaching intro courses, drinking, and an easy to get around campus are “w hat’s hot” at WPI. The food on campus and a radio station are “w hat’s not” (although we will have an operational radio station by C-Term). The detailed review o f WPI does not rate student life very high. It mentions the prob lem of a 4:1 male/female ratio, lack of a student center, and implies strong tension between Greeks and independent populations. W orcester is called “a social arm pit” and is given a poor review (except for the C en tru m )............................. .......................................
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CLASSIFIEDS Ever have a fractal fantasy? See video cas sette 89-55 in the Gordon Library AV Room.
Hey Tim. put a wiggle in your stride...
I---------- Newspeak will run classifieds free for all WPI students, faculty, and staff.
Free classifieds are limited to six (6) lines. Ads of a commercial nature and ads longer than six lines must be paid for at the off campus/commercial rate of $5 00 for the first six lines and 50 cents per additional line. Classified ads must be paid for in advance. No information which, in the opinion of the Newspeak editors, would identify an individual to the community will be printed in a personal ad. The editors reserve the right to refuse any ad deemed to be in bad taste or many ads from one group or individual on one subject. The deadline for ads is noon on the Friday before publication. All classified ads must be on individual sheets of paper and must be accompanied by the writer’s name, address and phone number.
SPRING BREAK ‘95 - SELL TRIPS. EARN CASH & GO FREE!!! Student Travel Services is now hiring campus representatives. Lowest rates to Jamaica, Cancun, Daytona and Panama City Beach. Call 1-800-648-4849.
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NEWSPEAK
Tuesday November 1,1994
POLICE LOG Wednesday, October 5 2:12 am - Medical emergency: Dean Street, Laceration. 2:14 am - EMS and officers respond. 2:19 am - Transport to Memorial Hospital. 2:35 am - Noise complaint: Fraternity on Dean St. Spoke to resident; advised to quiet down. 8:00 am - Notified: Car leaking anti-freeze in Quad lot. 10:29 am - Student found a wedding ring. Owner notified; will pick up at station. 10:35 am - Ring picked up by owner. 7:52 pm - SHD from Riley Hall calls to speak with Sgt. regarding suspicious females. Officer to Riley to speak with student. 7:55 pm - Complaint: Boynton St. fraternity. Re: two suspicious females. Officers check area. 8:00 pm - Noise complaint: Dean St. fraternity. Thursday, October 6 12:53 am - Gas leak: RA in Stoddard A reports possible gas leak in third floor bathroom. Officers respond. 1:47 am - Report on leak: Not an emergency; will be corrected in the morning. 4:19 am - Suspicious people: Caller repons two people looking into a car with flashlights on Schussler St. 4:43 am - Auto breaking and entering: Officer reports car with back passenger side window broken, radio missing. WPD notified. 4:44 am - Auto breaking and entering: Owner cannot be located. WPD will notify in morning. 11:00 am - Lost items: Keys and jacket belonging to student; student notified. 5:05 pm - Complaint: Student reports that people are throwing water balloons out of Morgan Hall window. Officer responds. 5:12 pm - Officer clears Morgan Hall. 7:26 pm - Medical emergency: Student with a sprained ankle in Alumni Gym. EMS and officer respond. 7:28 pm - Medical transport: Student transported to Memorial Hospital. Saturday, October 8 4:47 am - Found property: Wallet on fool bridge, turned in to station. 12:26 pm - Theft: Report o f missing letters at Morgan Commons. 1:20 pm - Obstruction: lines being painted in front of Boynton, vehicle in way. Owner contacted and vehicle moved. 1:56 pm - Noise Complaint: Dean St. fraternity by resident. Officer responds. 9:19 pm - Mischief: EMS reports bricks piled up in Freeman Plaza about 12 feet high; looked as if they were to fall. Officer responds. 11:56 pm - Disorderly persons: SNaP reports bottles being thrown from Morgan Hall. Sunday, October 9 12:22 am - Noise complaint: Fuller apartments basketball court. Officer responds. 12:46 am - Malicious mischief: Morgan RA reports student who just discharged fire extinguisher. Officer responds. 6:37 am - Dumpster fire: Officer reports dumpster fire behind Institute Hall. WFD notified. 2:15 pm - Medical: Harrington Gym for split finger. Officer and EMS respond. 2:30 pm - EMS clear. Transport to Memorial Hospital. 9:16 pm - Medical Emergency: Salisbury St. fraternity. Severe stomach pain. EMS responds. Monday, October 10 5:11 am - Open door: Officers investigating open door. Alumni Gym men’s locker room. 9:45 am - Odor: in Atwater Kent. Officer responds. 3:05 pm - Complaint: Students report missing ceremonial cloth. 4:08 pm - Complaint: Unattended infant in vehicle by Atwater Kent. 4:34 pm - Complaint: Non-students in Alumni Gym. 5:02 pm - Clear: Three non-students evicted from the gym. Tuesday, October 11 1:05 am - Found property: Box in front of Wedge containing sales materials. 2:31 am - Harassing phone call: Daniels Hall. Officer responds. 4:38 pm - Caller reports no heat in Morgan; Plant services notified. 11:32 pm - Larceny: Boynton St. fraternity. Sgt. responds. 11:38 pm - Suspicious vehicle: Alumni field. Officer responds. Wednesday, October 12 12:32 am - Open door: Report of open door in ECE Dept, office, Atwater Kent. Officer and watchperson respond. 1:03 am - Odor of smoke: Report of odor of smoke in Higgins Labs stairwell. Officers respond. 5:21 am - Intrusion alarm: Mass. Academy. Officer responds. 11:22 am - Suspicious person: Bookstore. Person left before officers arrived. 7:57 pm - Work order: Light between Boynton and Institute on path. 9:57 pm - Malicious act: Student on roof of Salisbury with laser pointer. Officers respond. 10:41 pm - Malicious acts: Person looking into every car on West St. near Quad. Officer responds. Thursday, October 13 12:03 am - Vehicle stop: Forest St. and Salisbury St. Consortium van. Excessive speed. 3:51 am - Assist motorist: Sagamore and Park Ave. Vehicle running, operator appears to be asleep. 4:05 am - Motorist sent on her way. 3:17 pm - Complaint: Neighbor says Fraternity on Dean St. is too noisy. 8:30 pm - Maintenance: Morgan food service refrigerator not working. 11:25 pm - Disturbance: Riley third floor. RA reports several males creating disturbance on floor. Requests officers. Officers respond.
Global Affairs Party Presents
H arvard N ational M odel U nited N ations 1995 Introductory Meeting Thursday, November 3 6:30 AK 218
W PI will be representing SW ED EN at the upcom ing HNM UN. Anyone interested in debate, politics, global issues, or a free weekend in Boston is w elcom e to attend. No experience necessary. For additional inform ation please em ail sm finley@ w pi
Tuesday, November 1 (All Saints’ Day) 12:00pm & 5:00pm - Mass, Alden Hall. 7:30pm - Speaker: “Leaving Physics: The Story of a Woman’s Disillusionment" AK 219. 8:00pm - Musician, Peter Mulvey, Riley Commons, $1.00. Thursday, November 3 7:00pm - Stress Management Talk, Lower Wedge, $1.00. 8:00pm - Play: “The Beaux’ Strategem” H.C. Fenwick Theatre (One College St.) $4.00. Friday, November 4 4:30-7:00pm - Global Opportunities Fair, Alden Hall. 5:00pm - GSO Trip to Medieval Manor. 7:00pm - Pianists “Vladimir and Nadia Zaitsev” Higgins House $2.00. 8:00pm - Play: "The Beaux’ Strategem” HC Fenwick Theatre (One College St.) $4.00. Saturday, November 5 1:00pm - Football v. Coast Guard, Alumni Field. 1:00 & 2:30pm - Falconry Demonstration, Higgins Armory, Free with Admission. 8:00pm - Play: “The Beaux’ Strategem” HC Fenwick Theatre (One College St.) $4.00. Sunday, November 6 2:00pm - Native American Film series: “Kenehsatake,” “Haircuts Hurt” others, Worcester Art Museum, Free with admission. 6:30 & 9:30pm - Film: “The R ef’ Perreault Hall, $2.00.
11:31 pm - Clear: Suspects gone on arrival of officers. 11:35 pm - Suspicious persons: Library lot; fitting description of Riley suspects. Friday, October 14 12:26 am - Noise complaint: Salisbury St. fraternity. Made by resident of Boynton St. 12:46 am - Disturbance call: Ellsworth. Officers respond. 12:50 am - Administrator on call beeped. 1:09 am - No response to administrator beeper. 1:09 am - Administrator called at home. 3:05 am - EMS: To Institute Hall. Intoxicated female in bathroom. 6:00 am - Weapon removed: From police storage. 4:55 pm - Medical emergency: Elbridge St. Student with flu-like symptoms. EMS responding. 5:07 pm - Medical transport: Student to Memorial Hospital. Saturday, October 15 1:40 am - Suspicious vehicle: Drury Lane. Officer responds. 5:56 am - Mechanical problem: Foodservice reports freezer in Morgan not working. 10:09 am - Residents on Elbridge St. report two men trying to enter building to do work after being asked to leave. Officer responds. 10:21 am - Clear: Elbridge St. 1:57 pm - Caller reports burning smell in Founders Dining Hall. Officer responds. 2:30 pm - Electrician called in for Founders. 8:25 pm - Resident of fraternity on Elbridge Street request police to check premises. Officer responds. 8:29 pm - Clear: Fraternity on Elbridge Street. Sunday, October 16 2:56 am - Malicious mischief: Small fire set on rock on Humboldt Ave. 3:29 am - Suspicious person: Sgt. with subject on Institute Rd. near Institute Hall. Monday, October 17 7:13 pm - Student locked out of Morgan. 7:46 pm - Student’s keys stuck in lock in Fuller Labs; Locksmith called in. 9:45 pm - Report of two unlocked doors in Founders Hall; Plant Services notified. 10:27 pm - Room in Alden Hall found open. Officer responds. Tuesday, October 18 12:57 am - Malicious mischief: Officer reports window on WPI van parked near Daniels southeast entrance broken. 1:00 pm. Lock in: Elevator Higgins Labs. Worker from Bay State Elevator locked in. Bay State Elevator notified. 1:56 pm - Report: Car leaking gas. Officer responds. Wednesday, October 19 11:48 pm - Noise disturbance: Caller from Institute Rd. complains of loud music at fraternity. 11:54 pm - Fraternities checked. No noise problems found. Thursday, October 20 1:5() am - Stolen vehicle: Becker police called requesting a check on a possible stolen vehicle. Vehicle was confirmed stolen. WPD notified. 6:16 am - Quad: Quad blocked off for math meet at 7 am. 2:30 pm - Faculty person reports stolen wallet in Boynton Hall. 10:53 pm - Fire alarm: Daniels. Set off by students cooking in wedge. Friday, October 21 10:40 am - Can Man going through trash at Ellsworth Apartment. Officer to speak with person. 4:30 pm - Assist: Lock President’s house. 9:43 pm - Noise complaint: Fraternity on Dean St. 11:53 pni - Medical response: Riley west entrance. Asthma attack. Officer and EMS respond. Saturday, October 22 12:10 am - Officer and EMS clear Riley. Sunday, October 23 12:17 am - Alcohol violation: Sgt. in Stoddard lot with alcohol violation. 1:46 am - Recovered property: Officer reports student observed with a city parking sign found at Drury Lane. Monday, October 24 12:08 am - Disorderly persons - Riley 3rd floor hallway. 12:42 am - Officer reports political sign removed from Salisbury St. 3:00 pm - Suspicious person: Resident of Einhom Rd. reports a male wearing a red baseball cap stashing two duffel bags in the bushes. Wednesday, October 26 12:41 am - Medical response: Institute Hall 3rd floor men’s room. Intoxicated student vomiting. EMS responds. 1:41 am - Medical response: Stoddard B men’s room. Student ill and vomiting. EMS responds. 1:12 pm - Medical response: Student in Stoddard B complains of nausea, dizziness. EMS responds. 1:28 pm - EMS request ambulance for above student.