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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspeak at DigitalCommons@WPI. It has been accepted for inclusion in Newspeak All Issues by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@WPI. D~ .~ . H~ . r.n ,.~. Aw.,~.~It. .!!!~.~.Yn., .. '!9 .~.~~.!. from the mike and crooned to Amy. · brought Amy up on stage,Q! and had a and performing for a children's show includes a girl from the audience to ~: Ed1~ o' ws ' but of course, h1s voice level dropped joke contest Amy was contestant in Arizona (where he was raised) in play off of is only abou t nine months On Friday night, a crowd of about 10 almost nothing. and he kept moving number three. Contestant number one 1981. and while still pursuing a night old. and he says every time he per- 200 was treated to the comedy of Dan back and forth raising and lowering was a very extra-terrestri al looking club act worked on the show until forms. he pushes a linle further. see- Hom. Sponsored by the Special the volume as he went. Hom proved puppet named EP (ex tra-puppet) and 1987, when he left to pursue his act ing just how far he can go. Events Committee of SocComm and right here beyond any doubt that he contestant number two was a rather full time. Dan, when not working comedy Two Tewers After Hours. it was the had superior control of his vocal stuffy looking lady named Polly Es- He has built all of his puppets shows and colleges, now lives in Cali· kickoff event of the Winter Weekend. chord . ther. After their jokes bombed, Hom himself. except for "Fluffy" the dog fomia. waiting 10 make the "Big Dan is not just your normal stand· But is not just the dialogue that hooked rods up to Amy and trans- which is a small part of his act. When Time". We can only foresee the day up comedian, however, he is also a makes Orson come to life. it is also the formed her into a puppet of sons. He I asked him where Orson came from when ''Dan Hom" is a household first rate ventriloquist. and the crowd control that Hom exerts over the then worked it so she would move her he replied that he was the synthesis of name and the toy companies are mass left convinced of this. puppets. This is made possible by mouth in sync with his actions, pro- four different parts. Orson is 1/4 producing ''Orson" dolls. His main character. Orson, is a means of two rods connected to the ducing a hilarious effect. and a good Dan 'h grandfather. 1/4 Aunt Toots. The night was a rousing success for ni nety-one year old man. and Orson hands of the puppets (al Ia Jim Hen- joke. thu11 proclaiming Amy the win· his grandfather's sister, l/4 Uncle performer and audience, and Dan had the audience rolling with his son's Muppets). This allows him total ner. Lonny, and the remaining 1/4 is pure Hom was even called back for an snappy comebacks and sometimes control over all aspects of the puppets Although at times somewhat ris- imagination. encore. something which rarely hap- rude (and lewd) behavior towards the movementS. This produces move- que. the whole net was a sma.~hing He says that the ideas for his pup- pens at a comedy show around here. crowd, especially one spectator mentS that are almost lifelike, and success. and I think everyone wa lked pets come from all different ways. He The rapport here (which Dan gave u~ named Amy. He played off of her and then the characterization is complete. away satisfied at a time well-spent may come up with a bit and build the a lesson about at the Sllltt of his show) the audience very well. Orson used to Orson and the others come alive. no Dan Hom has been performing puppet to suit the bit. or come up wi th was definitely working. We hope to be a singer in his heyday we were told, longer being just puppets. but sepa- professionally for about twelve years a puppet and build a personality to go see Mr. Hom back at this campus in and he was conned into singing a song rate, seemingly living people. The now. He '>tarted out in the usual along. He is also continually evolving the near future. for us. He dedicated it to Amy, and overall effect is incredible. manner, working open mikes and
The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Volume 19, Number 5 Tuesday, February 12, 1991 Big changes for student government by Troy Nielsen the student body will take place from the proposed changes. 14 will be elected from OFF cam pu_~ groups will be split into categoric.~ of Associate EdiJor shortly thereafter. The Student Government As~ocia· <, tudents, and 3 will be elected from '>imilar interests (club ) pOrt!>, music, The present student government uon (SGA) w1ll be comprised of the eilhcr location. With this system, one campus service groups, etc.). Th•s Recently a large number of has been praised for its effom. but the Executive Branch and Senators. Senator will repre~ent every 100 stu new coherent grouping will allow for changes have been proposed for the government itself dec1ded that they There are 5 members of the Executive dent~ for the on/off campus positions. a more sensible di.,tribution of the reorganization of the WPl student were not properly meeting the needs Branch: President. Vice Pre.,ident, Out of the 30 Senators, 27 (repre budget money. government. These changes will be of the student body. Some of the Corresponding Secretary. Recording senting the exclusive on or off campus The Treasurer structure will be as renected in the student government inadequacies were caused by student Secretary. and Treasurer. The num positions) will be elected m A-Term follows: the Execuuve Branch will constitution that will be printed in government representatives coming ber of the Senators shall be 30 and and will take office at the beginning of have one Treasurer who is in charge ol Newspeak next week. At that point, from !>pecial interest groups and elections of the Senators will be basct.l B-Tem1. However, the.- 3 At-Large 7 Assistant Treasurers that over;ee the constnuuon should lx; revle..,et.l thererof'l_ not trul) rc.pt in their spec10l intcrc~t by the student body. Subsequent vot· cro s section of Lhe student body. the 30, 13 Senator!> will be elected positiOn!> will be voted on in C-Tcrm categories. For example, the interna ing on the proposed constitution by What follows are a '\Cries of highlights from studenL~ residing ON campuc;, and will take office in D-Term. tional students group would have an The other mt~;or change that i!> U!osistant treasurer reporting 10 the bemg propo~cd is that SAB (Student Execuuve Branch treasurer. Under Housing lottery to begin Activiues Board) will no longer be each a~sistant treasurer. there will be under the jurisdiction of the Student from 4 to 8 representatives from the mdividual groups. The representa Office of Housing and live in the residence halls. organi1.e Life Office. Government. In fact. the SAB will no Last year, the Office of Hou~mg longer exist. All of the SAB functions tives and the assistant treasurer com Residential Life activities and progmms that a~sist students in developing an awareness and Residential Life received ap will be handled by the SGA Treasurer. prise the group that makes the cate The Office of Housing and Resi of themselves and others. Many stu proximately 730 lottery applicauun Thus. the power ha.<; been de-central gory's budget proposal'>. These budg dential L1fe will be kicking off the dents who live off cnmpu~ find a void for almost 600 actual spaces. Those ized in that a larger number of stu ets are then voted on by the Senators. annual Housing Louery for the 1991- 10 those areas. who do not receive housing through dents (1he Senators and Group Repre· In the February 19th issue of 92 academic year. Any full-time WPI offers a variety of hving op· the lottery arc encouraged to place sentative!.) will be drawmg up the Newspeak, the new proposed student undergraduate student enrolled nt the tions for students. Suite living is their name on the housing wait list. budgets, making the decisions, and government constitution will be college is eligible 10 enter. Students available in Founders, an all upper· Last year, all students on the wait list presenting the proposals for the printed so that each student can sort can pick up an application with in· class residence hall; two to seven did receive an offer for housing some· groups. These budgets, proposals. out the many new changes for him ~tructions from their Resident Advi person apartments are obtainable in time between April and August and decisions will be voted on by the self. A vote of the student body will sor or from the Office of Housing and the Ellsworth/Fuller complex: several If students have any questions entire SGA. All of the SAB-funded reject or accept the new constitution. Residential Life. Applications are small houses provide students with a about the housing louery. the Office due February 28. 199 • in the Office of bit more privacy: and corridor style or Housing and Residential life would Housing and Residential Life. The living is available in larger residence be happy to address them. The office louery will be held on March 25 and halls. will be holding two louery informa 26 in the Lower Wedge. Another living option for <> tudents tion o;ess•ons on Wednesday. Febru· Among the many advantages of ib World House which i!> a special ary 13 and on Monday. February 18. living on campuo; are the convenience interest house that focuses on global/ Both sessions w1lltake place m Mor of locauon and the lifelong friend· intematjonal issue~. A ~cparole appli gan A at 4:30. Freshman 111 particular ships that arc ch:veloped with fello" cauon h required for World House are encouraged 10 come and ask ques rel-idents. Resident Advbors. who ood can be picked up in the Student tions. Financial aid awareness for 1991 by lAura B. P11r11lyan Finunc1al A1d Form: the WPI Financ.ul cation to the FAO. a\ mentioned above. Aid Application -U ppercta~\(grecn If mtcndmg !:.-term '91 at lc3~t hitllumc. A' mentioned prevlOU\Iy in Ne\\· folder): and cop1c., of !loth your parent"' you may ~ubmn a Stafford/GSL appllca ~pea k . the financ1al tud application prcx: and your 1990 IRS ta:'< rl!tum,, uon by M:trch I. I991. ebs requ1rC\ thauhe followmg items must Applicant<> mtcreMed in only n Swf· If you participmcd m the CO-OP be liled accordin~ to the deadline.~ men ford/Guaranteed Student Lo;m mu't ubo program dunng Full '9(1, you mu) ex tioned in the :lpphc:all(1n packet: the submit the Jl}qJ -92 CSS FAF 10 Prince clude your CO-OP camn1g~ when filhng_ 1991 -92 College Scholarship Servtce ton. NJ. a' well as the WPI folder appli· out the 1991 -92 CSS FAF. If you are currently partic•patmg m the CO-OP program. then you may e'
The Gulf War The Saud1\ have ~hut off one of people were arrested for weapons time low again!>~ the German Mark. ne,~men that the reces!>10n w11l be their desalinization planb on the Per trafficking. German interest rates have been ris mild and brief. An Iraqi Scud missile fired from sian gulf because of an 011 spill. The mg, and US rates falling. which is the President Bush propo~>ed a new westem Iraq hit central lsroel late closing was juM a precaution: no oil National News principal reason for the fall of the budget of$ I .446 trillion for I 992, an Saturday night. Over I 50 houses were has entered the facility. The spill was dollar. increase in spending of 2.6%. There damaged, and 26 people were injured caused by a tanker leaking oil after Lamar Alexander. the nominee for General Motors cut its dividend would be many taxes on invc~tors - in the attack, although no one was being bombed by conliuon forces. Education Secreta ry, told a Senate 47%. a 1.ignal that the company thinks a commodity tax and higher fees for killed. According to an lsrJeli de The huge deliberate spill started in committee that he would not enforce the recession will last a long time. i ~s uing stocks and other securities. fense spokesman, the Scud was inter Kuwait is about40 miles off the Saudi the adminbtrauon's policy of minor Chry~ler's bonds were downgraded to America West airl ine~ \larted a cepted by a Patriot anti-missile miS coast. ity scholarship!>, saying it had sent the junk \latus. and GMs and Ford's price war among the various airlines, sile. The Israeli government ~>aid that "wrong '>ignal." La 1 year, an under bond' were al\o downgraded, but not and some prices were cut 50%. the late t Scud attack, which i!. the World ew J>ecretary of education had ruled that all the way to the junk levels. ''Junk" A dozen banks. mcludmg two eleventh auack and the thirtieth mis scholarsh1ps can not be given solely i~ a term to used to describe bond ~ that banks from New England. have ex sile fired towards Israel. will not A mortar exploded in London, on the basis of race. The White House have a low rating, meaning that there pre~~d a desire to buy pans of the change their po ition on retaliation. outside of 10 Downing Street. the later sa1d that scholarships with pub ir. a greater ri~k of default. failed Bank of New England. Due to There was increUI>ed talk of a Prime MiniM er~ re!>idence. Bntish lic money can not be, but scholarships Bush. on the other hand, does not liS size. the Bank will probably be sold ground war last week, as both propo officials say that the Irish Republican with private money can be. The con think that the recession will last long off in pans. nents and opponents of Operation Army was rc~pon~iblc for the bomb nict started after the Fiesta Bowl - he told a group of New York busi- compiled by George M. Regnery Desert Storm said that a ground offen ing. which broke several windows but wanted to give minority scholarships sive would be necessary to get lroql injured no one. to the teams that played in its college NEWS troops out of Kuwait. However, US Gorbachev urged Soviet vote~ to championship game in Phoenix. The oflicials seem to be hesitant to ltlnrt a vote for a strong Soviet Union in the reibon for doing this wru. to counter ground war. becau.<;e it would mean March 17 referendum. However. the fact that there was no official Attention entrepreneurs people were actively trading business that there would be a large number of Lithuania sa1d 11 wa!> gomg to have a hohday for Martin Luther King's by Mike Ryan US casualties. non binding referendum on Sunday. bmhday m Ari7ona. cardo; and began nctworkang wllh each Defense Secretary Richard Cheney February I 0. although Gorbachev has President Bush '>igned a bill that Aspiring entrepreneurs at WPI. I other. As far as the WPI student and General Colin Powell went to said that the Lithuaman referendum is allow!> Vietnam veterans who were regret to inform you that you mas<,ed community, if you have mnovative Saudi Arabia to visit US troop~ and to illegal. The Un11ed Statel> said that exposed to Agent Orange, a defoliant. the inaugural meeting of the WPI ideas and did not attend, you missed a tall.. to Saudi diplomats. medical supplie!> would be sent to to rece1ve specinl benefits. Venture Forum. The meeting took great opportu nity. Saddam Hussein accused the Lithuania. In the Ru '>~ian Republic, The Magellan space craft has some place on Wednesday, January 23 at The nex t open meeting i ~> 7:00 pm, United States of targeting civilian the legislature pn!>sed a law that said dust on the mirrors and lenses, which 7:00 pm in Salisbury labs. Thursday, March 7. The keynote locations, and several videos of de the republic could elect their own is causing it to overheat. However. The t opic~ discussed were an intro speaker for the evening will be Peter stroyed apartments were released. president. The ~eat will probably go NASA officials ~ay that it should be duction to the Forum and "Launching Dumas, Director of entrepreneurial However, a returning Austrian jour to Boris Yeltsin. head of the legisla able to map 95% or more of Venus. and financing a new business in a services at Ernst & Young. The topic nah~t s:ud that while there were some ture. recession." Dr. William Gasko. is an overview of services available to civilian locations hit. most bombs Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria financial and Business News chairman of the venture forum, ~>poke the technology entrepreneur in the have been hittmg miluary targeb. threatened to withdraw from military of the organization's hope to foster New Engltmd area. Iraq accused the US of bombing a maneuvers in the Warsaw Pact unless Stoc~s rallied throughout the and strengthen technological en Just a reminder, the deadline for baby milk formula factory about two there is summit do d1M:us~ the future week, and the Dow Jones average trepreneurship in the Worcester area. the Grant Entrepreneurial Scholar weeks ago, and the United Nations of the Pact by the end of the month. closed at 2830. up 100 points for the This was followed by Robert Foster o;hips is February I 5. said that they were sending some in Germany's minister of Labor an week, although it is still fairly far who spoke of launching a new busi For more information contact: fant formula to Iraq. The US hru. nounced that there were going to be from its all time high of 2999.75, set ne s~. raising capital in a recession and Mike Ryan-Box 729. maintained that the plant was used to tough times ahead. In January. there last July. l11e market ha:. been doing expansion under tough economic make biological weapons, and says were 2.6 million Germans that were well since Operation Desert Storm condition11. Foster is a co-founder of the plant was surrounded with guard unemployed or very underemployed, began. but there are other factors as Commonwealth Bio-Ventures, a Join towers and barbed wire. because of the closing of inerricient well. Bank stocks did very well early thnvmg bio-tech company in the US-Jordanian ties began to cool, as state run cntcrpnses. in the wee(.. as invel>tO~ anticipated immediate Worcester area. King Hussein of Jordan accused the Winnie Mandela, w1fe of Nelson that an easmg in regulations would Kmmcutt Hall was fitted with area Newspeak US and the coalition of targetmg Civil Mandela, was put on tnal for the kid allow them to make higher profits. entrepreneur.. and business people. ian sites and trying to dewoy Iraq. napping and assault of four black However, ncar the end of the "cck. There was a chance for anender~ to Jordan has a large Palestinian popula youths. in 1988. Wmnie Mandela ha~ the FDIC had propo'ied that the in~ur ibk questions and begin networking. tion. and is located between Iraq and denied the atlegauons. ance premaums would be raised to Many of these people seemed eager to Israel. Soem US officials were saying On Friday mght, South African help keep the FDIC out of debt. explore possible outside project ideas contact box that Jordan's foreign aid allocation police arrested over 11 ,000 people in While stocks and bonds went up, involving student MQPs and IQPs. was in review. "Operation Thunderbolt." Most the dollar plummeted, an is at an all At the conclusion of the meeting 2700
PUB COMMITTEE PRESENTS:
PHYSICAL GRAFFITTI Saturday March 23rd 8:30 PM in Alden Hall
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0 POSITIVE Saturday April 6th 8:30 PM in Gompei's Pub If f • Tuesday February 12, 1991 NEWSPEAK Page3 NEWS Graduate I Undergraduate forum held by Ajay Khanna is an oxymoron. He said that the edu faculty and graduate students prov ide Graduate Program Help or Hurt Un the graduate students seem to have the Newspeak Staff cational process at WPI occurs at both undergraduates access to major facili dergraduate Education at WPI" hit a worst of it. The two issues of commit levels of study, and that research is ties that they would not otherwise have raw nerve, and was just another elt ment to education and balance be At 4:30pm on Thursday. February vital to keep WPI and its professors access to. Projects like the Advanced ample of the aujtude at WPI. He said tween teaching and research are the 7. about fifty members of the WPI well-recognized and at the forefront of Space Design Program, which extends that graduate students are STU most imponam to faculty at WPI, and community, mainly faculty and ad modem technology. Faculty at WPI across a number of departments. and DENTS, too. and Teaching Assistants the only link may be the Teaching ministration, came together in Newell play an important role in teaching, has provided MQPs and IQPs for over take COURSES, just like everyone Assistant. Hall to discuss how the graduate and advising, and motivating students, and a hundred WPI students, would not be else. Undergraduates, and everyone Various people brought up other undergraduate programs at WPI affect have a duty to read and write research able to exist without the work of many else. should be more considerate of points during the discussion, the most each other. This forum was put to· papers, and pursue grants to maintain graduate students and faculty. Teach· graduate students, and accept them as a significant of which may be WPI's gether and moderated by Professors the environment that undergraduate ing Assistants provide a high propor part of the WPI community. commitment to education. The pri Enio Velazco and Peter Levin, as part and graduate students learn in. It is tion ofWPI undergraduates with more Brian Gosselin was up next. He mary duty of the faculty at WPJ is to of their work in the Commiuee for only if they cannot mruntain a balance access to knowledgable people to get said that the graduate program is bene teach. However, the younger, non Intellectual and Community Cultures between the two that they are failing help for a course. ficial to WPI, although there are some tenured faculty try to remain market at WPI, in preparation for a report to their students. lfWPI education can be Jeffrey Bloom then spoke about the tensions that elCist between graduates able, and therefore are under pressure obtain further accreditation by the judged by its results, the evidence is reaction of the graduate students to the and undergraduates. He said that to obtain research dollars. They are New England Association of Schools loud and clear. WPI students are well forum. He said that the key to educa graduate students are freely given keys forced to put in long hours of work. and and Colleges. Mr. Diran Apelian, recognized in industry as being ex tion at WPI lies in the coexistence of to laboratories, while undergraduate have to strike a balance between re Provost and Vice President for Aca tremely well-prepared for their tasks, the two programs, and that the view students are not trusted in this respect. search and education. Their research is demic Affairs, Mr. Frank Lutz, Dean and many faculty win awards and are point expressed in the title of the pro Thus. resources and access to labs are supported by graduate students. and of Undergraduate Studies. Mr. Jeffrey recognized at other institutions. gram makes the graduate program limited for undergraduates. Often, helps to get more equipmem. and sub Bloom, President of the Graduate Stu Mr. Frank Lutz said that he was seem a secondary objective of WPI. disputes with Teaching Assistants sidize undergraduate research. Mr. dent Organization, and Mr. Brian involved in the Institute Planning Jeff said that while he was an under cause undergraduates to be hostile to Frank Lutz said that the Strategic Plan Gosselin, Presjdent of the (Under Process. and felt that the trick lies in grad, he felt a part of the WPI commu graduate students in general. How ning Committee has identified that graduate) Student Government, were finding a balance between research nity, but when he became a graduate ever, he srud that he felt the program is undergraduate tuition makes up 73% invited to speak at the forum. and education, which is a "fixed enthy student, he suddenly felt left out. The beneficial overall, and that he feels of WPI's income, and hopes to reduce Mr. Diran Apelian talked about the that changes constantly." The graduate Student Life Office and the Student comfortable talking to graduate stu this figure to 65% in the near future. synergism between graduate and program is well-suited to the educa Activities Office are for UNDER dents. His personal interaction ha.s All in all, it seems that the graduate undergraduate studies, saying that the tional objectives of WPI, and has been GRADUATE students. even if 1he helped him make decisions about his program is vital to W'PI's educational goal of WPI is to disseminate and cre a positive contribution to MQPs, name does not make that clear. He said future by finding out why they made objectives. It helps keep WPI unique ate know ledge, and that the question of which are often solutions to real-world that his feelings were shared by a the choices they did in going to gradu and innovative, and trains future fac the graduate program helping or hurt problems engineers have to deal with number of graduate students, for ate school or working in industry. ulty for posterity. WPJ's unique ing the undergraduate program at WPl today. The research initiatives by the whom the title of the forum ''Does the They also provide other services, such undergraduate education means that as the grading of papers, and are usu the graduate s tud~ts . too, have a ally willing to help undergraduate.~. unique experience at WPI, as they Pugwash students go to Washington There are pros and cons to every situ interact with undergraduates on their by DIUine Morin rounding community as well. Burt, on from the Smithsonian, Professor ation, but the pros In this case far out projects. The consensus was that the CIDss of'91 the other hand, used a unit on statistics Wilkes commented that, " ... they were weigh the cons. graduate and undergraduate programs to tie in this theme as well, having his very generous with their praise." The Jeffrey Goldmeer, a graduate stu could benefit from more talks to reduce This past weekend (Jan. 3 1 - Feb. studentS predict the number of dead ACS was, in fact, sufficiently im dent in the ME Dept at WPI, sajd that the tension between the two groups. 3) a delegation of WPI students, led by fish in Lake Quinsigamond instead of pressed to request that the two project he has seen this problem repeatedly. Hopefully. the faculty. administration, Professor John Wilkes of the Social pulling colored marbles from a bag. teams write articles to be included in both as an undergraduate and a gradu graduates, and undergraduates who Science and Policy Studies depart By changing the traditional style of the next ACS newsletter. On Sunday ate student here. Thereareanumberof auended the forum will take it upon ment, traveled to Washington D.C. to teaching, the teams hoped to increase morning, most of the group had to wait tensions between the undergraduates, themselves to make the WPI commu take part in the Sixth Annual Techno results predictably. for Gunnar and Professor Wilkes to the graduate students. the administra nity more unified. logical Literacy Conference, spon· Backed by a solid body of past re finish answering questions on WPI's tion, and the faculty. Unfortunately, sored by the National Association for search by Professor Wilkes in the area school-college collaborative before Science, Technology, and Society ofmeasuring cognitive styles, the proj they could check out of the hotel. By (NASTS). The trip, made possible ect teams literally shone with success the close of the weekend. the number through the efforts and funding of after success as they showed marked of people who had requested a corre "Living museums" Student Pugwash, marks the third tjme increased in performance in aU of the spondence with WPI so that they could that WPI has had the chance to partici classes with which they dealt. Stu find out more about what was going on pate in this prestigious event. Michelle dents who had been labeled as under was absolutely outStanding. offers IQP oppo~unities Burke, Darcy Simpkins. Gunnar achievers in the past were now work Before the trip ever took place. Kleven, Burt LaChance, Rick Rogan, ing on the same level as their peers. Pugwash arranged for the teams to and Keith McCormick brought with College level students began working present their results in somewhat of a to WPI students them the results of their IQP projects. at the honors level. pushing the honors practice session to one of Professor all of which had a very clear unifying students to work even harder. To say Wilkes' SS classes. This gave the by Ellen Madigan the famous 1906 Gleason map of theme. in order to present their find the least, the reception to WPI 's find students who had not presented before "Thoreau County," drawing upon the ings to educators from around the ings was exceptional. To ~ay the most. a chance to fine tune what they were As a part of the " Living Museums" thorough reserves of related material country. The underlying theme of the we stole the show. All of the students going to say, before spcakjng before IQP Program at WPI. many students available at the Lyceum. This IQP projects chosen was the development were deluged with questions and com the prestigious audiences that lay be are offered the chance 10 complete included an inventory ofs ites and land of Society Technology (ST) curricula ments during their presentations. and fore them. Jenn Greenhalgh. John Joy their IQPs at the Thoreau Lyceum. marks mentioned in Thoreau's writ at the elementary, middle, and high on at least one occasion Keith and Duane Morin were invited along to Located in Concord, MA, the Lyceum ings, and the preparation of n guide school levels. The project teams care McCormick was recognized in an Washington to observe and provide is the headquarters of the Thoreau book and new map reflecting changes fully chose teachers and classes to audience and began to draw questions moral support for thei r classmates, as Society, Inc .• an international organi in Concord between 1858 and 1906, work with, and used recognized meas as well. Michelle. Darcy and Rick well as visit a few choice presentations zation dedicated to furthering the and between 1906 and 1990. If you are ures of creativity and personality type were invited to present their findings to that they thought would interest them. recognition of the 19th-century natu interested in finding out more about to try and predict how well a fairly new ACS, the American Chemical Society, The group hopes to make this trip a ralist-philosopher Henry David IQPs available at the Thoreau Ly concept, that of teaching the math and writers and publishers of ChemCom, precedent seucr, allowing for future Thoreau through the consideratiOLl of ceum, please contact Professor Mon science using social issues, would be an ST unit that was very well received students who have the possibility of his life, writing. and ideals. The (SL 19 ). or Professor Ljungquist (SL accepted among the different type of by Rick's project group. After ninety presenting their results with a chance Lyceum, which is open to the public. I 06) as soon as possible. Next week's students. Michelle and Darcy's unit on minutes of question and answer from to see how the conference works, and contains a research library, a perma column will feature project opportuni pollution, for example, was taught not an audience filled with professional even to add a little variety to their nent collection of memorabilia, ties at Old Sturbridge Village and only by discussion of what constituted chemists. and including several guests knowledge. changing exhibits, a lecture room, a Mechanics Hall. pollutjon, but its effects on the sur- bookshop, and a gift shop. Also on the In last week'scolumn, Vincent Van grounds of the Lyceum i'l a furnished Gogh was incorrectly referred to as the replica of the house that Thoreau built military engineer and artist associated and lived in at Walden Pond. with the Higgins Armory Museum. In the past. many students have Actually. Leonardo da Vinci is the completed their IQPs at the Thoreau artist who has been the focus ofseve ral research projects at the museum. The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lyceum. In a previous project, which was done for the Thoreau County Various IQP projects are avaHable at WPI Box 2700, Worcester, Massachusetts 01 609 Conservation Alliance, WPI students the Armory for anyone who wi.shes to EdUor-!o-Chllt Phone (508) 831·5464 faculty Adylaar Heldl Lundy ThomasKalt prepared a management plan to pro further study his life and dual career. Contact Professor Hayes (SL 16) or f'!!otogAQby Editor HtwaEdl!or G"Pblca Editor AltvtitJlJOA.1llllll! tect the historic Walden Woods from Eric Ktls!oll Joe Parker Kevin Parker Liz Stewan commercial development. Addi Professor Parkinson (SL 27) if inter FMtyrn Editor Q[IIPbk:a S(lff $porta Edl!or tional projects related to this IQP are ested. JeooHer Kavka WlMiam Barry Jason Edolblute possible. Another recent IQP updated Wd!lng S(lff Klmber1y Che 16 Team Single Elimination Tournament coming March 20 an·d 21 Information and Application Forms in next week's Newspeak MATCH WITS WITH THE CHAMPIONS. 1991-1992 HOUSING LOTTERY INFORMATION and APPLICATIONS now available from the Office of Housing and Residential Life or Your Resident Advisor Wbrld House applications are available from the Student Life Office Information Sessions: ~nesday, February 13 All ?ppl ications D.Je: Thursday, February 28 4: 30 p .m. - fot>rgan A flbnday' February 18 Housing U::>ttecy Nights: fobnday, March 25 and '1\Jesday, March 26 4:30 p.m. - fot>rgan A Tuesday February 12, 1991 NEWSPEAK Page 5 ~~~~~~~==~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~======NEWS Fighting world hunger at Heifer Project International In January HPJ hosted its second annual an M&M at the end of the day. we shrieked a by MicheUe LeBlanc animals used in thi~> program include pigs, painful death, donned the death sticker. and Class of '92 cows. goats, rabbits, chickens. and even bees! College Symposium on world hunger at its The allocation of livestock is determined by Northeast Headquarters in Rutland, Mass. had to sit out a round before re-entering the Heifer Project International is un orguni7a the recipient community's climate, resources. Thineen students gathered from Massachu game. Each individual began with a supply of tion that combats world hunger through train culture. and dietary needs. Heifer Project setts and New York, and one tudent even new currency (pennies), food (M&Ms), and a ing in appropriate technology. animal hus International relic'> upon livestock as a primary up from Florida to attend! During o ur weekend profit-making tool (a plastic pig). Our plastic bandry. amproved farming methods. and utili means of assistance for ~evera l reasons. Live visit we increased our awarenes<~ of world pigs could be bought for 5 pennies/M&Ms and zation of ecological energy sources. HPJ is stock may provade malk to undernourished hunger issues and learned about the ways in resold for 7. The majority of us began all dedicated to assiMing poor families in rural children. (complete) protein from meat al> well which HPI is trying to help. We also ex equipped. resorted to begging and died several areas domestically and abroad. and its maan as fur. hade. and a very valuable source of changed ideas among ourselves about what we times. A lucky minority lounged on the sofas. feature il> the donation of livestock to needy feniliur (and sometimes energy. in the ca$e of have done already and what we can do in the got preference at the store a.nd never went communities and its focus on "passing on the biogas). Other forms of assistance involve near and distant future to support this cause. hungry. although they continued to dole out gift''. This means that the recipients of HPJ donating seeds, teaching rotational and zero Among our activities was an interesting "sur their wealth to the many. The helplessness. livestock breed their donated farm animals and grazing methods (which maintain the quality vival" game where we had to scramble to the frustration, and inability to save for the future pass the second generation on to the next of the soil), teaching better management of store to buy an M&M. representing our daily was felt by the many. and the frustration of community. so th at the benefit extends to an water sources, and introducing irrigation and food requirement, before the ring of a cow bell being unable to adequately help was the feeling ever growing number of people. Th~ types of alternate energy forms. <~oundcd off the end of the day. If unable to eat of the few. In fact. many of us were ready to rob the store! This activity brought the world hunger problem to a level that we could betler WPI freshman statistics recently published understand. Another activity involved exam ining photos depicting water shonages. strenu ous land cultivation. erosion of soil. and ex Statistics reveal who they really are tended families. Each group of three examined while only 2.3% were eventeen. 92.8% of the and 5.9% other. Six percent conside r them by }tflni/tr Kavka a photo, explained to others what the problem Newspealt Stqff class of 1993 is White/Caucasian. which has selves Born-Again Chrbtians while 94% do was. and presented a possible solution. This dropped since 1973 from 97.6%. 93.3% of the not. was a valuable brainstorming activity. In this Sophomores, do you remember during Ori typical freshman class are U.S. citizens. A few of the questions had to do with I learned something very important: large entation when we took that standardized test 90.4% speak Eng li sh as their first language. parental income and educati on. 5 1.3% stated families do not cause poverty, but rather pov that asked all sons of questions about us, our 10.7% spoke a language other than English at that their family's income was between eny causes large families. The Iauer is true religion. our opinions. and other things? The home. $30.000 and $60.000. 28.9% of the fathers because this penains to rural poveny, where results are published in a book called "The WPI By looking at the tables in this book. one can graduated with a college degree whale 30.7% more people means more help. either in the Freshman" by James E. Groccia, &tO., direc see lhe panern of religious preference. In the of the mothers graduated with a college degree. field. gathering water, collecting scraps. or tor of the Counseling and Student Develop past nineteen years. lhe percent of Roman 35% of the mothers graduated from high begging for food. Also, large families are ment Center. In 1989, 83.3% of the Freshman Catholics stayed nearly the same at 47.9%. school as the highest level while 21.7% of the imponant in places were there is no social class was male and 16.7% female. 82.6% of The other categories are divided up as follows: fathers graduated from high school as the high security system. Children are the parents' these were eighteen years old upon arrival 2 1.8% Protestant, 2.4% Jewish, 2 1.8% none. est level. 72.9% of the freshmen believe that protection and assistance in old age. Other their parents are "deeply concerned about their activities included videos and slide shows, children." 66.4% of the students say that their which focused not only on the desperate situ Check out our unique new, used & imported CO's, parents have "high aspirations" for them. ation of the third world, but depicted also the cassettes and LP selection 80.8% of the students say that their parents are beauty and spirit of each region's culture living with each other, 15.7% say their parents which should always be preserved. We also carry unfinished furniture, CD, LP, and are divorced or separated. and 3.6% have at On Saturday evening we gathered in a circle least one parent deceased. around our special guest. Umaru Sule. to hear cassette holders, patches, pins, posters and more! 79.2% of the typical freshman class are a beautiful tale of his life as a member of the engineering majors: 15% aero/astro. 10% Fulani. a (formerly) nomadic tribe in Camer AL-BUM'S is your alternative music store of the civil, 7.2% chemical, 18.2% electrical, 1.4% oun. His ardent desire for an education went 90's industrial, 20.1% mechanical, and 7.3% other. against his father's wishes. so he left his family 3. 1 % are majoring in the biological sciences: at an early age and went to another village .6% biology, I% biochemistry or biophysics. where there was a school. He knocked on doors and 1.3% other. 7.9% are majoring in the until somebody took him In, and he was al physical sciences: 1.6% chemistry, 2.6% 1 10% off every purchase 1 lowed to stay and have one meal a day with 438 Pleasant Street ·------· math, 3.3% physics, and .2% statistics. 3.5% another boy. He returned to his tribe many (with thla coupon) are majoring in computer science. .5% are Worcester, MA I years later and was welcomed back to his I Good thru 4/91 majoring in humanities and ans.. 2% are ma family. When a disaster hit, many family and joring in social sciences. and 1.9% are unde tribe members were killed, as well as all their cided. Along with these table'! are lists of the livestock. HPI visited the Fulanis and were ·------· highest degree of each hoped to receive at this interested in implementing a project. Because college or at others. a project begins by po ing many questions HOURS: There are many more categories available about the community. the people were skepti Tues-Sat in the book that include career plan~. past cal and unwilling. Sule, having been educated 10-6 activities. objectives. political orientation, and and knowing English. was a spokesman be many more. Closed Sun tween his community and HPJ, although he was also skeptical in the beginning. He and Mon couldn't believe these people were ac tually going to donate cattle to them. so they brought ham to the nirpon to '>CC the animals for him 'elf. Seeang wa\ believing, so he convinced hb people to cooperate with the visitors and the proJect wao;an\lltuted. The Fulnnis learned that they no longer needed to continue a nomadic lafe if they properly managed land and water supplie~. and they were able to build perma nent hou!>ang. Because Sule was of such excep tional character, he was presented with a schol arship to •audy in the United States. Thnt brought him to where he is now. presently a freshman at UMn<~'l Amher~t studying animal science. Besides leamang about world hunger. we also got to experience a little bit of fann life. Some of u~ woke at 7:00am for chores: milkang goats. feeding the horses. rabbits. heep. and goats, and collecting eggs from the chicken coop. This was quite a novelty for u "city" people! We also made cheese and soap from goat's milk. ropes out of goat hide, and enjoyed a horse-dmwn sleigh ride through the freshly fallen snow. Sule s howed us how to make CALL: Fulani Fufu, a Camerounian meat dish pre pared with ground peanuts and served on fufu (boiled cornmeal). Wendy Peskin, the HPJ director in Rutland. made a spicy Gajarati dish ~ 5 lf.l.f) '1' I from roasted chickpeas. With all the discus sions about world hunger. we cenainJy did not IO~r'""r\ to '0 Pm Do\ l go hungry! HPI's facilities include a community room with a library. kitchen, and overnight accomo dations. A staff of full and pan-time volun teers help in the office, in the field, giving tours, and doing presentations. HPJ is also looking for ways to promote these issues across our campuses and in the public educa ~JrJH -th;~+h tion system. If you would like to get involved in a world hunger awareness group or team more about Heifer ProjeCt International feel COU~Ol\ free to contact me at Box 506. Page6 NEWSPEAK Tuesday February 12, 1991 Arts and Entertainment r Music Review All you ever wanted in a review.. . and less not that great. When I think of Chicago I think really bites it. because I was ruther disappointed with "Afttr· by) oe Parlcer of "25 or 6 to 4", or "Does Anybody Really Steve Winwood "Refugees of the Heart" Bumtr". I thought they went just a lillie 100 pop News Editor Know What Time It I ". or even "Stay The (Virgin Records) for me, with the drum machine and the 12 and Ray Bert Night". That b Chicago. Tw~nty I. however is Ray: First of all. I'm not a huge Steve Win versions of the arne song. Then I heard that AssociMe Edilor not Chicago. but as best as I can tell, some really wood fan. Basically, I've heard the stuff he 'll Rtc:yclu was a return to their blues beginnings, mellow Chicago suburb. This album is really released off of his Ia!. I few albums, and, for the and that made me shudder a liule bit, too. Our special guest this week is Jennifer sappy and syrupy. This i~ the kind of drivel thai most pan, I've liked them. From talking 10 Joe. Anyway. after bubbling for u couple of lines Kovka, our trusty Features Editor. We 'll talk keePl> those Easy Lb tening/love radio stations I guess that affected my first exposure to un Lhere, l' lltell you that I am very happy with this with her later. Unfonunately. due to an MQP. alive. Even the horn sectiondoesn'tdo anything entire album. album. Troy cannot be wuith us week. really exciting. I can't really come up with I enjoyed most ofthb album a lot. finding it It b a good mix of Eliminator and the old, We have six, count 'em, six albums to review anything good 10 ~ay about this album. I fear. to be very mellow and distinctly, more bluesy stuff. It stuns off rockin' prc11y this week after that wonderful recycled review Maybe they need Peter Cetera back 10 breathe uh ... Winwoodian. especially the organ puns. good with "Concrete And Steel'' and never Ia t week, so I guess we'llget th is show on the some life into the band (although his solo Muff Other than that. I can't really pin down exactly looks back. The guitar riffs were great, the road ... is nothing to ru~h out and buy either). I will give what appealed to me about it. The only tracl. I ~ongs were back to the gri11y style that I like Tesla "Five Man Acoustical Ja m" (Geffen this album a pitiable 19 out I 00. On IQ our gue.'t disliked was "Running On", a boring tunc. from ZZ Top. I would say that this album is Records) reviewer... Otherwise. the '>On g.' had interesting pcrcu~\lon beller than Afttrhumer and even better than Joe: I am not a big fan ofTcsla.lct me get that Jen: I was told to listen 10 tht -. album by Joe and hom sections that gave them '>Orne unique £/iminafllr. I was bored through quite a bit of out in the open to begm 1.\'ith. However. thi~ because a' he 'at d. "Jen would lil.e thi' one." I IWI\1:-. . The lyrics arc often poc11c and 'P•ntual Elllnlflatnr most of the time. but this album kept album !-hould be pan of everyone·~ mu\ical do have to admll that I do ll~ten to thll\C ea~y in u vel) non-ostentatiou'> way. and he appear\ me intere~ted all the way throuHh. collection. I thml.. bi..'Cau..e it i~ really good. I ll'temngllovc mdto ''alton' that add to Mro., to mjcct hi' 'ong' wuh a lot or h" own feeling~ These guys have decided toea~• olfthe <;tngle have a new re~pect for Te,la. becau~e they Buuerwonh'' 'appinc'>' I IJ,tcncd to thl\ at and reflection,, whtch I feel i ~ almo't al"aY'> a mal.ing forn1ula the) fell into. tal.e a chance proved to me that they are not a bunch of no bum wtlh the a1111udc- "th•' '' Chtcago. I lll.c plu,. (although a mmor one with the follolo\'mg they tuh:nh who htde behtnd po"er chords and dts Chtcago... I Wll'> C).JX'Ctmg the love drenched TI1e best tmcl.~ \\CI"C "You' ll Keep On have garnered over the yea!'.) and ju'l have tonton to ~ell album' The phl) ing on Fin· Mu11 l)rtC'> 10 "tal.e me uwa) ··and put me tm u beach Scarchmg". "One and Onl) Man · (the liN '>Orne fun. I'm glad the)' dtd_ II mnl.es hfe a lillie prove' that they can piny. and pia) very well. '>Omewhere Wllh the love or nl) lik. Boy Wa!> I "ngle). and "Come Out and Dance" The fiN i.., more mtcrcsllng (and getS them a good review 10 "Com in' Atcha Ltve" i' a real hurd rocl.cr in it's ~mng Th" album hrought me to the garbage a melanchol) but hopeful ptcce ol ad"tce to a the paper. and"" you know.this i~ an 1mponant ongmallorm. but on th" album. a.' Ray pomted barrel ""hile I retched from the monotonou' clo": fncnd. '' ith 'ome cool sa., playing. The muMcal publicauon Our rcvtew .. cclip'IC even outJU" mmute\ ago (although 1/rocl nouced). il> droning of the horrcndou,ly o;appy.drippy. :O.) r ~econd manage~ to <,ound u bi t hl.e n bunch ofht~o. the imponance of R()/lmg Stant review!>.) That more hl.c honl.y toni.. You would never I.now upy (you get the picture) word~ Let me trcm big hiL~. but not enough to be a rip-oft of an) one " not to \ay. however. that there " no ~ingle 11\ the \Ume '>ong (people at the show dtdn't. it you to u few of the ''bcller'' line\: "Ali i do " in purucular. and it'<, upbeat and catchy. The material on thts album. ln fact, there is probably !>eems) except that if you're musical you can tell thin!. ubout you/ I never did let go of what we Ia~ I is slow and purpo~eful with a great baritone more single material on this album than on the that they play the ~ume chord,, were/ Can't pretend I'll hve wtthout you/A~ I 'ax growl pushing it along (vaguely recalling "t.ingle making formula albums'' if you can Anyway. they abo do a lot of covers on thtl> learn to live alone", Cgmbagc ba,l.et please) Lisa Simp!>On). as well a'> a throwbacl. 10 Win figure out the irony of that. They have already album (it runs like 76 minut e~ or ~o. comprhing "Girl you're everything I need/ Hold on, we'll wood's 60's roots wllh a "make dunce not war" had a couple of hits off of this. like "Double 14 :.ongs) and they stay pre11y faithful to the always be/ Alway' you and me'', und my per mel.sage. Preaching a.'ide. though, it'> a greut back", ··concrete And Steel" and "Give It Up". original\. l lil.ed thi\, because they didn't tul.e sonal favorite. "Smoke in the sl.y/ Slime in the song_ "My Head'~ In Mtssissippi" hlh abo been get libenics. they just played ~ongs they liked. It seal Tall timber 1umblin' nround me". And Overall. the album i:. very moody and 1111110!. ting ~orne heavy atrplay on some stations. tum' out that th1~ album b a good rock album. thCl>e arc juM the lyrb. Add the same hom pheric (though a bit long con~idcring there are Anyway. I'm gonna give thil> album a 90 out of good if you want 10 hear a well-played l>Ong but section from every other of their album' and the only eight c;ongs). and I enjoyed 11 enough to 100. not really hard 'tuff. same beats (Type A •fit's a fast song, Type B if give it an 80. But, us I said. if you've listened to Ray: I wholeheartedly agree. I liked a lot of Ray: I a m a big fan ofTel>la. unlike Joe. and it'<; a slow '>Ong). Spcalmg of A·, and B's, on hi~ <;tuff before ... the material off of their two previou~ albums, have been h\lenmg tothctrtwo previous albums a 45 record. I couldn't find one \Ong on this Joe: I have, and I wasn't overly tmpre\'>ed which I wu' expo!>ed 10 fitl>t. When I later heard for about three year~. Rumor.. had flown about album '>Ullable for \Ide A They were all \Ide with this album. h wa' the typtcul Wtnwood, ~orne of their older wori:, primarily Dtgurllo whether thl\ album would he lave or acou~tic B's. If you're the.ldnd ol pcr..,on who need..'> tO nothing really chancy or really progressive for (the album containing clas~icl> like "Mamc and it turned out to be both. record~ at the have background mu~ic playing whtle domg Lhts album. It was just more of the -.;arne wtthout Mechanic" and "Cheap Sunglasses"). it was Trocadero in Phtlly. Heanng a lot ofthese songs homeworil:, this album is great. If )'OU 're actu being a complete clone. I will J'tnve 10 say that hard to imagtnc that it was the :.arne band. ZZ that I really lil.e (from the album~ and two ally going 10 hc;tcn 10 the words and the ~ongs thts album is a step bacl. onto the truck from Top hnd alway!> been a southern blues band, and concens) done acou ticully gave a refreshing them!>eiVCl>. I recommend that you do your "Roll With It'' which I thought wru. a total after their foray into techno-rock and slick new per~pccuve to many of them. Regarding homeworl. in the hbrury. I know I'm not gtving disa.o;ter. but many people dtd not. MTV videos. Lhey have returned 10 those rootl> their own materiai,Lhey keep:.ome very close to this album much JU tice but Lhtl> ll> quite a let I'll have to agree with Ray about h•~ chotce\ an a big way. Not completely, of cour.e - the origmal studio version!> (minu!. the electric down from the ''old" Chicago. Usually their ofth e best songs off of the album. I think he hll "Concrete and Steel" especially draws on some ity), whtle others ore radically different. As Joe songs make you want to find the nearest boy the nail right on the head. I think that it i11 lime of their recent patterns. but enough 10 win them mentioned, "Comin' Atcha Live·· is vinually friend or girlfriend and curl up in front of a for Winwood to think about what he's doing to buck all kinds of credibility. From different unrecognizable from the original, a crash and fireplace. This album makes you want to toss it come up with something that's a lillie different things I've read. even fellow recording ;mistS bum guitar jam-fest that is a staple of their live in the fireplace. Most of the songs are about for next time. can't stop raving about Recycler. show. Similarly, "Modem Day Cowboy" gets a breaking up, rather than gelling together. I can't Now that I've complained for such a long The best tracks on the album have some great complete overhaul and becomes a quiet, almost say much about the music itself except that it's time. I' ll move 10 the upbeat stuff. This album blues riffs and virtually no commercial gloss. moody piece. Whether you like these new the same as all the other albums. I give thi!> is very listenable, (like all the other ones, funny The slower songs like "2000 Blues" and "Tell versions beller or not is not really the point, its album a negative scale on the Jennifer chan but that.) If you're a Wlnwood fan, you're going 10 It" positively blow away just about everything simply giving you a new look at them. a 24 out of 100 on Joe's chnn. love it. It is rather plain by Win wood standards in Lhe lucrative " power ballad" genre that !thought the guitar work was phenomenal, Susanna Horrs " When You're A Dov" (I've come to expect more from a man who used WAAF loves to jump on these days, and "My paniculorly on the classical intro to "Love (CBS Records) · to be on the culling edge) but by everyday Head's In Mississippi" is a great, screwy song Song" which sinfully wa. Questions: I). Yoko Ono wrote a book in 1968. What was the name of the book? 2). ln 1970, Bob Dylan wrote a book. What was its name? 3). Jazz guitarist/vocalist George Benson had a pop mainstream debut with an instrumental tune written by Bobby Womack. What was the tune's name? (Hint: It's also the titJe track of the album) 4). What is the name of Chuck Berry's first album (on Chess Records)? 5). What group h11d a hit with "Louie. Louie"? 6}. What was the theme song from the 1980 movie "Caddy Shack.,? 7}. Who recorded th111 theme song? 8). In what year was Lynyrd Syknyrd Conned? 9). Who recorded the one-hit wonder "Book of Love" in 1958? 10). What group originally recorded the much-covered "Venus'"? Answers: I ). "Grapefruit" 2). "Tarantula" 3). "Breezin "' 4). "After School Sessions" 5). ''The Kingsmen" 6}. " I'm Alright" 7). Kenny Loggins 8). 1966 9). Monotones NllWSI'flAJ( STAFF rttOTOIDIC KaiSTOfll 10). Shocking Blue " Freshman John Hall juggles his way to a first place finish in the talent show. Page8 NEWSPEAK Tuesday February 12, 1991 EDITORIAL Is being lazy really worth it? How many rimes have you decided that it would be unforgivable act of ignorance and apathy. campus. easier ro drive to campus in your car rather than using Consider this: every time you unnecessarily drive Looking at the hann of the lazy student driver on a traditional ambulatory methods such as walking? Once a your car to campus you are adding to the traffic and larger scale, automobile emissions (Carbon Monoxide week? Once a day? Or every time you head up to parking problem on campul>. All we all know. WPI and other pollutants) greatly contribute to the destruction campus. which could be nearly 5 times a day? Have you campus roadways arc few and far between. Parking of our fragile environments. Anyone who ha a clue ever stopped to consider the consequences of your facilities are slightly adequate at best. Because of WPI's aboot the environment or cares about the well-being of laziness? Granted, automobile transportation to campu~ location in a large city. it i1> vinually impo~!>ible to our Earth would realize the crime they are commiuing b a ometimes necessity because of residence location or expand at will for such things a' roads and parking lot<,. every time they drive when the}' could otherwise walk. safety. But when students regularly drive to campuo; our But the parking and traffic problems could be alleviated Think before you drive! It is really wonh it be o;o of complete slothfulnes!> a~ they so often do now. it i!> an tf students woul~. if possible. walk rather than dnve to lazy? Most likely not! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Lack of interest in African-American culture To the Editor. Newspeak If you sull do not know what Ill!., Mushm~ in Amebc!lum America. Morever. he hl'>toncal tradition. This could have been ac it is the presentation and :.lide !.how on ''The founded the depar1ment of Black Studiel> in comph~hed. at least to a ceruun extent. on last h was \\ell adven1.,ed One could see 11 on H1~tory of Afncan-American Mu,lim~" . Springfield College lotarung form 1968 to pre~ Tue!>day '!. (Feb. 5) lecLUre and slide ~how wh1ch nyer... posted all around the campus. Posten. TI1c gue~t speaker was Dr. Allan Au\tlll. ent. bas1cally presented historical facts 111 their \im "'ere tud.. on pan1cular Rnd commonplace A,-;ociate Profesl>or of English and Afncan His lecture informed the audience about the ple't form. Unfonunately. not many people bulleun boards. In vi tation leuers were sent to American Hi, tory at Springfield College. He Afncan-American culture which has always were interel>ted in broadening their historical ~pec 1fi c personnel. h wa' d1splayed on WPIC IS a well known authority in the field ofAfrican been and still is a pan of American history. It homon. h ~hould be noted that we arc livmg 111 and could be read in the Club Comer of American 'itudies and the author of Afr.L£il.n comprises such heroes II'> Billulc. Sulayman. a mult1·cultural society. thus we l> hould men and Omar whose bodie!> were enslaved but tally embrace cultural diversity. Lack of enthu their minds remamed free. Their survival owes siasm dillpluyed at this presentation on an edu Thin Red Line defense to their strong faith which pulled them through cated campus as WPI paints a very blurred To the Editor: were in darkne ~os for the first 32 minute' of our the adversities. They were probably pan of the picture of multi-cultural awarene!>~. performance. But this was out of complete breed of fi rst true American heroes who ac It is hoped that in fuLUre people will a11end After reading Bryan Packard's le11er about necessity: our video couldn't have been viewed complished. what we cons1der today to be. ''the more cuhuml presentation!> and activities to the 1991 Baule of the Band~. we. the members in full stage light. And in fact, the judges American dream". 'They did that by withhold educate themselvel> about various cultures of Th111 Red Une. feel compelled to offer a renected our opucal lack of stage presence 111 ing to the1r original African Muslim heritage. wh1ch exist all around the globe. reply that will hopefully remove wme of the our scores 111 that category. It is imponant to recogmze these heroes as Muslim Student Assochltion myth surrounding our performance. If Mr. Pad..ard would have checked with the our own and make an effon 10 understand their The first myth involves the "early returns" Special Events Commiuee about the rule of original culture since it i' a ogment of our own from the judges. According 10 Mr. Packard, time limil'> before writing his le11er. he would '"early returns' may be translated to mean have been told that such a rule does not exi'lt. voting done one to three weeks in advance of h was, however, strongly suggested that each Hatetalk and hatecrime at WPI the actual performance." The judges were band's performance be approximately 45 To the Editor: past five months was one from a group idemi selected, and this can be confirmed by events minutes long. In years past. there was a heavy fying themselve!> as "TheOther". This "leiter coordinator Chris Savina. in less than a week penalty for exceeding the time limit. but that I om writing th1s leiter in response to the of warning" triggered a response from me before the Battle. thereby nullifying Mr. Pack was softened this year to encourage a more full many troubling occurrences on our campus in which I now deeply regret. I responded to ard's "early returns" allegauon. It is true, set from each band. Our total Lime on stage was recent months. The problems myself and "TheOther" with a leuer which was just as however. that the judges cast their final votes approximately 50 minutes. including set-up. others have had with members of BiLAGA and awful if not worse. First and foremost I would before our performance was over. Thin Red Since there was no time limit rule and since we some of the "Regulan.'' at tbe Wedge have like to say that I do not believe any of the crap Line was not involved in this has1111ess and we followed the suggested time span, we don't see become a local new item recently and the I wrote in the letter. I have opened myself up are quite disappointed that the judges chose to the justification for Mr. Packard's bitter accu snuauon is very unfonunate for all involved. to much misunderstanding by reciting seg leave early. sation. The boltom line in many of the incidents ments of very extreme and very outdated phi Next Mr. Packard labeled Ulo as "being the Finally, Mr. Packard questions our profes which have fueled numerous rumors on cam losophies which key in on the suppression of only WPI band in recent history 10 mimic Pink sionalism in general. Over 8 months were pus is hatecrime and hntelnlk. individualism. something I am very strongly Floyd." Evidently Mr. Packard has not been spent organizing, filming, editing. and writing My involvement has evolved from a differ opposed to. My only purpose in the letter was listening to· the same Pink Floyd as us. for "The Pion". Also. nearly 100 hours were ence of opinion on American foreign policy to to send a message to theauthorthat''l don'tlike Grmted, three of the twelve song!. performed spent synchroniL.IIlg the live music with the open and publicized exchange!> of dislike be you and leave me alone,'' very childish J adrnit were wriuen in the Floydian style with heavy video. For a group of 4 people (and the tween myself and several other members of the but that was the depth of my feelings upon keyboards and droning bass lines. but the generous help of 3 video assistants) to put that loludent body. This ''exchange of fire" has receiving "TheOther"'s leuer. At thi~ point I feel that the best solution is rema111ing songs (such a~ "Kill Yer Room much effon into a single performance. we culminated in an exchange of e·mail which has mate" and "Do You Really Care?'') demon don't tlunk that any aspect of our professional made its way to every administrator's desk and for me to communicate with the people in volved and mediate a resolution. But my Slnlte a tot:Jllack of Pink Floyd mnuence. Also ism shoul.d be 111 question. professor's office on campus. remember that Pink Floyd was not the origina It 1s a l>hame that Mr. Packard'!> opimons One day while wal~ing through the Wedge situation i not unlike those of many others on tor of the concept p1ece performance-count· turned out to be misinterpretations of the fact!\ I was advised to check my e-mail, something I campus. I would recommend that those of you • less other bands (Genesis. ELP. King Crimson. surrounding our performance. had not done since AuguM 28th, by a cer1ain who are experiencing similar difficulties get and the Who) have performed hve concept Pttu Jenkins '91 person I have had several confrontations with. them resolved before they escalate to thi!> pieces before Pink Floyd ever wrote "The Jolin MacNeill '92 After having a friend help me login because I point, if not further. We all make mistakes, but Wall". Troy Nielsen '91 am ~till very computer illiterate, I found that to not learn from them is to make another. Another point Mr. Packard bring' up is our David Rostchtk '92 among the other leuerlt I had rece1ved in the lack of stage presence. He is correct in that we John P. Coylt '94 COMMENTARY Europe: A Review Is Scandinavia a Civilized Country?- Part 3 by Shawn Zimmerman their first king. Sven the Broad-Grinned. hav Needless to say. it never actually made it out land as an adeq uate alternative. I'm sure you'll Newspeak Staff ing on unhappy affair with a cute lillie Dutch to the garden. "What?" I can hear this guy agree that these all tend to cancel each other Clipper). the history of dolls. gark like that. saying to himself. "Putthi ~ masterpiece on the out, leaving us right where we staned. Ah! But Lego!and!! In my mind. Scandinavia could I'm sure that finding out that the first dolls lawn and let the dog piddle on it and the the one thing that we have forgotten to take into be a thousand acre broiling desen. 111fested were made of sacl.clolh and wood shavings and neighbor kids chew on it? When I can sell it to cons1deration, the th ing that Scandinav1a has with Toyota-eating \and crabs and bacteria that looked like something from Gotex. the World Eggo(At least 1 think that's what Mr Lego's exponed to the world. thereby making it a gave the creep111g rot to anyone within a light of Lumps would norm:Jlly put a cheery lillie first name was] for tons o'bu"'?" So now it happier. more prosperous place to live 111 (and, year. and 11 would still be a cool place if 11 had glow 111 my hean. but I was still bummed at not resides permanently in the Lego Museum of I feel. panly responsible for the decrease in Legoland. Located in Billund. Denmark being able to wander amongst the 33 million Truly Bizarre hems. JOgging. salmonella poisoning. and I Love (which is that secuon of Germany giving Legos in the Theme Park. Thiny Three mil But as interesting as that was. all I could Lucy reruns). and that is: ABBA! Without Norway the finger). Legoland is the Mecca of lion! 33.000.000!! That's almost tw1ce the really think about was entire villages, the ABBA giving us such classics as Ballerina. all truly immature people. All throughout my number of years that Dick Clark's been around. Statue of Libeny. Mt.Rushmore. enormous Boomerang. Belatedly Beating. Bobby's trip I'd been psyching up myself for this one The Inside wasn't a total waste however. giraffes that wa lk up to you and say"Biooorpl'', Buddy in Bi:;cayne, and other songs containing rvent. The Black Porest? A buncha trees. The history of how Mr. Lego staned with a tiny a working model of a hydrogen bomb - all built a preponderance of b's, then I'm sure that the Paris? Dog turd filled streets. A snowfall in the lillie wooden toy shop and built it up into the out of nothing but Legos. I was all ready to bust world would have already been eliminated Alps? Piles of din with frozen water. But multi1.illion dollar integral part of every my way through the glass walls that were through nuclear holocaust, plague. famine, or Legoland. Legoland was the big payoff. the child's life that it is now was cenainly interest teasing me with tiny glimpses of the Glory of as a result of litigation by linle five armed. only real reason J came to Europe. So the day ing. And then there was Titania's Palace. Legos. and run amok through the park. Luckily purple ahens demanding to know what hap of my visit, 1 was in the Youth Ho tel meditat Wow! Apparently there was this guy who was I was saved that necessity (and a possible ten pened to "Rat Patrol" and why Nixon isn't still mg. preparing for the experience when some into spoiling his children in a big way. His year prison sentence. they take their legos quite in office. Thus, Scandinavia is unequivocably one told me: "Legoland? Oh, that closed down daughter wanted a liule palace built for the seriously) because they have this tower that civilized. yesterday". Once I stopped screaming. I went pixies that Jived 111 the garden. specifically you can go up in and see that park from above. Well. having solved thal burning question. down to get the bus, because I hadn't put up Oberon and Titania(Don't know who they are? I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave it at that, I feel a lillie ambitious. So. next week. I'm with airline food. military time. and a lot of Then maybe you should polish up on your the whole experience was just too emotional going to rate some of God's greatest perform silly looking, nonsense babbling foreigners for Shakespeare a bit, you heathen.) Now. most for words. I still get misty eyed thinking about ances. from Genesis( And on the Third day God nothing. I was going to see the park sf I had to fathers would just bang together a couple of it. created Butterscotch pudding, and bright or do what Chevy Chase did to see Wally World. moldy boards and that would be good enough. ·•so is it civilized or not? " you are all ange created He it. And it tasted Good, so He Lucksly that wasn't necessary. Although Not for th1s guy. He went all over the world screaming. "I really want to get back to my had to make it again. and again on the Founh the theme parte was closed, they d1d have some collecting all ..ons of we1rd stuff that wa~ pix1c DiffyQ's homework. <;O tell us already!!!" I'm day made He it.). to the advent of American eAhibllS in ide about how Legol> are made and size. Combs. furniture. weapons. even a B1ble. afraid I have to <~ay "Yes it i<," II may have fore1gn policy be111g dictated by well-mean111g, the I hstory of Legos. There wa~ aho some for Chri,~ake. And he had thi~ enormous doll nuny. cold weather. but II aho has hot babes. It Yale educated Holsteins. Along the way we'll \tuff that had nothing to do with Legos: how the house bu1h wuh secret room!., mtricately may not pos!>e~s quahty cinema. but it doe, ~e the 111venuon of Velcro a!o a tonure dev1ce Lego Foundation funded the restoration of cal"ed cc1hng~. nnd lot!. of gold. And you feature weekly Vikmg ratds on ne1ghbonng -;omeume 111 the Dark Age,, as well u' the n~ t.ome old ship Cyou may notice that these thought the ncighbol"\ Jag Walo COn\piCUOU~ v1llages for food. women. and sun lamp:.. It of mctcorologl\ts to the statu\ of coun clowns. people have a fell~h about boats. h comes from COn\u01p11011 lacks a reliable :.ourcc of Pc.t. but offers Lego- Tuesday February 12, 1991 NEWSPEAK Page9 COMMENTARY Sounding Off FroiD Stoddard The Third Time's a Charm by Mall Meyer the doubt (I lil..e to tru't my '>ource~J lmgering 'omewhere in the :.hadows anyone who IS trymg to folio" the scared to confront his own identny. Newspeak Staff but Janet Richardson (Dean of Stu ofrhe box. I have been pre~nted with STRAIGHT and narrow path all good He is afraid to look within him elf and dents). who oversaw the mediation. nnorher very interesting c~c which people were meant to a:.pire and for di<;cover what i!t really there so he Eduor'l Nott'. Stc unrr w tilt sa1d that when she rend my art icle revolve:. around the ~nme issue. It just the sake of personal fulfillment and h1dcs behind h i~ prejudice. He men ttlitor from Jo/111 Co\'lt' (although she did not dis.,ect it, ~he 'o happen'> that there b an undercla&. ultimate happinc~~ . You can all go on lion'> rebt!lliou\ness more than once. ... and the saga conunucl>. A., a would add). she did not notice any man who ha'> -;ome ex1rcmely intrigu living your own way of life. after all He says wedgerots arc bt!mg rcbt!l joumali't if you ever pnm tl column inacc uracies. She at ... o made it a point ing (und bigoted) view~ which he has th is i' the USofA, und muny JX!Ople liow. in order to avoid conformity. which cAprcsse~ n story only from one to say that often times two people may cxpres,ed op,cnly and somewhat pub have died to give you the nght to be what he is doing IS confusing diversuy !.ide of it you ore 'ure to ht:nr the other st!e a single incident in two very dif licly. lie hll\n't done nnyrhing illegal nmhmg if you so choobe. But to fighr w1th rebellion. T!li~ group i~> different side a' ~oon u., your article i., 111 print. ferent perspective., (e<,pcciull)' when \O I here nrc no churl!e~ pendmg but he all thm i' good and to find your own than the majority. They arc pan of the Last Tuesday I wu~ approached by the one b trying to save h1\ bu ll lmy ha\ aimed some of lm views directly pa th is futile. A sclf,c.rv mg at Illude i' community's diversity. They aren't "defendant" of the cu'e I hud pre notcJ>. On top of that I wa" having a at another WPI student. who is a rhe sure~• rond to hell on earth. But 11 necessarily rebelling. He i' right sented and he told me that the \tory I conversation with ... omcune "ho wedge rut. I obtained a copy of a letter i' not too late. You do not have w when he !lays "You and your friend\ printed was b .... and that he would know' the defendant relatively well he sent her by e-nuul and I am going to conunue rebelling becau ... e you do not arc united in suffering." They arc have appreciated huvmg been talked when 1 remarked that''! would like to quutc it in ito, entirety (although hi'> fit m the malll\trcam. A\ long a\ you ,uffering becau:.e parts of a \ociety to before the \tory was printed. At the hear hi ~ side of the ~tory hut ... I don't ~pclllng error~ and typl)s have been huvc life you have the opportunity to lack enough understanding to accept time. I told him that I would have tru~r him". To which rhey rl.!plied corrected). It "· like I 1oa1d. an mtrigu change. them a:. they are. Instead. the'>e part' approached him, but I had only go11 en "That would be wise." A<, far a by A/Jon Reich an alleged rape at a WPI fraternity, and submit to you rhat I would like to ing a potentially dangerous and psy also hope that he is willing to give a the way it has been handled. know about such things, and also that N~wspeak Stoff chotic individual. Why the event is clue as to what will happen to the Normally when a rape occurs, the the ani mal responsible was publicly being invesrigated in th is manner is animals responsible. 1 can only pray Editor's nott: It should /)t noted police force with jurisdiction conducr:. gutted and left to bleed to death on the incomprehensible to me and I hope that that they will not get away with just a that tht victim rt[erred tn in this com an invesrigation. arrests a su pect. and quad as an e11ample for others who Bernie Brown wi ll come forward with slap on the wrist. bur l suppose public mentary chose not to rtport the inci has him tried in a court of law. This might commit similar acts. some of the details of this incident. I execution is a bit much to ask ror. dent to the poltct and instead chose to case has me a bit confused, according Another reason for not wanting a report it to WPI's ltgal system. to Bernie Brown, WPI is conducting its public investigation is that an out I must apologize r,.,r not having a own investigation into the matter. H a.~ sider might conclude that in some column in the paper last week. When I Herr Strauss been deputized and told way the entire fraternity acted as an tned to drop 11 off at Newspeak, no one none of us about it? It smells like a accessory to the crime. This might was around, and so 11 didn't get pnnted. cover up to me. end up in the entire membership fac Newspeak Fortunately,lt wa.,n'tanything terribly Why would the beloved head of our mg criminal charges. All the alumni special, so it doesn't really mauer. administmtion want to cover up an who belonged to the fraternity would Those of you who have been paying incident like this? Well, two reasons be very upset and stop donnung is now printed on attention the past few weeks may have come to mind. Fin.t of all, let'> :.ay that money 10 the school. If that hap nouced several report'> of VIOlence you are a parent withadaughter(whlch pened our fearless lender maght not perpetnued again\t and by WPI '>tu I am) and she i thinking of attendmg be able to g1vc hirnM!If a pay rai!.c recycled paper dents 10 the pages ofNcw.,pcn.t... Wh1le WPI. Would you want to know about next year. and that would be bad. campus security" chiefly the concern a rape involvang one of the msutu te~ To be rnarginall> ftur. I really do of Campu<, Police. I'm \Ure these fratcrnitie~? Strauss, in hi '> god-ltke want to know why WPJ and not the event\ have u<, all a bll concerned. The Wl\dom. believe!. rhat parent'> don't Worce,ter Police are conductmg an inc1dcntthat has me mo\1 concerned IS want 10 know about such thing<,. I in\·estigatlon IIllO an IOCidCntiOVOlv- Page 10 NEWSPEAK Tuesday February 12, 1991 SIX REASONS WHY THE WEST WAS WILD. Wednesday, February 13th 8 PM in the Lower Wedge FREE ADMISSION JOIN SOCCOMM! Come to an open meeting for all members on Wednesday, February 13th at 4:30PM in SL 104. Enjoy excellent fringe benefits while spending a $150,000 budget to get your kind of entertainment to come to W.P.I. Tuesday February 12, 1991 NEWSPEAK Page 11. ------SPORTS Injuries ravage the WPI Ski Team Men's and Women's fall on Tuesday, D.J. broke hjs ankle and will by Jon D. ) . Webster Tori Pescl.. is now in third place in the women 'o; overall s1andings. while Wendy Sears probably be out for the year. Drink lots of milk Basketball On February 2nd and 3rd 1he WPI Alpine is in eigh1h place. The women's 1eam is now in and gel well soon D.J. Jack Whitman broke his Ski team competed at Burke m nonhem Ver a tie for second place in the overall team Mand hand during trruning on Tuesday night. which makes two broken hand this year. Get well mont. In Saturday's slalom the women's team ings. Womens: placed sixth. Tori Pesek captured second The men's team took fifth place in the slalom quickly Jack. I sympathize with your mjury. place in the slalom. Jcnn Shiel was in nimh race on Saturday, with excellent finishes from The WPI Alpine Ski Team will be l"dCing a VS MIT 75-54 place after the morning run. but fell in the Burrill Haag in third. and Jon (D.J.) Webster in double slalom at Bo-.que in western Maqsachu afternoon run. injuring her knee. Get well Lhineenth. In Sunday's giant slalom race the setts February ninth and tenth. and a double Game Highlights: soon Jen. the whole team is hoping for your men's team fini:.hed in sixth place. Burrill Haag giant slalom at Haystack in southern Vermont Michele LeBoeuf 24 pts. 8 of 15 ~:opee dy recovery. The women':. tcam came in took ~cvenlh place. and Igor Manoylovich Look February sixteenth and seventeenth. Come from the fl ~ r founh place in Sunday's gialll \ lalom race, sixteenth place in Sunday's giant slalom. and watch the WPI Alpine Ski Team compete Kim Gobis 14 of 15 freethrows aided by Tori Pesek's Lh1rd place fini h, Burrill Haag is tied for third place in the and have ~o rne fun. Ski fast and win some WPI shol 48% from 1he fl oor and Wendy Sear's eleventh place fim~h and Beth men' overall standings. The m en·~ team is still race~ for those on the di \abled h t!!! 7 1~ for free throws McGee's lwenticth place finish. solidly holding to the sixth place. In a training Score By Periods INt H. 2nd J-1 . 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