Worcester Polytechnic Institute DigitalCommons@WPI Newspeak All Issues Newspeak 4-16-1991 Newspeak Volume 19, Issue 11, April 16, 1991 The tudeS nts of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/newspeak Recommended Citation The tudeS nts of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, "Newspeak Volume 19, Issue 11, April 16, 1991" (1991). Newspeak All Issues. Book 415. http://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/newspeak/415 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. Homeless: We don't want to know... b.v link Currin thrtl\\ w.ncr hallnc.m' aml M· XII ', Jl .i no:" C\'l.'n m lhc lilJ'Iihll ot tho: ll S doll.1r' a <.h1y lnr a w;1r ami we can't llomch!\\OC'-' " 11 de.. ecruuon of tim t!mup nl 'tudcnt' If) ang ((a help the When ...c•mcc •ne tvld lm tno:nd "Yuu \pl!nd ~COl) Ill fifty 1111lhun 10 help -.ymool: an)onc v.ho " homelc·' ,v,~s{Halc Stoff hom;: II!''· It i, thc1r pWll!'" ul tlcniJI. would lhml.. lhJt rh .. l S ~ould \lo,JOt rhe homcJn," doc,n't ha\'e hhcrty: doc,n't h.l'e II you weren' 1 unpr"oncd 'umc· of nol ~anlmg to lu~:c 11. thai cause' a to nul..e the Capllal dean ol p<l\cn) A repi'C\entali~ot.• lmm the R.un n~hh ~:.m't pur.uc happinC~' He v.herc.: lur Ihe P·"' "ed;, )'OU "111 lew 10 lc.u.l a groupinltl tlomg \111111.'· 'n1ha1 uthcr people "ho c.:ame 10 thi' bow Coahllon 'J"ll.c nc:~:t aboul lm told u' that the !ltutlenl!> are the ray ut l..now thJI there hil' hccn :1 cxhibuum 1h10g run:l) ~tup1tl And don' t 1ell me l'tluntl') and 'ee what 11 n:pri.'O\Cn"." nrg,m11a11on Coali11110 91. thai '' hnpc .a ..ced to c.:hange the :umclltC\ our un 1he Quad to help r.ii'-4: m(lne) II wa~ IU'' a ~i!Jpe Rat I) rc lhiO~ . II" tnend re'J"'nd\.'d. • That ""hat 11 lryin!! 10 n:plac\: -.ome ul the people 111 1h1' c.:uumry perpetrate.. on Lhe poor. lor the homclc'' Th1' "c\hlbllmn" Wedge.: Rat' were ccnaml)' oart ul rhc rc.:prl!'e"'' llr.; tall..\.·d ol ho~ people City Congrc" ""11h people whu ""111 A member for SSA relea_o;ed lhe wa' u reprc\l'nlullon nl J homclc" demon,tration. bu1 'o "ere.: u lot ol hutc 1he hornell?" in\lcad of the change 1h1ng' lm the bcucr l ie urged rec,u h~ of lhc lund m•scr: 1hey ra"ctl 'hunt) 'ommun m b1g litic' Studc:n" Olher -.o<:1ally COn\CIOU\ people And wealthy und ho" 1ha1 the homel~s CVCI')·One 10 fe!'i\ler 10 \Ole and \Up belwc.:-cn 175-1 K5 dollar; and col auually volunrecrctl Ill '"'> out over· 1f the Wedge R.w. "H'TC brave enough nrc the lca\1 lo blame I fe commended ~ Coahuun 'II 10 their goah to ger hxled aboul 10 ba~.. or ~roreric-.. mght 10 lhC\C ~ardboard tilrOC IIIC\, 10 say 'omethmg tt!xaut :.uc.:h a taboo the SSA lor .. ragmgthc dcmon\lrallon ..omcthmg dom:. In an cmpao,luoncd. wh1c.:h w1ll be donated 10 rhe Mu Lard geumgto known bu of wh0111 felt like 'ubjcct. then rhey de,ervc a hnnd. not on 1hc Quod. to mul-e people thinl.. of loud '>IJCCI.h nenr lhc end, he almost Seed a homcles.' ~ h e lt er 10 Worc­ to be a homclc" pc:r..on wmer balloon!>. Would you , Jeep all 'omcthmg rhey ruther nor thin!. about. ' houted. "We un: human be ing~ e~ler . A lol of 1"uc' were l'lii\Cd over 1h1\ nigh1 out Ill Ihe ~.:old on a hard ground He ltlo.cd how 11 wu., ugly . ..aying Th1\ " AMERICA. h ' hould be Clcnn Flaherty, pre,ident of SSA, very sunple and bold c'pcrimcnt to help'! ''thai'' how 11 'hould he. The ~tame IMPOSSIBLE to huve homcle". '>poke Ia'> I 10 a thunk-you speech to nil People actually hud to ftlcc lhc fuel Aller tht: n1ghl nuack of warer 1h111g could be found nhno!-1 anywhere Then: shuuld be HUNDREDS of the pt:oplt: who participalcd in lhe thai other people nol ~>o lortunate have balloono;, the SSA (Studenl' lor So­ 10 New York" The bc.'i l p!\11 of the people here. We <,pend n BILLION program. lns1cad of I he expected one to live in the.-.e 'h:mtie~ everyday. Not cial Awarcnes..') had a number of whole rhing. he '>llld, wu, the emp:uhy dollars m other counlrtC\ u.nd we can't cardboard box With live people, lhey many people wnn1 10 deal wuh rhat. I <i pcaker.. come to speak aboul lhc 1hc \tudcnl\ gained. to a<:tunlly feel a help the home le~ ' We need gol 6 bo~e-. up "ith nn overage or for one d1dn'1 un til I saw rhis Home homeleso; ~i 1ua1ion . On Thursday \m1dgen ofrhe plighl of the homelc!t\. CIIANGE!'' lie urged pt.'Ople to band twenty people '1ay1ng oul to make ll les!> USA. But I handled 11 well. I mght. they had four outside 'peakel'\ Reverend Brown \poke nex1 He j, 1ogether 10 prumolc 1h1' change, point. donated. and made my!-elf teel beucr and two ~ tudenr <t dehver 'peeche<; a peace 3CIIV"' who ~ork., a lor wuh "Togerher "e can do anylhmg . ~ It wa.' kind of appropriate how they for at least an hour Sull, I can pic lure concerning the problem. Clark and Worce\ler Slate. He tailed Drew A\toffe, an acuv"t al Clark. broke down the l>hruny at the cod 1h111 ugly cardboard and pllbiiC phan­ The f1rs1 speaker of the n1ght waJ> of the theological '>lnlcment rhe '>lu· llpoke about ~oymbol \ 10 do~ ou1 the rogc1her It 'Yrnbohled for Glen a tom of heher and I fei!ln,hamed 1ha1 Scou Schaefer-Duffy who ha ~ bcc:n dents made. beo,1des lhe pohucal out\lde 1.peakel'\. He rold u' 1hat a preccdcntlhat by "breaking down thi ~ I am 1n a country thai could let th:ll worktng wnh the homel~ mce ~ tatemenl He 'Bid rhat wnh the civ1l 'ymbol could be very pov.c.:rlul and a 'hanty togcthcr. ma)'be all ~hanties happen I thtnk thai '' exactly whal 1982 He is involved w11h Catholic rehg1on oltnumphlll'>m \hO"-n by the medium of change Look at the em-.,, "111 be broken down \Orne da)' they wanted 10 a'compli,h. to l'lii~C Houo;e!\ , places ~here homeless and p.uadc' and part1e~ afrer rhe war. for e ~ampl e. a 'iymbol of peace and Maybe noone w1ll have 10 hve in m~ and awarcne~ 10 aile' iate an poverty Mrid.en people can lind \hel­ \omcone needed to make a :o~atcmenr rcligton for Chr"uan11y The 'ame cardboard and pla,uc.~ Is lhl\ a goal ugly O,IIWI.IIon lcr. He d1d th1'i ~ork in Wa'>hmgton. hke 1h1~ Someone needed 10 ' 'and up \)mbol. lhe nag. \talld~ lor hfe. lib· 10 laugh al'1 Or" 1h1\ J goal all people Oth<r people d1d noc react so rna D.C. for a v.-hile. and he ~Ill> nghtly and \lly · We \pent O\ler four million erty Jnd rhc pul'\uit of happinc\\. 'hould lhml.. about e\tl) day? IUI'CI) 10 the eXhlhiiiOn. They chO\e 10 appalled by the amoun1 of homeles!i- The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Volume 19, Number ll Tue day, April 16, 1991 WPI students help the needy over spring break In the m•<bt of Spring Brcal\ '91, of dthc.renl background returning to Scrv1c.:e in the.: Cuy, Pcmcr ulhc•als "lim'h up ... By 1:<XI P.M. on Fnday, For lhi-. year, .. umce 10 \lly 1ha1 ~v~ral WPl tudeot'i vacauomn@ al Worce,ter "to belp". "ere overjoyed "111\ lhc offer and in Mardt 15. I QCJ I, rhey were:- ready to becau'e men and women of WPI Daytona Beach otnnounced to their 1lle abo\e JLuauon came 111 be Lhi .. nutime. h.td c.:•ume up ~ ilh the .. ,deal'" pre~nt then hn\lh.."'d pmjccl - a cho\C tn "~1\'C up" 11 portiOn of 1hc1r fn~nd' that the)' were ~omg back to )car bccau-.e of the llllll.ahvc ut" Jell SIIUJIIOO - ll mo~r and fhe} Olin£· tlxlfi>U!!!hly fl."fiO~lllcd Up;ir101.onl Spnn11 sre.,~l.. , they made 11 'omc\\hJt campu' early to be pan of the "Ap· Le-.esquc, a WPl Junior and llle"man .. u.•r,ju,l mu\lmg lrom .a 'hcher lurrhc Fund-. for the pam I 'Uf'PI ie' l~.sm J"l' 1blc for .1 'omcwhat h!31'Y-e)'I.'O, paluchia m Worcester" Proje't. Clubmem~r who la't year lru~o-clcd to homcle" 1010 then PV..n .tpanmenr - fr{lltl the 1'\l.'v. man {'lull, the IC'Ital' grarcful mother und her yu unr,tc" to Needle'' 10 \:ly, lhe n.a"tun in Day­ Appalachta to "on. ~•Lh Lh" need)' of ;a home in need ul f'h)'iLal 'pru"1ng nccdc.·d came I rum 1hc Cuthullc O un· re.tlly he "al home" for th1' J>-.t,,O\·cr/ tona was one nl MYou ~oua be k•d · trutl urea.