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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. Administration responds to Commission's report Smce the report by the Com ma:.­ - The Preo,ident !>uggeJ>ted that de­ renovating our weaght room into a a~ l..ed for Commiuee members' re­ sion on Re~iden tml and Social Lafc - The report'~ cmpha11is on com­ ferred ru'h need' to be examined fur­ fitness center facility. sponses on how to weigh the report. wa<> prc...cntcd, debate and di~cu~~ion munity and a th ird tower wa<; on tar­ ther. have continued on II'> co ncl u~aon s. get. however. a campus center will not Additional effort will also be un­ Trustee Bill Densmore expressed including the moMrecent A PSA (Aca­ olve all of the problems that need to - The emph.asi on the Campaign dertaken in scheduling ex1sting space pleasure with the balance of the report demic Plannmg and Student Affaars) be addressed. for Diversity il> vital. He stated that in light of the restncting nature of between faculty and community. He commiuee meeting on April 6. "we all have to recognize the impor­ fraternity parties. commented that the Fraternity Task The portion of the minutes from - The President felt that in the tance of d1ver>ity tn all areas of the Force attempted to do self-assessment that meeting pertaining to the Greek section there was more to ex­ campus." - At the prec;ent time. we have wnhout success. Bill Densmore sug­ Commission's Report arc repnnted amine than the issue of a closed <>ocia l escalated the planning for future hous­ gested the need for monitoring by a below. Students are reminded that the system and closed panics. - ln the housins and safety area. a ing and a campus plan. The~ plans third party and that self-assessment entire Commission Report is avail­ study has already been initiated to are competing with other projects for will not do it. able by contacting Bernie Brown, V. P. - President Strauss expressed con· determine residence hall needs, and college resources. It may be po sible of Student Affairs, Lance Schachterle, cem about the rating system. The will be eapa,.ion on Residential and So­ agreed to disagree. the Director of Public Safety. the Di­ Council and that it not be seen a'> a information on th is topic is covered? cial Life: rectorofPhy leal 'plant and Associate s ub ~e t of faculty governance. If the IFC is comfortable wnh the ProvoM ror Student Affairs. Janet Richardson. Dean of Student President Strauss ~hared his recent rating l>ystcm then they should pro­ Following the Pre.,ident \ com­ Life explained about the ongoing edu- re:-.ponse to the Commi,,aon·, report. ceed. - In the campu' 'pace area. we are ment,, Chrurman Hor-.tmunn a'l..ed I hghlight., from hao;commcnt\ mcludc: currently con.,.dcring a propo,al for for que..tion' and comment\. He al-,o Ser 'Commission· page 7

Student course evaluation results readily available by Ray Btrt answers on the front side are tabulated mg more effectively or reinforce which The problem may 'tem in large part 'omc negative point he wants to make". Editor-In-Chit/ and combined into a single summary thpcct'> are already posiu ve from the from a lack of''publicity''. The locn­ Further. when asked by WSC's Stu· sheet For each course and are subse­ students per'>pcctive. In this way. tion of additional cop1e' in the SGA dent Voice if students !>hould have Beginning sometime in A-Term quently incorporated into tenure and they may impact on future evalua­ office may help to alleviate th1 ~ prob­ access another profe~sor replied. "No. 1992, 'lummary sheets contaimng data promouon evaluation <;. The informa­ tiOn'>. lem to some extent. abJ>olu tely not! None of your taken from Muden t cour-e evaluati on <; tion. then, passes directly to the handc, At prco,cnt. the c;ummary evalua­ Several other aspect'> of the ·~sue goddamned business." The restncted wall be avaalable m the Student Gov­ of the At-Large Commillee on Tenure tiOn'> are available behind the refer­ of coun.e evaluations are intereMing. nature of the information seem'> to ernment Office. Details conceming and Academic Freedom, to serve ns ence desk in the hbmry. They are Worcester State College io; currently have created a vicious circle. with how far back the records wall be kept. pan of reference material gathered for neatly kept, arranged alphabetically embroiled in a dis- usefulness of the as 'A-ell Bl> a method of making them the purposes of recommending or with· by profe.,.,or, wuh each term in a pute over ac ce~., to evaluatiC'In' bemg \\PI \fttdl!lll\ ar~ in '"' 1'111 ;. both a'l .waalnble and manageable ~ holdmg tenure. l>Cpamte cnveloJX. Yet ac.:cording to student e' aluauon .. abk JIIIHiion of not haa·ing to a maJOr ca.\ualt}. possible, are yet to be worked out. The written comments on the bacl.. Don Rachard..,on. Reference Librar­ identical to our fltt.ht for lilt• riKhltu knu11·. ClcarlybyWSC's The cour<.e evaluations (the blue sade of the forms were conceived for Ian. the evaluations are utilized own. In theirca.\e, standards. WPI sheetl>) which !.tudent 'lfill out for each t.he benefit of. and arc viewed exclu­ "maybe once a week". While the the student<> have st udents arc in the cla'IS are. to daffenng degrees. pre­ savely by the professor who taugh t the eva lu a ti on~ can only serve as a guide. IlQ acce~' to form., 'A-hach they fill out. envaable po-.ition of not havmg to sented by profes'ior ac, important and course. Presumably, suggestions and they are nevertheleJ>'> a valuable Mu­ Partly a\ a result. many ~tudcnts re­ fight for the right to know. not to be taken lightly. The circled criticisms may aid professors in teach- dem re~ource that as readily available. ceive them as a joke: faculty m tum do A higher profile for the evaluations not show much respect for rcsultc; and increased student attention should from the eva lu ataon~ . One profcs,or produce an environment in which both there ~>tar ed "From what I was able to students and professors willleam from Specify your donation's destination see, the conscicnt iou.,net.s that the \tu­ and listen to each other, and the stu­ as the library, the athletic department. The amount of donation can range dents put in for making out the evalu­ dents' say in who teaches them and by Amanda Huang ation i ~o minimal at best. and the only how, will become louder and more Circu/4tlon Manager student government, etc. to encour­ anyw here from "$1 .00 to age the donors to feel more closely $1,000.000.00 or more. We've gotten time it really goes beyond anything respected. minimnl...is when the !. tudent has had "I dedicate$1 ,000.000 for the build­ connected with th.eir gifts. mformed our c;hare of donations of at l ea.~t $1 ing of a campus center at WPI," said President Jon Strauss. This process million. Our largest gifts have come a Mr. John Doe, an alumnus ofWPI, in might reduce the need for "pocket from George Gordon {the library). Encore going down forever October. Come May. the check ar­ campaign" where individual groups, The health club (renovation of the Ruftstrom of this year. It began with one minute rives at the alumni office without a such as crew, solicit alumni and par­ weight room) is made possible by by Scou News Edilor interrupts about once a day. and would note or any specification on the check. ents for monetary support, added alumni support," said Hebert. come back up by itself. The problem The check, simply made out to Heben. There are two types of funding: To anyone who has set foot in a was minor to begin with, but has got­ Worcester Polytechnic Institute and With the general solicitation, the annual funds and capital funds. An­ computer lab this term, 11 will come as ten progressively worse. Allan E. signed by John Doe, goes to "general amount of money that each club or nual funds can also be called the "mar­ no surprise that the Encore (WPI's Johannesen, of the College Computer funds" where it will be distributed to organization receives is equivalent to gin of difference between this or this mainframe computer system) is in Center(CCC)saystheproblem "seems the library, the athleuc department, much better," explained Hebert. II is trouble. There are few things worse to be disk related, but we recently ran ME department, and so on. unrestricted support of the current ·•lft''/1 accept all gift.\ u,· on this campus than logging into the 12 hours of diagnostics and didn't get The lesson to be learned here is operations of WPI. Capital funds are lt~ng u<; tltey are COII\i~tclll ~t·ith WPI system hoping only to read your a single disk error." At the same time, when giving money to WPI in suppon irregular contributions for excellence. uur etlucutionnl program., ami E-Mail, and finding the system fro­ he admits, he has seen several in­ of a specific club, organization, or They are what made the Fuller labs, goal\ or we 'II \t'ml it bacl.. . " zen, leaving you with no choice but to stances in the past where disk prob­ department, you must state it on the the Alden Hall memorial, and now the -/ It• bert either wait for the system to come lems were instantly fatal, and hung the memo part of the check or attach a health club possible. Capital funds back on-line, or reset your terminal system with no error messages. note specifying one's wishes or in­ have totaled about $63 million over and risk losing all your messages. The real problem is that no one can structions. "Unless restricted, gifts the amount staled in the budget, "not the past 5 years. Few things worse, except of course say for sure what is causing the trouble. can be generalized," added Stephen dollar for dollar,'' specified Strauss. "There'sgoing to be a campus cen­ having to do real work on a system The only thing the people at the CCC Hebert, Secretary of the Corporation. That is, if Mr. John Smith marked ter. It will be sooner rather than later. that is both unreliable, and at times so can do is to take core dumps after each "If it's a verbal request, well, that's "library" for his general solicitation We are working aggressively to re­ slow that il would drive the most crash, and send them to Encore for when it might fall through the cracks." for his $ 1000 donation, the library solve the funding aspects to best devoted of hackers to seek spiritual analysis. According to Johannesen, That is, if a donor only happens to would receive at least the amount that achieve oil four (the needs of the me­ counseling. To everyone who is so they have already "done a million of mention to the secretary where the had been established for the library in chanical engineering department. fed up with the Encore that they have those." money should go. at the time that the the budget, say $800. The left-over more quality housing, more parking, considered fixing it themselves. with Encore has replaced a number of check was written and processed, the $200 from Mr. John Smith will go and a campus center) major projects," a sledge hammer. there is some good hardware components, hoping to hit donor's wishes for the distribution of back in the general fund. Only after said Hebert .. news. Come September, WPI should the defective system more by luck the money cannot be guaranteed. every group or department has gotten "We'll accept all gifts as long as have a fully revamped compoter sys­ than anythmg else, but so far these This year's general c;ohcitation by their share and then if there's any they are consastent with our educa­ tem. sans the Encore. efforu have proved ineffective. En- the Alumni Associauon included a (money) left, say $300, $200 of it can tional programs and goals. or we'll The problems with the Encore first check off preference li t or items such go to the library. send it back." started to appear back during C-Term See 'Encore' page 7 Best of WPI poll Campus Center­ This is the last issue of the year. Newspeak results are here! brick by brick wishes you a great Seepage 6 summer. .. ~~~==== Page2 NEWSPEAK Tuesday May 5, 1992 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Review of Contemporary Poetry: Live performance of Robert Pinsky same time, educational. idea of "artifact". After all. the poems por­ and over againthe human's constant feeling of by Grace Sayegh The program began with a brief introduc­ trayed Pinsky's ability to take a simple day to inadequacy. Tha~ theme very closely com­ Class of'94 tion of the poet made by one of the Coordina­ day, ordinary object, for example a shirt. pares with the prevalent theme of loss of values tors. After that the poet took a stand on the Think of its ingenuity, its brilliance. the labor and identity, which is seen throughout Con­ On Wednesday. April 15th at 7:30pm, The podium and began 10 talk about the main that went in to making it and even the titches temporary Poetry. Worcester Country Poetry Association held a themes, ideas and hiMorical background be­ and thread that held 11 together. Thi!> !>tresses Over all. I think the poetry reading wa!i a poetry reading. This poetry reading took place hind some of his poems. Poems such as "Long one of Pinsky'!> except ion a I abi Ii 1 y to get down .. uccess. After all. it was certainly a unique in Shrewsbury Public Library. and it featured Branch, NJ", "Want Bone". ''Pleasure Bay", far enough bclov• the surface. to sec the deep experience. II increased my appreciation and one of the well_known poets of our time _ "House Hour'', "An Old Man After Kauafi" insides and examine them very carefu lly. As a understanding of poetry significantly and of Robert Pinsky. The program was and "From Childhood Jesus" were read by the maller of fact. this also portrays the poet's Contemporary and Postmodem period in gen­ well_attended. approximately twenty indi­ poet. Before each reading. the poet explained delicate. sensitive altitude to things surround­ eral. viduals wen: then:. Consequently audience the general ideas that run throughout the poem. mg him, which may seem to us insigmficant. I also found a great deal of pleasure in contribution }uch a.s commenting and asking streo;c;ing what makes every poem umque in a Another theme which was highlighted. es­ hearing a poet read his own work with the questions made this occasion even more excit­ sense from the others. pecially in the poem "The Want Bone", was the sounds and tones that he onginally had in ing and interesting. This fact also made the One of the main themes that seemed to run idea of unsatisfaction and greediness of the mind. I certainly encourage anybody who has poetry reading informal, relaxing and. at the throughout most of Pin'>ky's poems, wa' the human nature in general. Pinr.ky admits over a similar opportunity. to experience live per­ formance of Contemporary litemture. Music Review UMOC RESULTS The Samples-"No Room" Congratulations go out to Pete Anamasi, ever female UMOC contestant. She came in thi\ year's Ugly Man on Campu' (you may 1ors: Cory Beldon (A TO). Brian by Jennifer Kavka Molt! of the song have a mellow tone to them. nommatcd by hi~ fraternity. AXP. and, as tbe Kraft (SAE). Tim Lysaght (SocCom). and Features Editor II •~ not dance music but \orne of the )ong!. have winner of UMOC. has asked that the $350 Michelle Thackston. Ugly Man on Campus is a real catchy beat that you can't help but tap a raased this year be donated to the National a competition '>ponsored eveFy ~pring by Alpha Many tapes have collected in the Newspeak pencil to. Some of the song titles appear to be Leukemia Foundation in the memory ofTimo­ Phi Omega, the national coed service fratemi ­ office over the past year, whether they are by melancholy such as" Another disaster." "Stone thy Tripoli. Congratulations also go out to tyon campus. popular artists or recently put out by new Tears:· and "Pain" but when li stening to them. Jenith Murphy CDelta Phi Eosilon). the f1rst band . One tape. which was sent to me. sat on the word' nrc not deprc~'>ing even though they my de~k for a long time until I liMened to it. tell a story. "Seany Boy (drop out)" i'i about a Along with this tape sat many messages from boy named Sean who drops out of school and WAR records, anew record Iaber" in New York. why he should go back and stay at ~>chool. With a few phone calls, I found out that WAR ''Lillie Whale" is a really funny song about a stood for What Are Records? and that their f1r~t whale. I had never heard a song that created the band is The Samples. 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I I ~ • I ' :. . :. • .l. Tuesday May 5, 1992 NEWSPEAK Page3 SPORTS WPI Student athletes honored at awards banquet Student athletes were honored at WPI's Carraway and O'Connell Capture !live spec1alist and captured the team's defen­ he scored consistently ac; one of WPI's top annual varsity athletic awards banquet Sunday Sportsmanship Awards sive palyer of the year award. Carraway aver­ hurdlers. He was equally impressive in both evening at Founders Hall. Carraway was a top fini sher for the Engi­ aged 2.4 points and 4.2 rebounds on the hard­ the I I 0 and 400 meters. neers for the crosscountry and outdoor track wood this winter. Gabis. LeBoeuf and Tucker Win Senior teams while serving as captain in both spons. O 'Connell. a four year leiter winner, served McCabe and Roy Named J unior Awards Awards In basketball she served as the team's defen- as track and field tri-captain. During his career Winners Field hockey co-captain Kim Gabis, basket­ Juniors Laurie McCabe and John Roy re­ ball co-captain Michele LeBoeuf and Greg ceived the Poly Club Award as the outstanding Tucker, captain of the soccer team, each re­ female and male athletes in the junior class for ceived the Varsity Club Award for their their outstanding academic and campus in­ achievements, contributions, character. lead­ WPI Sports volvement record. ership and promotion of school spirit during McCabe was a starting forward on the their four years at WPI. VARSITY SPORTS 7 May Dad Vail Regalia women's basketball squad this winter and then Gabis. n tenm co-captain, set the all-time 10 May Enstem Sprints moved outside as the starting catcher for the New Englandshutout record (49) this season Baseball ( 1- 13) softball team. She averaged 5.4 points and 5.6 while leading WPI to a 17-2- 1 record and a 22 April at Salve Regina 3:30PM Cycling rebounds in basketball. On the softball field third consecutive berth in the NCAA Division 25 April MIT(DH) noon II April West Point McCabe drove in six runs while committing Ill field hockey tournament. Her 15 shutouts 28 April Anna Maria 4:00PM 18 April RPI only two errors in 27 chances. this season nlso established a New England I May at Nichols 4:00PM 25 April Eastern Collegiate Roy. a 190 pounder. earned All-America record. She was selected as a College Field 2 May Suffolk(DH) noon Championships honors for the second consecutive year when Hockey Coaches Association (CFHCA) Re­ he finished seventh at the Division Ill national gional All-American this season and was a Softball (I I -5) Women's Crew wrestling championships. Roy posted a 23-2 CFHCA Academic All-American for the third I 6 April at Anna Maria PPD 18 April Coast Guard/ UMass Amherst/ regular season dual-meet record and was straight year. Gabis a 1991 GTE Academic 18 April at Babson L 14-8 Wellesley crowned champion at the 1992 New England All-America second team at large choice in 21 April RJC W 3-1 25 April City Regatta College Conference Wrestling Association 1991 and is a candidate for the team againthis 23 April Brandeis W 7..() 2 May New England Championship championships. spring. 25 April NEW 8 tournament Regana Gabis was also a standout for three years on I 0 May Eastern Sprints Jones and Wooley Earn Sophomore both the basketball and softball teams. A Women's Track and Field (5..()) Awards severe knee injury during basketball season cut 16 April at Holy Cross Men's Lacrosse Sophomore Christie Jones and Jason her season shon. 18 April at Holy Cross Invitational 22 March BU W 8-7 Wooley received the Carolyo McCabe and Leo LeBoeuf, a center, was selected for the New 25 April Tri_States at RIC I 0:30AM 25 March Dean Jr. L 17-3 Jansson awards respectively as the top female England Women's Eight Conference first team 2 May New 81nvitational @MIT 10:30 AM 27 March at Bentley L 17-6 and male M>phomore athletes. and New England Women's Basketball Asso­ 29 March URI L 11-5 Jones. a member of both the basketball and ciation All-Star third team after averaging 17.5 Men's Track and Field (6-5) 01 April ut UMass Dartmouth L 8-6 softball teams averaged 2.2 points a game and points and 11 .3 rebounds a contest this season. 18 April USCG(Trinity{fufts 3rd 03 April at Brandeis W 12-9 handed out 46 assists as a point. guard in LeBoeuf was also selected this past season. 25 April at Springfield/UMass Danmouth/ 08 April Northeastern W I0-9 basketball. This spring she balled .333 while Leboeuf also served as the captain ofWPI's Fitchburg I :OOPM II April at Bryant L 5-2 drivingin a team high 12 runners. women's volleyball squad. I May WPI Invitational 3:00PM 14 April at UConn L 23-2 Wooley, the New England Small College Tucker, a third team All-American and first 16 April Green Mt. W 10-9 Player of the Year in 1991, Jed the Engineers to team New England AII-Stnr this season. as well Men's Tennis (4-S) 20 April Nichols L 19- I 0 a 7-2 regular sea!.on record and a berth in their as Constitution Athletic Conference " Player of 16 April at Nichols W 9-0 22 April Lowell W 14-9 lirst ever postseason football game. A tail­ the Year", tallied 54 points this senson on 2 1 21 April Assumption PPD 26 April League Playoffs back, Wooley ru shed for 1,213 yards and goals and 12 assists en route 10 a 13-4-2 record 23 April AIC W 9_0 30 April Mt. Ida scored 16 touchdowns this season. for the Engineers and n benh in the ECAC 24 April New Englands Division Ill men's soccer tournamem. 25 April New Englands Rice and Hawley Named Top Frosh. Seniors Det Carraway of the women's cross 28 April UMass Lowell 3:00PM Jennifer Rice and Tim Hawley received the country, track and basketball teams and Scott Coaches' Awards as the top freshman female O'Connell of the men's trnck and field sqund Golf (4-8) Sports Scores and schedules to be primed on and male athletes. received the Patricia Graham and Percy Car­ II April UMass Danm outh 5th Of 9 a Tuesday aredue in the newspeak office Rice was the lone freshman starter on this penter awards respectively as the WPI senior 14 April at Anna Maria w/ WorceMer State via_email (new [email protected]) mail box ycar'c; WPI field hockey team that posted a I 7- athlete ~ who displayed the be~t example of I :OOPM Northeastern/ Tufts '\rd 2700 or personal delivery. S tori e~ are always 2 I record and made a third str.1ight trip to the sportsmanship during their career. 16 April Mass Open welcomed as they fill the empty ~pace around NCAA tournament. Rice, a defenseman, was 27 April Engineers Cup th1s box. a l..ey rea,on why Engineer opponents ~ored NEWS We arc lool..mg for A term 'IChcd ule., for ju'it live goah this ls, averag­ looking for am cle<; for the liN paper next year ing I J .2 pomh and 4.5 rebounds a contest. ~ Men 's Crew to pu!>h incoming freshman toward' guard. Hawley also topped the Engineers in Outstanding 18 April Coa't Guard/ UMa,., Amherst ~ pon-. .... any interested 'hould contact New- three pomtcrs made wllh 34. 25 April Worcester City Champ 1 on.,h ip~ 11pcal. .. 2 May New Englands O ' Connell Receives Managers Award Researcher, Junior Maryellen O'Connell earned the Coghhn Award a ~ thcbcst manager of a varsity Any club spon s who wish their result' publi <; hcd here should 11end them to: Newspeak. box 2700, 'POrt . O'Connell received the awardaftercom­ Teacher & TA's E-mail to news peal., or call 83 I -5464. We would also like a schedule for each team o;o that we can pleting hrrJ~econd year as a manager for WPI's publish the next week's events. In the Interest of <>i mplicit y all sw1 mmmg l>COres arc rounded to the wre\lling. Proftssor GeorRt DJ. Phillit.r is recog­ nearest whole point, but at the end of the M:ason will be printed in complete form. As a point of nized intemationallya'>one of the world's lead· information any articles on Sponing Event!> w1 ll be happily accepted. The deadline is Friday @5pm. ing authorities 10 the Dynamics of Polymer Diffusion. With the work done at WPI, Phillies has easy to comprehend because he always ex­ best:"Professor Alexandrou exemplifies ex­ Depanment brought a new vision to the field of Polymer plains things so that a student can phy!lically actly what a teacher should be." Simply put: Dynamics and has been most effective in iden­ visualize abstract ideas. He presents material we agree!! For his devotion to excellent teach­ Douglas Bums is noted for his conscien­ tifying the significant and experimentally veri­ in a manner which not only brings new light to ing, we proudly present the 1992 BOARD OF tious approach to teaching, his clarity of pres­ fiable features in macromolecular diffusion. the subject, but stimulates the students to pur­ TRUSTEE'SAWARDFOROliTSTANDING entation. and the rappon he develops with the Through light scallering experiments and theo­ sue their own higher understanding of the TEACHING to Professor of Mechanical Engi­ students. His briefings are often auended by retical modeling he has derived a universal topic. His classe.'l are not just lectures, they are neering, Andreas N. Alexandrou. other TA 's who take notes as he proceeds for scaling equation for macromolecular self-dif­ interactive discussions crafted to draw the The life of a graduate teaching assistant is a later use with their own sections. Described as fusion. These experiments have laid the basis most out of the student. His enthusiasm for the culture of its own. I expect some of us look a model graduate student. his service to the for his hydrodynamic theory, have provided subject issoenrapcuring that student automati­ back fondly at the times when, as graduate students and the General Chemistry program confirmation of his model, and have pro­ cally become interested. One alumnus wrote, students living just above the poverty level, we extend far beyond his work in his assigned foundly influenced the thinking of researches "I think his greatest asset is his ability to make learned together, we taught together, and we laboratories. He has held regular evening help in this field. As a result, hardly a paper in the students think and challenge themselves." In socialized together, playing cards and drinking sessions for students and gives extra time to his area of macromolecular diffusion appears short, Andreas' teaching style makes his stu­ cheap beer. Many faculty members in this teaching effort. And, as one student said, "he without mentioning some aspect of Phillies's dent want to learn. room got started in teaching as graduate teach­ is a hell of a nice guy." Congratulations, experimental or theoretical work. "One thing I will always remember about ing assistants and, if you were like me, you Douglas, on bemg chosen a co-winner of the Phillies's research is in the best WPI tradi­ Professor Alexandrou is his honest to goodness entered the classroom scared to death and 1992 Teaching Assistant of the Year Award. tion. In his laboratory he has provided a concern for the students," one nominator largely untrained for the task at hand. Teach­ Aaron Laznovsky has served as a teaching research experience at the frontiers of an active wrote. " It is very important to him that his ing assistant frequently deal more directly with assistant in severaJ different Computer Sci­ field to both undergraduate and graduate stu­ students learn the material." Another said " I the studems than faculty members do, and such ence courses. Described as extremely knowl­ dents. was amazed at how closely he follows each contact was appreciated by many of the nomi­ edgeable, very friendly, very punctual in re­ For his many contribution!> to creative student's progress. He cares about every stu­ nators of this year's candidates. Comments sponding to student questions. and an excellent scholarship, it is with great pride tha1 George dent, and takes the time to help those who did such as: "always available", "concerned about communicator. Aaron is most frequently la­ OJ. Phtllies is awarded the 1992 Board of not understand.'' the students", "very knowledgeable", and belled as ava1lable for help. He is willing to Trustees' Award for Outstanding Creauve Many nominators noted Andrea.<;' outstand­ "communicates well" testify to the commll· help outside posted office hours. One student Scholarship and Research. ing project and thesis ndvising. He provides ment to teaching of the many graduate students stated: " He is always willing to lake the time 10 The Faculty Awards Commmee and the the guidance required for serious rel>earch, nominated for thisaward. review a tudent" programming work in de­ WPI Board of Trustees have chosen Professor while still allowing enough independence to In a year which saw the number of people tail, and to explain exactly what concepts the Andrts N. Altmndrou 10 receive this year's find newexperimental directions. H1 s opinions nominated and many With multiple supporting student needs to work on." Students are usu­ award for outstandmg teaching at all levels, and ndv1ce are highly valued, and he is a great statements, two students stood above the rest. ally quite perceptive in recognizing when a both for projects and 10 the classroom. As one source of information and direction. Many felt The co-recipients of the 1992 Teach ina A sjs­ teacher is genuinely concerned about them, student wrote: "In my four years at WPI, no that his projectl> are so successful because he tant of the Year A ward are: and that characteristic cenainly came across professor cared more or gave more to the helps create a clear and concise set of goals, with Aaron. classroom than he did." Students indicated that and integrates the topics into his own research Douglas S. Burns of the Chemistry Depart· Congratulations, Aaron, on being chosen a his lectures are always lively, vibrant, and whenever possible ment co-winner of the 1992 Teaching Assistant of informative. Very difficult material is. m~ .One student's quote s ums it up Aaron W.LA:novsty of the Com_pu!e! ~ience . tl!e. Y~-~~~ ~ ...... Page4 NEWSPEAK Tuesday May 5, 1992 Best campus social event Results of the 2nd I. Se\\er Part) 4. M•ghty Mighty Bo<;\IOne\ 2.. TradiiiOO'\ Oa) 5. New Voice~ X Annual Newspeak 3. Sunday mght mov1c (tic) Homecoming Reader's Poll

1. WAAF (107.3) 4. WCHC (88. 1l 2.. WZLX ( 100.7) 5. WBCN (104.1) 3. WBR U (1.)5.5)

Best pizza I . Boomers• 4. The Boynton 2. Tech Pizza 5. Liule Cesar; Favorite musical performer 3. Gompei's Place I. Guns N' Roses (tie) Billy Joel 2. They Might Be Giants 4. Jim Tyrrell

Similar to l a~t year, over 40 were mrntioned with few getti ng more than I or 2 votes

Best Chinese food I. Ping's Garden• 3. Chop ~ ll d. ' 2. China Restaurant 4. A~u · Aku Best local nightspot

I. Ralph's Diner 3. Coffee Kingdom Favorite beer (tie) Firehouse Cafe 4. Worcester Anisl's Group

People like all ki nd-.- 2.7 rece1vcd mention). Then again, "they all 1as1e li~ c urine" ab o got a few vote,,

I. 8udweiser (and varieties) 2. Free (3 way tie) None Root 5. Coor; 6. Sam Adam'>

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Best residence hall I. Daniels 3. Founder.. 2. Riley 4. Morgan

So. how many frc\hmcn voted?

Best place to eat at ridiculous a.m. hours I. Acupulco J. The Arch 2. Denny·~ 4. Kcnmo1c Dinc1

Best WPI sports team I. Football 4. Women's Crew 2. Wrc~tling (tic) Women's Lacrosse 3. Field hockey . "" Best fraternity I. TKE• 3.ATO 2. Theta Cht

Best sorority I. Alpha Gamma Delta• 3. Phi Sigma Sigma Best professor 2.001 4. Delta Phi Epsilon 1. Professor Boyd (M E)• (3 way tie) Professor Long (PH) 2. Professor DeFalco (CE) Professor Ma (CM) 3. Professor Vick (HU) 6. Professor Connolly (MA) Best non-greek organization Best feature of WPI 1. Student Alumni Society 4.AIChE 2. MASQUE (tic) Ncw~pcol. I. Greek system 4. Quality cducntion :l. Wcdgcrat\ of WPI 2. The Plan (tic) CCC Lab '\. Male-to-female rauo

Best euphemism for vomiting Worst feature of WPI The mo\1 commonly cued: And the crcauvc onc\10 no panu.:ularorder: I. Lack of Campus Center 3. DAKA (tie) Male-to-fema le ratio• 4. Grcel.' I. Bootin' I. lovoluntal) protem CJCCIIon 2. Calling Ralph on the h1g "'hite phone 2. Stup1d thmg to do while dnnking 3. Hurling 3. Preo;cnung your MQP Well. at lca't the cducauon "good. 4. Blowmg chunl.' 4. Beer mduccd stomach nu 5. Praymg to the porcelam god 5. Liqu1d yodelling 6. Po<>Hnebnnuon prcclpllatc 7.. Rcvcr .. c pcri.,tal'i' 'I ' (continued on page 9 ) 8.''Not thi~ agum!'' PageS NEWSPEAK Tuesday May 5, 1992

EDITORIAL Campus center: commitment or lip-service? As the academic year 1991 - 1992 draws to a close, seem the most opposed . Despite lip-service paid to the masked by delaying tactics. If the cente r is truly a hig h indications are mixed concerning the school's commit­ report's emphasis on a third tower being ··on target", prio rity in Strauss' eyes (wh ich is a huge assumption). ment to the construction of a campus cente r. The effort any initiative for the sole purpose of the creation of a 1hen the only way il can be adequately considered is 10 expended by the student body towards that end is campus center has yet to surface. All menlions are begin 10 look for ways around the acknowledged unprecedented in recent memory, but the end is not yet w ithin a larF " campus plan". which includes a campus diffic ulty in funding it. A first step must be taken. in sight and the effort mu t be continued. center as only on~ of many poss ibilities. Failure to commit to that first step indicates a lack of The campus center was far from the be-a11 and e nd­ The chosen reason to ...,empl to ki.U Gr plan!. desire. or a fear. of what lies at I he end of the path. all of the report by the Commission on Residential and for a campus center ;s tht lack of fualll...... _April 6th That path still stretches in front of us, and we can Social Life. In ~ing the most radical change (by WPI meeting of 1M A ca&rpllflanning -'Studer, Affairs force WPI down it if we try. The issue has boiled down standards), the most visible symbol and the largest commi111:C ~e Jldnpt~ 19twhere in this iss to much more basic questions: Who does 1he school expense, however, the center has continua11y been the President !J T(u. s Levine and Hoalml,.n. and truly exist for? Whose need s is it truly serving? Are we focal point and the mos t obvious area of contention. Professor So:h c tfde W rW'•rred direct I ID e willing to assert ourselves and make our voice so loud Despite the Commission's report and the support for it ''problelll" 1» r. i fUnds in the fnlditionaJ that nothing and noone can shoul it down? Talk to by virtually a11 parts of the WPI community (in particu­ manner. Yet. ~SOl\ ..qddent Rick D.iaJe asked student government, relay your thoughts. ask what they lar the most important - the students), few seem to be that a CQe,..ltlee"'bC ~~ o examine die funding arc doing about it. Find out what you can do to tum up able to express confidence that the project will be problem. sa.. (liiJ ~- was that"'"t'orming a the volume. W rite to President Strauss or the Board of carried out anytime in the near future. committee"1!t1tit!,"- rr}ay a bit premature." This Trustees. Be aware, listen to what they're really saying Why? Feet-dragging and the attempt to shelve the implies that we Me wainngfor 80mething else 10 happen to us- and we'll drag them kicking and screaming down idea seem the most likely answers. By whom? Difficult - what? If the idea is directly opposed , then it should be the path if we have to. to say - but President Strauss and certain of the trustees expresed plainly (and then explained) - not hidden and BUILD a Campus Center! !! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Condom dispensing sends the wrong message To the Editor. question of cumuln11 ve probab1l11ies is so highl y in doubl? our commument to abstinence? Arc I wanl to be careful to slale that I A current public policy issue of (from the frequenl usc of condoms). it Pe rhap'> the mo'it imponant 1ssue we not undenninmg our conviclion am not impugnmg the mouve~ or the great imponance is the promotion by ic; clear why we now hear and read of in all of th1s 1\ the role of re11ponsible that abstinence i\ both practical and intelligence of those advocaung po~ l ­ some school committees of in-school "safer bex" rather 1han "safe <>ex". adults in the"Agc ofA IDS". What are pos.,1blc'! uon~ other than lhe one I endon.e on condom acces~> for high <;chool Mu­ Editorials have been wriucn speculal­ we tcllmg high <,chools Mudcnts when A'i parenl to condoms on most educators arc very familiar with above. what we all have in common ib Committee has rejected such propos­ occur if schools nrc held rc'ipon'iible school propcny'! It can be argued I hat the powerful role of expectations when our high level of anx iety concerning als. the Wnchusell Regional lligh for implying to teenagers that condomo; we are telling them thai, in spite ofour dealing wilh young people. Why the polential spread of the HIV v1rus School Commillee recently voted to are successful as bamcr; to the trans­ advice and educational cffon s a1 pro- -;hould we not consider the messages among leenagers. I j us1 wish to have put a condom machine nearthe nui">C ·._ mission of the AIDS virus. (One moting sexual abstinence for high we are -.ending our high school ~ tu - the adult communily consider its pow­ office in that high school. Wh ile often mtght ask-presumably. rhetoricall y­ school siUdents, we EXPECfthatlhcy dents m t erm~ of the powerful expec- erful role in communica1ing expecla­ accompamed by a message oppostng -those member!. of school commiuees will be sexually active. That we do tauon we are communicating 10 them'> tions regarding the possibilities for genital sc~ ual activity by high school who vote in favor of condom di,tribu­ NOTEXPECfthemtoli..,ten toknowl- Is 11 1mpoM. iblc for a high school disciplined. responsible and intelli­ ~ tude nts . the argument for condom tion in their high schools. which of edge and reason. but that we EXPECT studenl 10 refrain from sexual activlly gent behavior--even in the h1ghly access in the chools is usually made them would KN OWINGLY have ..ex them to be gu1ded by their hormones. in currenl socie1y? Is it impos!tible charged sexual en vironmenl in which on the basis of protecting 1eenagers with an HIV positive per:.on-even (Note: we arc making thi ~ !tlatemenl that students wtll learn enough about we all now live. from AIDS and other sexually lrnns­ with a condom.) of our expectaltons in from of BOTH the disastrous consequences of ado- Prof J. T. O'Comwr miued diseases. Another issue is the advisabilily of sexually aclive and sexually inactive le!>cent sex to avoid premature in- Management Departmelll In my view, the promotion of th e adults becoming coopcmting par­ teenagers.) Are we not undermining volvement? I cenainly hope no1.

condom distribution in high school ties in the performance of activities t , I , • ' • ' I students on school premises repre­ which are almost umversall y con­ Alpha Gamma Delta supports the IFC alcohol policy sents inappropriate action on the pan demned by those on both sides of this of such school commillee members. controversy. Few adults espouse the To the Editor: sisters, this residence represents Al­ every member responsible for any While there is neither the lime nor the position that genital sexual aclivity by Early las! monlh. 11 was questioned pha Gamma Della. Consequently. at number of misfortunes or accidents. space to present a full discussion of (al least initially) unmarried high a1 a Greek Council mee1ing whether a !heir last meeting of the year, Alpha As a resuJt, risk managemen1 i be­ this topic (see-forexample- thestale­ school students should be endorsed. member of Alpha Gamma Delta re­ Gamma Delta voted to support the coming a necessity to most campuses ment to the Chelsea School Commil­ Indeed, most decry the pan-sexual siding a1 15 Dean Strecl was violating Interfraternity Council 's alcohol and organizations across the country. lee of Prof. Edwin J. Delallre. Bos1on level of our society--in movies. on the school alcohol poltcy if she pur­ policy and have a regulation against Within the past year. much has been Universily's School of Education. on lelevision. in 1he press. in commer­ chased a keg for her apanment. This. kegs in any sister's apanmem's above accomplished by the IFC and Panhel I he proper role of high school educa­ cial!. of all variety, in popular dance however, is not a violation because lhe Chapter Room. in regards to this issue, as will be in tors in 1he era of AIDS), perhaps some music. elc.. elc.. etc. Bul, of course. Chapter funds pay for only one-third Pr1or 10 lhis decision. the alcohol future by the Greek Council. of the issues should be cited. everyone-once again. on both sides of the renl in one of the fi rst noor policy of 1he IFC. Panhellenic Coun­ WPI's Interfraternity Council was The effect iveness of condoms in of the issue-is terrified by AIDS. Do apartments a1 15 Dean Streel. There­ cil and WPI were reviewed carefuJiy. one of the first colleges to adopt a limiting 1he spread of AIDS is clearly we "do good" by providing condoms­ fore technically the sororily owns a In addition, the Chapter conducted an campus-wide alcohol policy which one issue. Condoms are commonly -even though we know they will be "Chapter Room'' rather than an ''AGO open discussion 10 address in detail affects the entire college community. acknowledged to be a rather poor used in activities which have a high House." the tssue itself and 10 present both Alpha Gamma Delta therefore decided me1hod of binh control. Given 1heir probab1lity of being educationally. Similar to the policies of Delta Phi arguments. For instance, both our to voluntarily abide by this policy and failure rate relative to human concep­ psychologically--and now--physi­ Epsilon and Phi Sigma Sigma, Alpha landlord and Internationals do not view relinquish the right 10 having kegs a1 lion (which can occur on only a few cally, injurious to high school stu­ Gamma Delta's International regula­ 15 Dean Street as a sorority house. the apa.nments at 15 Dean Street. Th1s days during the monlh). it is slagger­ dents? In more philosophical do the tions prohibit any fonn of alcohol in On the o1her hand. any greek orga­ dec1sion was made, no1 as a resull of ing to ponder the lrue fai lu re rate of "ends" (i.e., auempted reductions in chapter rooms or houses. Therefore. nization today must facelheextremely any legal or liability b.sues, bul rather condoms when it comes to tronsmil­ the rate of HIV transmission) justify any person ofage can legally purchase imponanl and frightening issue of li­ in 1he spiril of I he greek system. ting the AIDS prevention--on a per the " means" (i.e .. condom distribu­ a keg at 15 Dean. However. it is ability. Unfonunately, having an as­ Kristy Sokol usc basis--than i1 is for pregnancy lion in 1he high schools)--panicularly realized 1hat for a majority of the socialion to an organized group. such Class of'95 prevemion. When one addc; in 1hc when the effectivenes'l of 1he "meanc;" campus: facuhy. students and even as fratcmily or sorority. can make

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SubsQ 'IlL.,., NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION Iiiii Ill S20 00 pot KIQ)i yllolr l•noiO ~ 75 C(lnl~ "''""' II• COOIIOOI'III< UOIIOd States MaiOOner. we Jimmy Hart, and paul Bearer (22%) Runners-up (tie): Badd - Morton, of Wrestling Viewpoint. wall be seeing Mr. Perfect VS Ric Pistols -Steiner\, Hart - Warlord, Well. the lovelyeditorofNewspeak Before I present the year-end Flaar. Now on to the awards... WORST MANAGER: Jamison(54%) New Foundation- Beverlies (9%) has informed me that bccnuse there awards. lets cover this weeks's news: BEST FAN FAVORITE: Hulk Hogan Runner-up: Coach (36%) seems to be very little appreciation of Stingcracked hisrib inamatchagain\1 (40~) FEUD OF THE YEAR: Macho Man th ib column by the WPJ student body. Big Van Vader not too long ago, and Runnen.-up (tie): Sting and The Un- WORSTTAGTEAMOFTHE YEAR: - Jake Roberts (50%) it would be a good idea to cut the it is in question whether or not he will dertaker (20% each) The Bushwhackers (50%) Runner-up: Ric Flair - Roddy Piper article (and wrestling columns ~ a beabletocompeteat WCW's Wre<;tle Runner-up: The Natural Disn-.ters (40%) whole). Quite frankly that pisses me War. Sting, as much as I hate to !>ay it. BEST RULE-BREAKER: Ric Flair (20%) off. Not because my article i11 being is a pretty tough guy though, so I (36%) WORST WRESTLER OF THE cut. but becnuse people hnve the nerve expect to see him there. Also thi ~> Runners-up (tie): Jake ''the Snake" TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR: Money YEAR: Virgil (45%) to say things like "There are so many week, there were a surprising number Robcns and Repo Man (27%) Inc. (50%) Runner-up: The Mou ntie (36%) things Newspeak doc~n 't have- yet it of upsets in the Arena Reports. Repo Runner-up: The Legion of Doom has 2 wrestling columns.'' Hey. look Man pinned form er WWF World MATCH OF THE YEAR: Randy (40%) WRESTLER OF THE YEAR: The bun-head~. if you want more features Champion Sgt. Slaughter and Virgil Savage vs. Ric Flair at WrestleMania "Macho man ·• Randy Savage (30%) in Newspeak, then why don't you get pinned the Warlord. Also, it is my 8 (42%) Runner-up: Bret Hart vs. WORST WRESTLING MOMENT: Runnero;-up (tie): Ric Aair and Bret off your lazy asses and write some? plea,ure to inform you that Mr. Per­ Roddy Piper at Wre!>tleMania 8 (33%) Vi rgil winning the Million Dollar belt Hart (20%) It's about God Damn time people got fect may be turning good- and back to (64%) off their fat bloated a\seS and tried to wrestling. At a TV taping 2 weeks WORST MATCH: Bossman,Siaugh­ Runner-up: Joey Marella DQ'ing 7 Well, that's it folks. Here ends this fix what's wrong instead of complain­ ago. former champ Ric Flair was chal­ ter. Hacksaw, and Vi rgi l vs. The men the Survivior Serie'l (27%) weeks column and Wrestling View­ ing about it. You '!ay that the wres­ lengmg Randy Savage fonhecovetted Mountie, Nasty Boy'> and Repo man point in general. Just remember one tling columru. were Ne\tspeak 's worst WWF World Be h. It was not a good (30%) BEST WRESTLING MOMENT: The thing - this may indeed be the last feature? Well guess what did. heads ­ night for Flair though. as Savage Runnel">-up (lie): Beverly Bros. vs. Ultimate Warrior's return at issue of Wre!ttling Viewpoint. and we were Newspeak's ONLY feature cleanly pinned him in less than 12 The Bu.,hwhnckers at the Royal WrestleMania 8 (42'!) maybe even Inside Wrestling, but next for quite some time. So, this being the minutes. After the match, Perfect and Runners-up (tie): Flair winnmg the year, beware the return of THE last Wrestling Viewpoint, I would like Flair got into an intense argument. Rumble and Virgil vs. Ted Dibiase at Rumble and Bobby Jleenan pre,ent­ GRAPPLER'S CORNER! todedtcate it to ats fans -Craig, Chuck. and later it was revealed that Aaar had Summerslam (20%) ing the NWA Championship or Rob, Eric. Opu , Kevin. the other Rob, been partaking on tactics against the Ric Flair to the WWF (25%) A<~ always, try not to Oog yourself and. of course Steve. However. be­ direction of Curt Hennig. Now, the MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Paul E. to death wi th a styrofoam cup on a fore I get too involved in bitching WWF may cover this up. and you may Dangerou!>ly (33%) MOST USELESS FEUD: Repo Man stnng. NE WS WORLD NEWS APSA meeting minutes continut•d from fWRt! I with a plan to reduce college expendi­ population of students who will eon­ Riots shake-up tures. We have to do thi ng:. in a more '>ider th is in thei r decision about col­ cational effons. including rape aware­ cost effective way. Additionally, more lege. ness, safety and acquaintance rape. debt service will make thmgs more There is information provided through difficult. Trustee Densmore sugge~ted that Los Angeles a comprehensive peer education pro­ we look carefully at our functional gram. Additionally, the Campus Hear­ Trustee LoVetere sugge!.led that need'> and that we are careful about guaranteed to face each other in the by Georgt Rtgntry ing Board is pubhshmg a Rape/Ac­ we need a fundamental cost ~truc ture hanng an architect to deo;ign what is November election. They may be Ntwsptak Stqff quaintance Rape Polley, addressing on how we are doing business. The seen as a utopia. We must be creative jomed by a third candidate. H. Ross both the areas of education and legis­ secret being the flfSt to come up with in pondenng places to gather. On April 29. a JUry acquuted four Perot. a Texa!l billionaire. lation. a new cost structure in the 20th cen­ policemen who were videotaped over According to Bush campaign ad­ tury. President Strauss commented that a year ago beaung a bind. motori<;t, viser Charles Black, Bush will prob­ Professor Schacht(rle shared with -oo60fourapproa~itlbe~e~ · ~· Rodney King, with their nightsticks. ably not engage Cljnton until after APSA that the Commission heard from Trustee Horstmann stated that the ine the first noor areas of the build­ The jury handed down acquittals in all Labor Day. However, independent Professor Shannon, who chaired the campus center may not compete well ings surrounding the Quadrangle, and counts except one, which was a dead­ groups will probably pick up the slack. Board of Inquiry appointed by Presi­ on the list of campus needs. It might how they are currently being used. lock. It has not yet been determmed if Perot has said he will run if his dent Strauss to investigate the alleged be eliminated from the regular stream there will be a retrial. The United supporters put him on the ballot in all rape last year in a fraternity. The of capital projects, unless we find Professor Schachterle added that State Department of Justace has 'load fifty states. So far. he is on the ballot Commission was struck by the inabil­ non-traditional ways of financing the the Commission did not examine the LhaL the office~ may be tried for vio­ only in Tennessee, but supporters ha~e ityofstudents to comprehend the prob­ project. financial side of the project. h will be lating King's civil rights. enough signatures in 14 other states. lem. The Commission wanted very worthwhile looking at what other in­ The Ju ry was located not in Los although they must stiJJ be verified. much to endorse the efforts by the Rick Daigle stated that the campus stitutions have done, and what is prac­ Angeles, but in Ventura County. A Many states have a time span for Student Life Office in this area. center must be viewed as an invest­ tical for WPI. Also. it is necessary to change of venue was issued because signature collection, which have not ment if we want to attract a diverse look at creati ve ways of financing. the defense argued that the police yet begun. The first deadline is Perot's Professor Demetry asked if the officers would not be tried fairly in home state of Texas: supporters there college has looked into the strategy of Los Angeles. The jury consisted of claim to have enough signatures. using a campus center fee to support So long Encore ... six men and six women, including a President Bush was criticized by such a faci lity. President Strauss re­ contimted from page I Encore remains the main time sharer, Hispani c and Asian American. How­ many campaign reform acti vists, be­ sponded that as a private institution, ever, there were no black-; on the jury. cause of a dinner that was held for the any increase in total cost impacts di­ the mail server (mail is exchanged on core has already replaced all four encore, but stored on Decstations), The verdict sparked riots through­ Republican party. For a price, one rectly on financial aid, consequently, out Los Angeles, and other major cit­ could sit with a cabinet member or an additional fee may not solve the CPUs. all five memory boards. the and is still the nnmeserver for ethemet card, the system control card!t, wpi.wpi.edu. In additi on, the Encore ies as well. In Los Angeles. 44 people have their picture taken with the Presi­ problem. The President commented were killed and 2.000 were wounded dent. that the fee tructures for campus cen­ and the mass storage control card. retains many software programs, such Johannesen still believes that the mass as the IMSL mathematical computa­ in riots. Fires burned throughout the ters typically appear in the public sec­ city. and damage was estimated to be • A white police officer in South tor of higher education. storage control card may be the cul ­ tion program. prit, and that the new card might just Allan Johannesen <;ays that the over $200 million. Korean stores Afnca was sentenced to death by hang­ were especially hard hit, as relations ing for his involvement in an incident Profes!>or Schachterle reported that be as bad or worse than the flfSt one. school had expected to replace the He is led to suspect this due to the fact Encore by January of next year, and between Korean<~ and Afncun Ameri­ in 1988 in which II blacks were killed. the Commission heard from many stu­ It as unlikely that he will hang, how­ that the system hung almost immedi­ the~e problems are JUSt expediting cans have been increasingly ten'>C. dents who mterviewed alumni Mated On Friday Evening. Pre-.ident Bu!>h ever. since South Africa has impo ed that they would re~pond to the campus ately on the installation of the new that process. The school had been addre~sed the nation and \aid that a moratorium on the death penalty. center needr. identified m the commis­ card, and crashed completely a mere happy with the hardware concepts of there wa<~ no room for hatred. and thnt sion report. Rick Daigle. Pre!>ident of five minutes later. Encore. but somewhat disappointed ln addition to hardware replace­ with II!> \Oftware maintenance. The he could undel'\tand why people were • There were massive strikes in the Undergraduate Student Body. di'lappointed with the verdict. llow­ Germany la'it week by government asked if the school would appoint a ment, the CCC has changed back 10 an school hn <~ already ordered a new Dec- ever, he sharply condemned th o~e us­ employees. By the end of the week, committee to cxamme the funding of older operating syStem release in the 51 00, which wi ll be here m about two hopes that the problem was software weeks. When it arrives, this Dccstation ing violence to express thear anger. the stikes appeared to be easing. The a campus center. Concern was ex­ Bush nnnounccd that 4,000 federal employees are demanding an increase pressed that a 6-10 million dollar related. This was only hope from the will replace the Encore as the internet beginning however, since the prob­ nnmeserver wpi.wpi.edu, and act a<; troops would be deployed to Los An­ in wages. project is a lot to ask for from this geles to help police. environment. President Strauss sug­ lem showed up over two months after the mnilserver nnd mai n timesharer. the latest software upgrade. This Dccstation will be much more On Wednesday and Thursday • Congress failed to override Bush's gested that forming a committee at nights, police were ounumbered, and "gag rule," which prohibits abortion this time may be a little premature. Encore is still trying to correct the reliable than the Encore, but have just problem, bur according to Johannesen. over half the computmg power. The looting and vandalism were rampant. counseling at federally funded clin­ Many police had to protect firemen ics. Bush has never bad a veto The Community Council wall con­ doesn't really have enough resource:. Encore wi ll thererore be retained for available to fully tackle the problem. the meantime as omethmg to login to that were fighting the numerous fires overriden. Abortion opponents sus­ tinue to offer a venue for all constitu­ pended demonstrations in Buffalo, NY The CCC is therefore doing its best to to use the variou<~ computational pro­ set throughout the city. encies to discuss any and all assues. On Friday night there was much on Wednesday, saying they were ta.k­ They will oversee reco.nmendataons address the problem for the time be­ grams like IMSL. According to ing. Many applications, including Johannesen, it wi ll "be moved off to less violence: national guard troops mg time to regroup and pray. Abor­ of the Commission, and press on the and police officers were enforcing a tion rights activists staged numerous ones that are not being r~ponded to. mail storage and readnews, have been the side and named somethmg un­ moved off of the encore to the printable." dusk to dawn curfew throughout the counter-demonstrations in Buffalo, They will interface with the President's cny. and most analysts say that this is the cabinet on a year round basas. The Decstations. In addition. the usr files During the summer. the school is were recently moved to the lookmg anto buying a Dec Alpha to The L.A. Lakers basketball playoff reason that Operation Rescue has sus­ Councal wtll be an place by A term games were postponed because of the pended their operations. 1992. Dcco;tations. relievmg the Encore pro­ replace the Encore for high level com­ cesson.and freeing up a lot ofmemory. putmg The Alpha wall remain off to riots. Operation Rescue has saad that 11 It was hoped thatthas would help treat the o;ade as \Omethang you logan to to will be blocking clinics in Houston Trustee Levmc congratulated the whale the Rcpublic:tn convention •~ the problem. but ~o far 11 ha-. not been u..c hagh level compuung program'> Other news Comml\.. ton on thear report lie com­ tal..mg place. mented that the CO'>I'> of a campus very effective. When th•' happen' (pmbably over the What ha' happened. therclorc. '' 'iUmmcr), Wl'l \\Ill bid a final !'are­ • President Bu~oh and Arkan'a' go" center could not entirely he funded hy cmor Bill Chnton both won by \\Ide fund-raa.,mg. If thi' " the ca\c, he that the Encore has bu .. icall)' b.:comc well to the Fnwrc. ..and good nd margan~ 111 the Pcnn,)'lvama pnm,a would have daflacult) vutmg fnr a a client of the Dcc,el'\!er Alllilc\ aac d,mcc ric~ on Tuc\da) Buth men are '-1 ~;ampu'> ~.enter. unlc"' 11 \\ "' ~.:ouplt:d now -.cr. cd from Dcc,tation' llw PageS NEWSPEAK Tuesday May 5, 1992 .. NEWS Arthur Butler bids farewell to WPI

by Shilpa Shroff as a graduat e ..,tudent at Carnegie Mellon. engineering quc..,ti011\ cun be rabed and an­ the lecture<,. 'This would help <, how the depan­ Class oj'9J WPI ', focu' on teaching 'otudent'> how to lcum .,wered. ment what teaching methods worlo.. and provide became a primary tene t of hi' teachmg philu,o­ A~ a con,equence of h" unique approach to po~11 1 vc sugge~ t ions to the teacher.. ." As you walk into room 305 in Atwater­ phy. a\ did ucccss1bll uy. v. hich he found poor the Mudent-teacher relatiOil\hip. Butler ha.' After May, 1992. Arthur Butler wi ll re turn Kent. you are greeted by a wa nn smile and a during h" gmduate "'orlo.. : " It is important that become a cataly<,tm mul..mg med1ocre \ludcnt ., to workmg w1Lh the company he establi,hed gumball machine fi ll ed with M&Ms. Thh i~ a all profc.,-.o,., prov1de lime. beyond the fifty more enthu~la'>IIC. Mo\t would classify Pro­ prior to coming to WPI. The company. Elec­ fa m11iar ~1ght for many clectncal cng10cering minute'> 1n cia'"· where 'tudents can a~l.. que'> ­ fes-,or Butler as a moti vator. \mce he attain~ tromagnetic Solutions. develop'> \Oftwarc tha t students visiting Profe sor Anhur Butler. The uons. llus l..md of mtcracuon help-. the -.t u­ c-..cellcnt performance from the student~ b) evaluate-. electromagnetic lields th rough fu111c end of D-term 1992 will nbo marlo.. the end dent!> undeNand the matenal better. even 111\ lllling them with confidence that "they can". clement analysis. 10 addu ion to other integrat­ Butler's tenure at WPJ. During hi!> bnef two though 11 leave., you open to hundred~ of inter­ When asked how it felt to be on the other ing \Oft'-'are packages. Being the modest years, Arthur Butler hth affected many Mu­ ruption,." A., c;~n be .. een through \tudent '>ide of the cla!.!-rOOm. Butler '>Uid. " It b prob­ person that he is. Butler stated. " I don't want dents through his enthusiasm for teaching. His evaluation.,, thii> MO ill working. Butler j, ably just as difficult if not more. Being. the my company to become a multi-million dollar presence nt WPI will greatly be missed by both consistentl y well above average in nearly ev­ teacher. you take on a great deu l of responsibil­ corporation. I just want to be able to get it off colleagues and fri ends. ery facet of the evaluation. 1-1 is sucoes~ can be ity. There isn't a day thut you can be unpre­ it'> feet and like what I'm doing." Although he Arthur Butler graduated from WPI in 1984 attributed to how he interactl> with his Mudenl\. pared for a lectu re: you arc responsible for ha'> enJoyed teaching very much, he feels that with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engi­ When firlit meeting Profe!>sor Butler. 11 IS hard creating relevant homcworlo.. ru.signments and it i'> time to move on. "If I could teach u class neering. As a student. Butler went th rough a to believe he i'> a Doctor of Electrical Engmeer­ being available if '>tudcnl\ need any help. the way I wanted and :.till have time to devote :.imilar system to the one currently 10 place. ing. owns h1s own company and has taught for There's more to it than meets the eye:· He feel!) to my company. I would. But. one should not wh1ch involved a ufficiency. an IQP. and an two yearo;. lnMead, he comes acros'> a' a fellow that overall WPI i'> domg liS duty. prov1ding suffer because of the other." MQP. In addi tion, the comprehensive compe­ student who mu'>t struggle through cla!.se., lil..c students with a competitive education. "How­ On any given night, driving down Wc\t tency exam was sull being adm101stcred. ''The everyone el'>e. Yet he still command' the ever," he says. "the system need-> to change Street you can see a light shining brightly on competency exam was a good opportunity for students' respect. primarily because he re­ how faculty is evaluated... He feel:. that it i!> the th ird noor of Atwater-Kent. Anhur Butler a student to show his undeNtnnding of the ~pec t s them. The unassuming air and genuine important to have peer evaluations. where the i., probably diligently typing away on his com­ material introduced over the four year:..". But­ concern that Professor Butler possesse!> make., teaching professor i~ evaluated by anoth er puter. His dedication LO the student!> of WPI ler stated. his oflice a welcome place where electrical member of the department who has auended and his enthusiasm for teaching will be greatly From here, he went direc tly to graduate mi'l!>ed. school at Carnegie Mellon University in Pitts­ burgh. Pa. There he spent six years geuing his Master'c; and PhD. Degree~ . When aslo..cd What a bunch of hams about the transition between the two :.chools. Professor Butler replied ...I wa'> unprepared for by Amanda Hua11g and Vice Prc\ldent Marc Fnedcn (code N I KPJ ) been throwing up abo until the ambulance got the amount of time the pmfe"or-. dedicated Circulatio11 Ma11agu wa' on another. Sweep bu'c' p1clo..ed up run­ there. 1 he weml thmg wa\ tha t a .. .,oon ac; the towards research. Although thl\ 10 1helf hn't down and InJured runner-. from each Red Cro'' ambult~nct: got there. the guy 'aid he d1dn't bad. it doe.'> Lake away from the 11111c a profe,-.or "Ye;~h , I ur 5 runner. were th rowmg up all Medical Muuon-. to tr.tn,pun them back to want meio;tnnce to his \tudent,." Gradu­ around me, nut tumcnt ion the other I() or 'o on Bo.,ton. If nece"ary. the ham\ would reque\t umhulance wa' ab<>ut to leave. another dehy­ ate l-Chool. Butler feel'>. providl.'' th.: ~tudent' the bus:· de,cnhcd u member of WPI Wirclc"' lur mnbulant:e' nr uny other form ol help. dmted runner tripped and sprained hi\ unklc. with more conlidenee through greater knowl­ Al\\UCialiUil. RcpeatcrContmllerC'hm. P"tel (code N I KJDl Su the cu ll for the urnbulunce w~"' not a wa,te edge in their cho1>cn field. Thu,, hc j, a great On Monday. April :.!0. before the crm;lo.. uf reponed to DucturScmh.:t and lhcntu llopl..inton aft~·r all." dc'>cnbed Goodwin. promoter of pur'iuiOg a graduate level degree. dawn. WPJ Wirde"' A;,..,ociation. bcucrl..nown tCl act a' liN re,pundcr on nne of the !.weep "It wu' u lot of work while were tlmng 11 all. CMU also requ1red him tu .. rrvc .11 lt:a't a as the I lam K.td1o Club \CI out for the 96th hu,es. butlonlo..mg hue!.. on 11. it wa' prett y fun. Al..,o, 'emcstcr as a tcachmg a'>\i\lant. dunng v.hich Annual Bmtun Marathon. ..There \\ere 4"i When th!.! race ' tancd lhlht) Ill\ oh cd 10 tcach10g. \V1sc (uxle I KCO). "at the Bu,tnn Puhllt fim,h hne at the t:~rcle "'here the runner-. come ..Tu knov. that )OU might h;l\ c \aved a In the fall of 1990 Arthur Butlcr made it L1hmry We \\ere dchricfed h} the Cluh·, mto tocooldu" n. II D<~t:tur I.J\\ rcncm needed pcr,on·-. hie. 11 wa<, '-'Onh u:· procla~mcd baclo.. to WPI a-. a pan-tunc fJt:Uit) member. Tru ... tcc Roj)crt "v1 f:t} lnr (tode 'A IQ >un tlw help "ith runner-. 10 \\heel cha1r.. or runner' GtxXh\ in ... Volunteering thur·, what ham Although Profe,.,or Butler ha-. only been tcat:h· race's opcri!tmg procedure,. \\ e wcrc.tcduu \\ho are hun. w... c. "' the dt~etur·, \\JIIo..ing r.tdiOI,all<~hout. lt''>gOO approach and dcd1ca cally. the Marathon·., ma10 fom1 nf wmmunt telephone. would radio m for help. come through \~hen l was really needed. It tion to the principle' of teach1ng have made calion us we volunteered our 'ervtces a-. umu "There W<~s thiS one guy who had bcc.n gave me a chance to deal with thlny-M>mc him both well-lilo..ed and respected. Butler. teur opcnuur-. ... throwing up for 25 m1nutcs. 23 milel- mto the people needing my help all at the same time who feels that learning tran ,ccntl~ gmdcs, com­ After thi: debriefing, the Wireless A.,.,ocia­ race. He wa.~doing really bad: he wa.~ \eriouc:ly and to know that I could handle it." excltumed mented that "Anyone can do the work and get tion went off to ;,epar-ate a\~1gnmem'. w ... c dchydmtcd and needed un umhulancc. The Pbtcl. the grade. but it is more rewardmg and mean­ and Secrewry/Station Engineer Carl Morgan \weep bu<~Lhat I wa., on wen t to one of the Red The \IX WPI students rece1ved cool green IOgful for both the student and profe.,.,or when (code N IIC /.) reported to net control to et up Cross stati on~ to get a paramediC to check out wind breakers for all their hard work, not to the material i~ understood ... Hi ~ modu., operandi antenna-.. Correspondence Officer Dan the guy. I radioed 1nto net control to get an mention the great <~atis facti on from volunteer­ tn the clas~ roo rn combmes what he learned Goodw10 (code KA I RHM) and Brent Htller ambulance. We waited there wnh 20 to 30 ing the very needed time and operating lo..nowl­ during his Lime as an underg raduate at WPI and (code N I LSH) worked one of the sweep buses exhausted and dy10g runner-. who were or had edge. OUTLAND by Berkeley Breathed Tv.sd~y May 5, 1992 NEWSPEAK Page9 Best location for new campus 2nd Annual center

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_. - - .- , . . Page10 NEWSPEAK Tuesday May 5, 1992 CLUB CORNER Alpha Phi Omega have said it better myself... Are we really a all those who helped out. Jen. are your cheeks Cyc!" (pronounced psych) -Dude "They prac­ brotherhood? ask yourself...Great spiritual a lillie red? __ break! And no, I don '1 like to tice safe jazz" -Kemble "Run him through the Hi! Congratulations to our new brothers: publicity! ... And if we are, are we an OPEN move a whole hell of a lot! Thanks to all of the Dolby-D lifter, it filters out the excess noise.'' Helene Anderson. Jeff Baron. Shr'lly brotherhood? ... lt is stress time. hug professors who showed up · I hope you all -Dude "dooo-dn to do dadadada Bogen dododo Berenstein, Kevin Davis. Aaron Domina. Tricia someone ... Great idea. I'm available... Pcace enjoyed yourselves. So now Kim 's not ner­ and waaaa" -Kemble "Camlocks to Radio G&gnon. Amy Gilman, Kathy Jacques, Sangita and cherry pez... NRA- feel that stress leave. vou~ anymore. Sue's gomg to Cornell. and Shack" -Dude "We ran out of duct tape" -Dave Jha, Jason Ma.kofsky, Eduardo Mende.:. Dean Justin's got a bunny in his room. Good luck on "We're not amplifying them!!!" -Aaron "Are Mikuszewski, Scott Runstrom, Brian Smith, AIChe finals. have a great summer. and see ya next you going to have stacks at the wedding?" • Dawn yaracchi. and Dan Wright. Have a great year. Dude "We miced them while they were play­ summer, everyone, and try to be at Sue's July To all the senior chem eng's, good luck in ing" -Kemble " It seems that Dude got all the 17- 19; Jen. Well, I'm back again-sorry fort he absence whatever future you've chosen - grad school or quotes this week" -Dude "Aaron jumped back last week. I'd like to stan off by congratulating jobs! when the lights lit up!" -Dave Now can 1 go back to the "Happy LiuJe a few chem eng's: Oladly you once knew!"... New Voices is over. -Sue Moser: The 1992 Senior Excellence Lens and Lights Top ten uses for Gaffers tape: 10) Holding I want my·life back.. .I no longer have a Award for extra-curricular activity. up heavy lights. 9) Stage repair. 8) Gaffer life... Within every point of existence is the -Robin Cnossen: The graduate student SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It has been a good balls! 7) Speaker cone repair. 6) Bread-board­ chance for truth and the chance for community service award in memory of Edwin year. We are almost out of debt and we are ing. 5) Gaffer funnies. 4) Keeping sheep under faJsehood ... Piedge service project, what pledge B. Coghlin '23. using the DISCO BALL and Quick Chace (tm) control. (See any former TO.) 3) Film splicing. service project... It was there, you just missed -Kevin Dahm: The 1992 WPI Salisbury again. It is too bad that we were not able to have 2) Silencing unwanted guests. I) Gaffing. it ...Two weeks!. ..That was an evil g rin. Award a spring picnic but we had more fun at Holy Finally. on behalf of Lens and Lights, we I'd also like to congratulate those who Cross. We are going to need all the help we can Sylvia... Graphic s=no f•~e time ...Stuff due wish that the members who are graduating tomorrow=lo ts of work! ... Exams. panicipated in the MQP presentation competi· get over the summer in moving. repairing and have a enjoyable and prosperous life out in this Aaaahhh!...What did you do with Sasha in the tion.especiallythe I sr place winners Sue Moser cataloging equipment. Plus we have events... brave new cool world. rain? ... Dave, why did you tie Sasha to a & Jen DeMarco and the 2nd place winners FUN events! Just think of it, working the chair? ... Beatthe rush. confess now. Repon to Melissa Paddock, Rachael Forgit, Rob Baril one, Soundcraft in your graduation gown or being SocComm Officer Schletzy for termination ... Recycle! and Kevin Dahm. the first to put a giant scratch in the new Alden Recycle!! ... Nice job pledges on that service noor. Thanks for a great year! SocComm really project ... Sorry again about your sleeve. I'd like to thank Sue for getting everything The good news for all you returning mem­ appreciates all the help it gets from it's mem­ Jen. .. You're forgiven Brian... Volleyball was set for the Red Sox game. It was awesome! bers is that next year, we will have a home and bers. We couldn't have done a single show great!! ... For a minute there I thought we "What's a Green Monster?" (Ask Nancy) And a cave. And even beuer, we will have a really without you. wereareal brotherhood ...Trainw reck! ... Con· I hope you all n:aJize that the Red Sox uniforms cool class 3 event on the quad! Plus cool Good luck to everyone on their finals and gratulations, Jenith. on being 2nd in are more "luminescent" than the White Sox's. training events! And a spring picnic+2pi (I have a great summer. Get psyched for next UMOC ... Congrats Pete Anamasi for being the (Thanks Mere) "When does this tenn end - oh term phase delay)! Pany on Garf. years awesome SocComm events! Keep an eye Ugliest Man on Campus ... A little rhyme: " I am really!" The last quotes ofthe year: " It was a Theasco. open this summer for any acts you think sick of the New Voices clique'' .. .! couldn't The BBQ was also a great time! Thanks to SocComm should bring to WPI next year! GREEK CO RNER own raised over $2000 for the Muscular Dys­ l:AE trophy Association. Sometimes it's nor sur­ ex Hi everyone! It's the last week of the year prising to be one of the top five chapters of the I would like to begin this week's anicle with (and my last column), so I hope everyone had biggest national fraternity in the world. Ahh, yeah ... Lets move like we have a pur­ a great year! Thanks to SAE for a great social a heany congratulations to our intramural spons pose. Here il is the end of the year and I still last Friday. Thanks to everyone who panici­ team. With a second placing in the track meet Five Apples don 't have enough credits to qualify as a paled in the car mlly Saturday. We had a lot of and a semi-final showing by our soccer team. See Ya Next Year. freshman .... Some ofthe more intere ting quotes fun helping out! Thanks also to ATO fora great 0-term spon s at SAE have been very success­ of the week:"So what if he's passed out in his tim,e Saturday. Happy Birthday to Nickie and ful. But how could I forget our first place TKE seat, let him drink''... "l was jumped by four, no Jane. Hope they were a lot of fun. showing in Ooor hockey? Maybe I just didn't wait five guys. yeah thats the Licket''.. .'Tve I'd like to end this column by saying have hope. After aJI, wasn't it Spinach Head Yeah . boy the last column of the year! I'm never thrown out a major sponing event goodbye. For the seniors, congratulations! who said. "Our B-team beat your A-team, our happy to say that our B·team hockey was in the before•· ... 'l s anyone here man enough to admit A-team is going to kill you." Nice call. Where playoffs, and that I scored the winning goalm they threw the rock, I didn't think so"... " l Mter four yea~ of hard work, you're finally out of here! Everyone else, have a great and wal. KJ Thursday night, benched or ~ared? a great game in which we cam from a deficit to would never even try to fight the lead singer relaxing summer. Always remember the good Anyway, good job Blue. you all played well. a 5-5 tie. It 's roo bad we lost, and the goal I from Motorhead" ... "Dream anotherdream,this times we had th1 'i year and look forward to the Best wishes to our seniors in their endeavors ~orcd was for the other team. Well. I guess dream is over" ..."Why would we want to pany good Limes that lie ahead... after graduation. Grad school 1s staning to that's why l played B-ream. with them anyway?" look like a preuy good ch01ce. but I do hear Soccer is a different story. we beat Fijt 6· Continuing with the local news: dE OGCP hal> openings available at McDonald's. 0, but t hen suffered a close loss to Theta Chi, 2- Daigle quits store 24. finds more challenging Domino·, and B.K. To all those interested. get 1. Oh well. we'll get back next year. And in job as an entenainer who lights body pans on I can not believe that another school year psyched for the Murph 111 Home this year. It track, a couple of guys rttn got us -;omc point)>, fire ... Nicka given the golden pig award in the has already (finally) come to a clo-.c. Memo­ wil l be a bla't but it won't be the ~ame . Room hut I'm notl>ure how mony. first house veto.... Coyle tries more exciting ries are running rampant through all of our picks are done (Than~ God) and we did get Since this i'> the Ja..,t column. I'd like to places to do h1~ thing and enlists Daigle'<., help mmds. BGFll. finger painung. (I .e. body ~ome lntere ... ting combtnallon'i. Room Ob· take 1h1c; time to sa) congratulations and good for an "extra cool'' effect...Sal' !> Mu!>tang voted ~c ure : Gtbb,, Gooner and Froggy, Room Ma­ luck to all the \COIOI'\, Chris Bonvin, Ja.,on Ep<;ilon EmergenC} Evacuation Extractor and painting-than~' to FIJI), turpentine. and bleach (I'm surpmed we 'illll have faces Sharron), cho: PJpp and Pete, Room Altitude: Chao;e and Byrne. Oliver Clau\, B11l Cramer. Chuck will soon be equ1pped with a reindeer/pug1liM FFF, "Here'!> to pledge..... Spagheui agam!'? ! Wunn, and Room Super Macho: AI and Charlie. Collm~ . Peter Davtd, Marc David!>on, Chri'> detector.. . How many ro'>cs did you get K1m'!, I also here that Pudgc. Crowell and Frank will llaley. Jeff Hemwcct, Mark Sevier, Kcvm Thb being the last anicle there arc a NANANANANANANANA Ching MANNA be sharing a room on the Hill. Sphincter got Quine. Four of which arc graduating Ill :\ 1/2 few things thot still need to be stud. First MANNA MANNA Ping. Purple hair. SING­ him<;elt a new Ass as well a« 11 new roommate year~! congratulations 10 our two newest brothers: ING AND SIGNING. If you jump over the this week. Youkstetter wru. the obvious pick Abo I feel it neces.. ary to give out an end Denni'> Cimbal and Anthony D' Anna. Second banister at ate \\.Ill you survive?.QH Yeah. for an A\!> N1ce camplllgn. Dave. On a more of the year award. Prior to th1s week. the race I'd like to impan a few words of whdom to the Let's do the time warp again. Wanda who? a ~erious note. even though we did not win beM for D.O. Y. had been close, there was the phal­ !oeniors who will be leaving. After four years of pinning, " I'm aD Phi Eat hean! I shall never chapter on campus this year. u's good to know lic nag hanging. and anyone hitting on the hell you are now ready for the real world but • · go out with anyone in a fraternity (Shannon), that SAE still continues its tradition of campus bearded one. But 1n light of recent event . I before you leave take some time to have a last Major in pitch!?!?!. Really???. "NOT!". 3- involvement and scholarship. This year alone think we all agree. D.O.Y. goes to.. ... (drum bit of fun. Don't leave with any regrets or man, reshif, obobobobobob, McDonald's. we have had two brothers initiated into Skull. roii) ...... Eeeeephus! remorse; Remember a very wise man once said Climb the tree Amy and Lisa. 2 trips to the and we had two R.A. 's on campus, five mem­ Congratulations to Angelo and Bahlz who "These are the good old days"... Have a good beach. Pizza, Fake??? What do you mean it's bers involved in ROTC, involvement in varsity skipped a level and got a bell in Karate. summer and until next time. goodnight teenag­ fake I left a pany for this, I lost my shoe I can soccer, basketball, baseball and wrestling. not And what a way to finish up the year, a ers. SMP to mention club spons like WPI LaX and farewell concert by our very own Apothecary!!! not do j umping jacks in the snow without my shoes, Giraffe, Nothing like a little bit o' Irish Hockey. We have had nominees for outstand­ You guys are great. in ya, PERMAGRJN, sardines and baby food, ing Greeks and our past President. Rob Raftery, TENNIS,Shoulderpadbra.Studyhours,Snow, won outstanding Greek leader this year. As far Zhenith, What up? I lost my keys and my as community service, we helped Fiji raise jacket, Has anyone seen my DAKA card?, Pool close to S 1500 for Doug Horvath and on our balls, Julia-how about explaining Providence? MUSICIANS Gotta love our "adventures", VaJ ... I'm going to miss aJ I of your abuse and help . Amy B. And to all of our Seniors-Good luck in the BOOK '92 "real" world, we love yoo.... ~ERE~~ JSL CRD YOU BE Take the THIS SUMMER? APARTMENTS First Step to FOR RENT LOHDOH 195 MOSCOW 345 /\ .J,ll,itJ I ~lJt.Jr!•• 1 • ,All5 !115 Now showing AUCICLAHD 545 Getting Signed .... 2-J twdroom .tpts TOKYO 395 SAN FaAHCJSCO 170 praclrc:.tlly on c.tmpus HEWYORK 49 CONTACT: HP.tl t1ot ;•;,tfl'f sncluclPd Ill Round crip farts from Boston, 0!1-<;ftf'Pf pc~rkrr1CJ Clf'dfl bas.ed on :a rCM~d trip purcNse! Taxu and surcNr&ts noc Included. ,.. Major Record Labels, Publishers, (llllf't sPrurf' burldrnq ~ Clubs, Promoters, Managers, Studios, CALL 79 1-5770 Distributors, Nationwide Send $35.00 (check or money order) to: 171 aSueet..comer ol Tha,er M&tJ A & R RECORD GUIDE 401·331·581 0 P.O. Boa 8841S . • . • • Clll1'4oW -...... t.c. A..-, CA 9Clll9 Tuesday May 5, 1992 NEWSPEAK Page11

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April 23, at 1528 hn. .• afire atann was received at Police Headquaner.. signaling a fire an Fuller Laboratories. Re ponding Officers discovered someone had tampered with a ~pn nkl e r valve. activating the alarm. (Worcester Fire Depan:ment was summoned to the scene.) Officers were able to hut down the ~y tem. preventing major water damage. There was a . mall amount of Oooding. but no fire . The mvestigation into the valve tampering is continuing with the Worcester Fire Department.

April Z4, at 2230 hrs .. WPI Police received a complaint concerning M>meone smoking manjuana in a donnitory room. Investigating Officers queried the persons allegedly involved. and a small amount of marijuana (roach) was confiscated.

April26, at 2125 hrs .. a call was received at headquarters reponing 3 teenage black. or hi l> panic males cutting the lock off a I0-speed bike parked in front of Gordon Library. Responding Officers discovered the broken lock and recovered the bike. but did not apprehend the su~pec t s. who allegedly Oed Lhrougb the Library. Calls were made to cont act the owner.

Aprll27, at II 03 hrs .. Officers responded to a small fire in a laboratory in Solisbury Labs. The fire was exti nguished by a laboratory technician. There were no injuries and no damage to property.

April 27, at 2250 hrs .. WPI Officers and EMS personnel re!>ponded to a call involving an intoxicated student causi ng a disturbance at a fraternity. WPI Police and Worcester Police Officers placed the subject in protective cu!.lody and tnm ported to WPD. NEWS GAP survey results by George Regnery and Bra11t Smith compcllvcn~·" ((lX<, land unl;ur Japanc ...c tr.tde Newspeak Staff practice'> (65'~ J \\.ere to blame for the large tmde dcficll ol thc Lnited StatC\ nlcrc \\U' a From Apnl 22 through Apnl 24. the Global :.lim margm H 111 ~Yr l in favor of future Affair.. Party ran a 'urvcy by the Danieh implemcntatlun of toni f, and other nctlon ... If NJ:~ S Pt. \K PIIOTO/ MAMK (.; 18.\0N mmlboJ~c' and m the Wedge. A total of l28 the U.S. trade deticit co ntinu e~. When a,t...cd people completed the 'urvey. Tile purpose wa.' about the economic difference' between m­ We're outta here!! to determme how the WPI community felt dustriuliLcd nation!> und the Lc~-;cr Developed concemmg m.tJOr 1ssucs of the day. The l'.urvcy Nat1ons more people thought that the gup wa, Wa\ divided IIllO fourcategorte\: rhe environ­ widening. Few pt:oplc (20~'< l thoughtthutthcy A poetry(?) reading: Of ment. the Economy, U.S politico;, and World would have to wort.. abroad ~llmetimc 111 thei r Politics. future hut 77CJr welcomed the idcu. Tile first ponion of the survey focused upon Of the cund1date' runntng the U.S. politic~ the environment. which is becommg an in­ section of the survey respondents declnrcd 'Nam and Nurses creasing important h'>ue in the world. The fir~t George Bu -.h the WPI Pre~iden ti a l win ner get­ que,t1on asked how much taxes should be ting a meager 239£ of the vote. The choice by Adam Egdall Her fir:.t book. ~ Shadows. wa'l the raised. if at all. to clean up the environment. garnering the mo\1 wppon in our pres 1dent1al Class of '95 focus of her readings. This book is based in Ninety-one of the respondents. or 28%. said race was "None of the above" with 32% of the Vietnam in 1969 and is about four women who that they felt ta"< e~ should be raised by 3% or vote. Over 41 % of the re,pondcnh were pro­ On April 29th at 7:30PM, I. along Wllh two enli !>ted as Red Cross "Nurses" and were sent more while 19%. 6 1 people, didn't want to see choice. Only 8% \aid it should never be legal WPI coll eagues and one from Holy Croll\. to ba.<;es around the country to entenain the taxes raised. The second question ~howed that while 48% \aid it o;hould be legal under ccnam attended a poetry readmg by Terry Fari-.h at the men. Their only purpose was to provide the the majority (55%) of students at WPI feel that circumstances -- 28'l- if the people mvotved Shrew!>bury Public Library. The readmg wa' troops wnh recreational activities as the gov­ companies !thould pay for their own cleanup. (e.g. both parents) agree. and 20% thought it advertised as Terry reading her own worh ernment felt this would raise morale. I am still The third quesuon as~ed who wa.'l respons1ble should be legal only under cenain legal cir­ Upon 3Jirival. I was very amused. as were my contemplating what Ms. Farish considered rec­ for the current environmental problems. Most cumstances l'.uch a.\ rape. Most people at WPI companions. with the absence of an aud1ence reational activities but that I will leave up to the people (57~) felt that private ind1v1duals were are either not registered or registered as inde­ aside from three Shrewsbury Library poetry reader. only "a little'' re!tponsible for e.-.isung environ­ pendent.,. Only 15c:f of the respondents ~Lat ed grouptcs and ourselves, who attended to fulfill Her reading of pans of this novel were mental pollution. People at WPI <>eem to feel they were registered Republican~. 13% Demo­ a requirement of our class, EN 2233. Hoping shaky. choppy. and very unsteady as it was that it is the government and companies that crats. Finally. 74'! of the WPI community th is reading would be somewhat intnguing I apparent she skipped parts either less impor­ are more respon.,1ble for pollution with compa­ favored some kind of term limn!! on our Fed­ wru. very happy when Terry started her !>peak­ tant or too explicit to read. (I tend to thmk the nie!> declared !tignificantly re:.ponsible in 81% eral Congressmen. tog with a suggestion that we. the audience, latter of the two was the case 90% of the lime) and government 65%. of the survey's. The In world poli ti cs the WPI community fee ls should feel free to interact and talk about Her first anecdote from the novel concerned all environmental pan of the Global Affair:. Pany that the United State~ ~hould either be givmg everything after each section was read. Th1s four of the women as they dressed 10 Santa survey showed that 37% of the WPI commu­ less aid to the former Soviet Union (38%) or seemed very open and warm but also altered outfits. wearing nothing underneath mind you. nity had refu!tt!d to buy something because it nothing at all (25%). Only 29'k of the respon­ the effect of the talk. a'> it was too hot. In this apparel the women wasn't recyclable. dents fa vored the $24 billion. or more. over 5 At almost 7:40. Terry was introduced by a served Christm as rations to the men until one The second pan of the survey a!.ked a few years in aid the President Bush has proposed. fun of hers. one of Shrewsbury Library's very of the women fainted and that was the complete questions about the economy. According to And for the last question of the survey 47% of own poetry club member!>. After a brief intro­ story. It 'lcemed empty and lacking of a point. the respondents. the government debt and over­ those responding to the survey feel Japan should duction, Terry. approximately 5'6" and n mere Ms. Farish was not very talkative about why spending are the biggest problem for the United be encouraged to rebuild its military. while I00 pounds. took her place behind a podium she read this but only went into a lecture on the States economy. A surprising 42% of the 31% disagree. which hid her enti re body and part of her face. beliefs and interests of all government.~ in­ respondents stated that as the largest source of If you have any questions or would like to Standing on tippy toes she started her explana­ volved in the war. As this article may sound difficulty for the U.S. economy followed by receive a copy of the datafile containing the tion of why she writes and what she was about confusing, so was she in the same manner. problems with our education system (20%). entered resul ts please contact Brant Smith (box to read. This is when the The second and last .._ ~ '