Newspeak Volume 12, Issue 11, May 1, 1984

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1 Worceser Polyechnic nsiue Digial WP Newspeak All ssues Newspeak Newspeak Volume 12, ssue 11, May 1, 1984 The Sudens of Worceser Polyechnic nsiue Follow his and addiional works a: hps://digialcommons.wpi.edu/newspeak Recommended Ciaion The Sudens of Worceser Polyechnic nsiue, "Newspeak Volume 12, ssue 11, May 1, 1984" (1984). Newspeak All ssues hps://digialcommons.wpi.edu/newspeak/256 This Book is brough o you for free and open access by he Newspeak a Digial WP. has been acceped for inclusion in Newspeak All ssues by an auhorized adminisraor of Digial WP. For more informaion, please conac digialwpi@wpi.edu.

2 JP ighc uh - Our Evens Should Be This Good by Howord 8 Bernard News and Feaures Edior Saurday nigh wosalnghfor dancing o poraphrose Elon John. a he Junior Prom Nighclub Hamngon Audiorium was pleasingly ond or1g1nolly decoraed Wlh balloons. rlbbons and crepe sreamers os he OU dlence lisened o he bond Down Eas. and he comedian. Lenny Clark. who was nroduced os "he bod boy of Boson comedy" The audience also sew Franz Roesner and Juli Bussell crowned JP King and Queen n he firs se Down Eas ployed mo nly covers" - songs oher bonds hove mode famous - ou heir mix of music was almos perfecly suied o he klno of program would coll cea fof such on even They mingled fas and slow songs, and he closes hey come o (shudder) Michoe "Shriller" JocKson was "Celebraion". onginolly by Kool and he Gong They ployed evervh1ng from he Oooble Brohers. he Eagles and Loverboy o Lionel Richie wih skillful and eneraining musicianship. Some of heir numbers. however, were so close o he orglnols ha hey sounded like he some rack wih o differen vocal dubbed n. Bu!ho omlllony ls wha people seem o wan a dance evens The audience also enjoyed Down Eas's music. clopping enhus1oslcolly ofer mos of he songs Bu he peak of heir populariy come a he end of heir second se. when hey energized he au dience wih a medley of five or six Beales songs and Elon John's herd-rocking "Saurday Nigh's Alrigh for Aghing". All he dancers clopped and song delighedly along o " Wanna Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", "Day Tripper", and "Twis and Shou" (he Beales medley) and Elon John's "Saurday Nigh" and hen cheered Down Eas on o an encore The bond ployed "Sars on 45" because. he1rleod singerso1d. "You (he (coninued on page 3) Good Vibes f rom WCHC by Jeanne Benjamin Newspeok Saff WCHC s he sudeno-f\.ln radio saion on he Holy Cross Campus. broadcasing from 7:00 o.m. o 2:00 p.m. from Sepember o Moy a FM The operaion began n 1948 on he AM bond. when he radio program was broadcas solely for he campus. n 1Q77 WCHC convered o FM. end expanded o reach on off-campus audience. oo. WCHC s a non-commercial. "public service" radio saion which hos o brood cos radius of 10o 15 miles lseniesoff of suden voluneers numbers 150 (75 c hese ore disc jockeys) and here s o professor who acs as on advisor o his unique form of club aciviy The WCHC organizaion is no reaed differenly ram oher Holy Cross clubs. excep ha i mus answer o he FCC (Federal Com mun1caions Commission) n on inerview wih New1peak. Seve Sch1'dwocher. o DJ a WCHC. described WCHC's muslcol forma as "progressive. conemporary music". He aribues he saion's growing audience o he diversiy of 1( m 1(1,. (nor-lnl W1'>Alllv rvoorams and exciing lr.erviaws. wos WCHC ha feaured specie nerviews and debu performances wih groups such as The Cars and A Flock of Seagulls when hey were firs geing sared. WCHC DJs eagerly accep requess (he elephone number s :l) and ploy everyhing from rock o new wove, folk o funk. counry and wesern o rhyhm and blues. WCHC hos on ever-changing forma wih o variey of special programs during he day. wih on agenda ha ncludes hourly newsbrlefs, o coss1ca1 music seg men, o campus issues program. he.. New Sound n Town" (a Saurday even ng program which feaures new releases and requess). ond an oldles show Schild wocher describes he unusual variey of programs as o response o he saion s.. duy and obligaion o provide an olerno1ve." The "alernaive" ha WCHC provides hos become 1ncreoslngly popular and hos evolved ino o favorie diversion from he predicable" op-40 for Worceser sudens and residens allke The suden newspaper of Worceser Polyechnic nsiue Volume 12, Number 11 Tuesday, May 1, 1984 Proposed Suden Body Consiuion Announced The &:ecu ve Council "'f Suden Governmen hos oeen revlslng he WP Su den Body Consiuion. Repnned below 1s o copy a he Consiuion hey hove proposed Voing by WP undergraduaes on he proposed consuu1on will ake place on rnursdoy Mov 3 from om pm n Daniels Holl across from he book sore Elec11ons or Campus Hearing Boord olso will be he d a his ime The following people hove oeen nominaed Jomes Bo' (mcumben) Koren Berl<o Angelo Fronkudokls. Rober Pizzano and Poul Wyman PROPOSED STUDENT BODY CONSTTUTON PllEAMBLE n order o more fully porlc1poe n he educaional process of WP o encou age wider and m01e effecive commu n1coion among he various segmens of he school communiy ond o help foser on environmen of suden concern and achievemen. We he undergraduaes (coninued on page 5) ro essor Claims Real ssue No Plan Bu Money ov Jomes M Coggins Ass son Professor CS Depormen 0 smoyed ond confused by he de ooes ovar degree requiremen changes? Hong on. hen - you oon' hove he whole sory ye Degree requiremens ore no he real ssue The degree requiremen chanqes ore only porly moivaed by problems wih he Comp and wih he percepion of our unusual grading sysem by employers and graduae schools Wha 1s ulimaely a soke n hese debaes 1s he sroeg~ (coninued on page 7) A L eer o CAP Chairman (Ed Nole: This leer was wrien by a au den o he CAP Chalrrrn.m, a copy wa1 given o Newspeak or publicaion.) Two of my curren professors, Professor Coggins of he Compuer Science Depormen ond Proossor Zeugner of 1he Humaniies Depormen, hove menioned o heir classes his erm hr proposed PJo~ changes As o sen or graduaing 1n s hen o monh would like o vo ca my opos1 on o he proposed changes om no p eased w he plans o oe a rod1~ o y grod g m n his choo Th s m wou d a amen of c n po on curv o king a i sch o A os a cart1puer sc10nce depormen s on nlude of WA re a. his help lbe ad gsys Raionale for Proposed Degree Requiremen Changes Announced (Ed. Noe: The followlng wa1 1ubmled by Prof. O'Connor o clariy why CAP ha1 made heir proposal. 11 a memo, daed Aprll 25, which CAP disribued o he faculy.) During he year. he major opic o which he Commiee on Academic Policy hos devoed iself hos been WP Degree Requiremens Wih he excep 1on of Term A (during which reviewed rhe new Deparmenal Dlsnbullon Requiremens), 1 hos worked o submi o he faculy o proposal which would n corporae all of is envisioned changes The prooosol presened o he faculy on by Jody Bobbi Newspeok Soff Los Thursday's open forum o discuss he proposed Pion changes was o sue cess wih on esimaed 10% of he com pus populaion in aendance Sco Hand opened he forum wih a descripion of he prcposed grade changes (AD/ AC/NR oa/b/c/nr)ond hecompchonge(o o "Qualifying Exam" on basic knowledge 1n your maj01) The Commiee on Academic Policy reviewed he degree re quiremens. he financial aid policies. admissions policies, and he grading sys em before coming o he decision o propose hose changes. The disribuion requiremens we e changed las year. and now o voe wlll be oken on Moy 3 as o wheher or no hese changes go hrough al his poin in ime Apparenly, he suggesion wos mode by Scc+ Hand o bring he wo opics ou no open d'scusson by he faculy and udens bu h s suggesion was voed oown April 19h represens n1s packoge (see Aachmen) n he process of formulaing s recommenda1ons. he CAP solicied - ond received - many conribuions ram non Comm1ee members Afer several Commiee drafs. a CAP.. nerim Repor on he Compeency Examinaion' wos submfed for commen o all Depormen heads end he Commiees on Governance.Academic Operaions and Suden Advising Add11onolly. severe members of he faculy were asked o presen heir views on he Compeency Exom1naion a CAP meeings Afer nu (coninued on poge 3) Noes on he CAP Changes Forum Deon Bill Grogan spoke nev on his view of he subjec His mon ro 1onale for he change oona/b/c/nr grading sysem was he fac ha was necessary for oher schools. services. scholarships and summer jobs o hove access oo cumu. oive grade poin overage Usually, when hese groups look ol a WP sudenrs lronscrlp. hey nerpre AC as meaning C. This. n his eyes. ls o slgh ha coss WP sudens a lo n he long run On he oher hand. he admied he did no won he sudens here a Tech o sop helping each oher in heir academic endea vors. and did no wan compeiion o run rampan oncompus.so-called grodegrubbing" was no wha he was ofer n his mind. he decision on he grade sysem changes was a sand-alone one. end hod very lile. f onv. bearing on ha accomponyng Comp change Deon Grogan procoodod o enum ae he changes in he dlsrlbu o r quiremens and he Comp He sod ho our credibilly as o four year col oge wos damaged by he 12 unis needed o graduoe here Dur ng he ummer 982 when he p ev o o e om o o were ode heg o ado (conlnu r! on ooge 7)

3 Page 2 NEWSPEAK Tuesday, May 1, 19&4 * EDTORAL * n Defense of he Saff Recenly. received a leer from Pomo la Edingon complaining abou our ack of coveroge on Shirley ChlshOlm's speech The leer reads as follows: To he Ed or. On Thursday. Aprll 19, Shirley Chisholm presened he 1984 Hull Memorial lecure n Klnnlcu Holl. Mrs Chisholm's vows on he ssues of social Jusice. equaliy and polllcal power. forged by over 25 years of publlc service. hove elevaed her o he saus of noional personage Her remarks Thursday nigh on "Poliics in 1984" were on nfrequen opporuniy for WP sudens o hear someone of her experience and repuaion speak on con emporary ssues.. The decision by Newlpeak o cover he even wih ony o phoograph n he April 25h ssue was unforunae. n his nsance. o " picure s no worh a housand words " A shor paragraph on he essence of her speech would hove been a much more effecive use of llmled space n he fuure. hope your firs prioriy will be o give your readers somehing o hink abou - Pamela Edingon Projecs Adminisraor hink Ms Edlngon's ignorance s ypical of mos people on his campus Ou of he approximaely 2400 sudens n,. he suoen body, here ore no more han our regular news and feaures wriers currenly on he saff. Those people who ore no on he saff - and would never consider being on - ore he ones who mos requenlycompoln Well. le me give Ms Edingon and he res of hose wno believe he some somehing o hink abou There ore abou 6 people on he saff ha pu in obou 10 hours - PAYLESS HOURS - Leers Polley every weak n order o pu ou he bes and mos nformaive paper possible every week We do no profess o doing a perfec job every week. bu believe we do very well for he hlt'.ed ime and resources ha we hove. Did you know ha our Adverising Mo.'lOger also wries regularly and ypes 3-41 hours O'l Sunday morning? Did you know ha our secreory also wries and does he Polson Pen every week? Were you owore ha our Graphics Edior was here on 4/22/84 from 9 n he morning unll 6 ha evening puing ogeher los week's 20 page ssue? Or ha we won firs place n he American Scholasic Press Associaion Compeiion recenly? The nex ime you won o criicize us for somehing, osk ha before you do so. consider his would you bewlllng o spend he amoun of ime ha some of our saff members do o ou ou o paper? - Kirsen Sorm Edior. Newspeak WP Newspeak welcomes leers o he ed or. Leers submied for he publicaion should be yped (double spaced) and conain he yped or prined name of he auhor as well as he auhor's sijnaure Leers should conain a phone number for verificaion. Sudens subm1aing leers o he edior should pu heir class year afer heir name. Faculy and saff should include heir full ile Leers deemed libelous or irrelevan o he WP ;ommun1y wil no be pubushed The ediors reserve he righ o edi leers or correc puncuaion and spelling. Leers o he edior are due by noon on he Saurday preceding publicaion. Send -em o WP box 2700 or bring hem o he Newspeak Office, Alley 01. Commenary aricles reflec he opinions of he wrier and no necessarily Newspeak. The auden newapaper of Worc.. er Polyechnic ln1lue Box 2700 WP, Worc.. er, MaHchUH Phone (817) USPS ~"801 edior-in-chief faculy advisor new1/feaure1 edior Kirsen Sorm Ken Ljungquis Howard B. Bernard bu1lne11 manager adverl1lng manager phoography edior Ed Childs Carol Wilder Waler P-iane circulaion manager HOCl edlon 1pora edior Sue Sidsen Seve Knopping Maureen O'Brien Greg Tashjian graphic edior Dave Drab Kahleen Taylor Carlo Verreng1a Jeff W1n1ck STAfF Tom Arsenaul Jim Goodell Bob Pizzano Jon Baskin Nelson Kuo Paul Rienzo Jeanne M. Benjamin Eric T. Langevin Kieran Suckling Jody Bobbi Jeff Lenard Henry Valcour 8111 Champlin Jack McLaughlin David Wall Andy Ferreira Jennifer Mellone Dan Wemshenker Chris Good Seve Ollv1en WP Newspeak of Worceser Polyechnic nsiue, formerly he Tech News, has been published weekly during he academic year, excep during collegevaca1ons, since Leers o he edior mus be signed and conain a elephone number for venflcalon. WP News peak subscribes o Collegiae Press Service, Collegiae Headlines, and Naional On-Campus Repors. Edlorial and business offices are locaed in Room 01, Sanford Riley Hall a WP. Copy deadline 1s noon on he Saurday preceding publlcalon. Typeseing done by Laplane Associaes. Prining done by Enerprise Prining and Graphics Company. Firs class posage paid a Worceser. Massachuses. Subscripion rae is $10.00 per school year, aingle copies 60 cens w1h1n lhe coninenal Unied Saes. Make all checks payable o WP Newspeak. Commenary On Teaching Mehods a WP/ Cynic's Corner by Jody Bobbi Newspeok Soff The quickes way ha can find To fail a course oday s an unconcerned professor Or a similar T.A. Calculus is bad enough 's like a foreign ongue And garbled as all migh segm You migh as well be hung. Someimes lrs no heir faul, you know They leave us a a loss And each and every grea aemp Can' ge he poin across. The definiion's hard o grasp And hey ask, "Wha's he maer?" f knew, 'd undersand So my head s on a plaer. So please nerpre wha you do To clear my ringing head And save me from hose lecurers Who exceed he speed of lead plead wih all professors To wrie larger on he board Please focus all he overhead Projecors and, my Lord Use words ha we can undersand Explain he hings you do We're spending seven grand a year To learn his suff from you!!! by Andy Ferrelfa Newspeok Soff (Folks, om wrling rh1s orr1cle on he morning of April 27h, Spree Doy n he neres-; of mox1mlz1ng my run his aricle will be roher shor ) Since oday s SP<ee Doy, le's alk abou ha As freshmen we really didn' know wio o expec. So for hings ore going grea - beauiful weaher, beauiful glrls, and, of course. full refngeroors Bu here ore some oher quesions n our minds. such as when s soclally accepable o sar mbibing? Should we wai ill ofer lunch or go for he guso and accep a beer when we sagger o he shower? And wha abou he bond? 've never heard of hem before 've been old ha hey were big n he early 70s or so don' know (should rus o bond ha's non.~ Chicken Legs. or some oher por of such on animal?) Bu. we'll give 'em a chance - ofer all 's Spree Doy Spree Doy brough ou he deecive n us all For he pos week we've oil been On Spree Day saying " s omorrow'', or "'s Wednes day", or " heard ha " The bes be f1rsr would hove been Wednesday, bu f wos raining so you could eliminae f1o guess And hen wha abou Thursday? On Wed nesdoy ha seemed o be he prim doe Afer all even my RA sold hey d never hove Spree Day on a Friday. oo close o he weekend However. by Wed nesday evening my sources of nformo 1on seemed o be ambiguous On o ne hand here was logic saying Spree Doy would be Thursday On he oher hand here was word ou rom Doka 1'1o hey hod ordered on addiional 65-dozen hamburger buns and o5-dozen ho dog rolls o be delivered C' FRDAY Hmmm maybe should do ha homewoo< onigh Good hing r:j did Thursday rolls around - no signs. no bands. no Spree Dov. hod o le ou o lile chuckle o hose poor souls who nod be heir lives on Thursday being Spree Doy and drunk o heir hears' conen Then he rumors soried flowing again - "Psss. Spree Doy's omorrow!" was convinced (coninued on page 3) Office Hours Monday 9-12, 1-5 Tuesday , 1-2, 3-4 Wednesday , 2-3 Thursday Friday ,

4 Tuesday May 1, 19&4 NEWSPEAJC Poge3 Cynics Corner (coninued rom page 2> There were smol hings po nlng o Fn doy be ng Spree Doy such as 1he exra ho dog o d hamburger buns And hen word com ou o Doke workers o be here a half-hour oorl~ on Friday So wos fa rlyconf den ha Spcae Day hod come Bu wasn' obsoluoly sure - sill planned o be up oil nigh o oo ha Doo Srucures program (coninued from page 1) Then Thursday evening 1n he Snock Bar 1 sow he clinch ng p ece o evidence There was o Doka worker mok1ng up o sign ha sold "Spree Doy Menu" And so so10 o myself, "Self. looks like you won' be soy1ng up onigh o do work " Ana replied, "You re righ Le's ge rashed." And so we did. Hope you hod o happy Spree Day and enjoyed he Newsweak ediion. JP Nighclub audience) liked (Beales music) so much he firs ime." Lenny Clari<. who performed beween he bond's ses. was well-received also. His informal rouine scored several his wih jokes abou emboraslng and painful siuaions like "measuring up" a a nude beach ond being beaen up by nuns in parochial school. Clark overused proon1y, bu alhough he s no George Carlin, he knew how o use 1 effecively o lend addiional punch o jokes or devasae o heckler f were running he Nigh Club. would hove hod Clark on sage longer. also would hove allowed some ime for conversaion and soclohz1ng when neiher Down Eas nor Lenny Clark was on sage canned music was played. so here was no ime when promgoers could cha wih each oher wihou yelling hemselves hoarse. {coninued from page 1) merous responses and conribuions. he CM' revised s niial recommendaions ( os incorporaed in he "ln~"3rim Repor"). Alhough o wide variaion of opinion - as was expeced - wos represened n hese conribuions. some general consensus did seem o emerge Grading Sysem The CAP's proposal o change he grading sysem so cs o nclude hree passing grades raher han he curren wo. s based on he belief ha he curren grading sysem s huring WP sudens n wo ways: 1 Our grading sysem communicaes he general level of he accomplishmen of our sudens o hose considering hem for reasons o Job placemen. scholarships and graduae school accepance There appears o be no problem wih he DST. or ha s generally consrued os an "A" Unforunaely, he AC is looked upon exernally as o "C". Many of our sudens whose wor< is c he upper half or ha very brood AC zone ore no geing he recogniion hey deserve relaive o he sudens o oher colleges whose "good" bu no disinguished work s recognized wih o "B", 2 lnemolly, here s evidence ha o number of sudens who. upon seeing ha on AD is ou of heir reach early 1n a course. cu bock and do only abou wha is necessary o ge o low AC. Some of hem don' even aemp o achieve an AC grade A any roe. hey do no coninue lo give h& work heir con1nueo bes effors Furher suppor or a more radiional grading sysem hos come from o recen survey conduced by he Admissions Office WPl's curren grading sysem s oen looked a os a "Poss-Foll" sysem. and such sysems ore no currenly aracive o mos prospecive sudens and heir parens The proposed grading sysem would boh moivae and reword sudens beer han he curren grading sysem v.'ould do so wihou esablishing Curnuloive Poin Average requiremens ~er or groduar1on or for graduaion,ors). and wihou shiing from a sysem based on personal achievemen raher han 1nerparsonol rivalry Te Qualifying Examinaion Alhough some faculy members ovor he Compeency Exom1na1on. few seem o feel ha 1s compleely successful 1n s presen form Those who defend he Lasly. he well-known green arp pu down oproechefloorwaso hozordo dancers. Of course. he floor needs proecing and JP is hardly a sock-hop-ype even. bu he arp is no o good soluion. sllps on he floor. making vigorous dancers lloble o foll. and was badly orn by he flying fee. damaging i and he floor end making several people rip Bu hese criicisms ore minor The Nighclub was o very enjoyable even. worh more han he price charged was very well organized and run by Beh Dupell end he JP Commiee. wih enjoyable enerainmen and pleasan surroundings Planners of fuure evens should oke noe of he 1984 Junior Prom Nighclub. The music- comedy ond amosphere were really more enjoyable han a any oher Wf>l mixer or dance 've aended Noes on he CAP (coninued from page i) and causes narrowness in engineering majors There s o vas discrepancy n he Comp neween differen engineering d1sclpllnes n he Civil Eng1neenng depormen, one may come across o 95% poss/ AD roe. while in he Chemical Engineering depormen he same Comp period wll yield a 50,, poss/ AD roe. The Comp. in Dean Grogon's opinion. comes oo lae ln he educoonol game and oo much depends on. There is also a vas lock of aenion o follow-up of failures. which only perpeuaes he negaive oulook of hose who do no poss. While some faculy explore why he suden foiled. and wha remedial work needs doing. ohers don' help a all and leave he suden feeling like o failure n heir discipline. ond a failure n life. Deon Grogan remarked ha if he disribuion requiremens hod been here all along. here woold probably have been no such hing os he Comp. because here would probably hove been no need. n closing. he sold he was slll all for he srong projec program, and woned he flexibiliy ha we know here a WP o re mo in. Sco Hand responded o Deon Grogon s remarks wih he following commens. inpu from ouside CAP abounded bu he quesioned how closely was lisened o A 1ssue here was he fac ha he qualifying exam 1n he Junior year migh no be able o cover wha was necessary o make a compeen engineer. as mos useful courses in he major disciplines ore augh n he lae Junior/ early senior years The 15-uni rule which could come no play n he near fuure Raionale for Proposed Degree Requiremens Compeency Examinaion concep seek oher changes n he sysem which migh make more successful (such as: a "5h yea(' for hose sudens who do no poss on wo aemps. a wo-sage Compeency examinaion. which would nvolve o "comprehensive" exomlnolon n he lunior veor and o curren svle "Compeency" examinaion n he senior year. changes n he lengh of Terms; ec.) n s "nerim Repor." CAP llsed many ems which hove been brough o is aenion by faculy as difficulies wih he curren examinaion: 1 The exam occurs oo lae n sudens careers 2. Failure roe is excessive 3 Tess skills which ore no augh 4 Grading s nconsisen. 5. Exam benefis may no ouweigh coss n faculy and suden ime and rauma 6. The exam marks (wlh he MQP) he de faco end of sudens' careers. and discourages good planning for o full four-year program 7. The Compeency requiremen excess1velyfocuses suden effor and plonning on poss1ng one exam. 8. Deerminaion of overall "professional compeence" n o single 3 5 day exam s no possible. 9. Counselling and remedial acion ofer exam failure ore provided erralcolly. CAP believes ha sufficien evidence exiss supporing he above ems o warran significan revision of he exam. Replocemenof he Compeency E.xomlnoion by he Qualifying Examinaion described in he memorandum o he faculy doed April 19 (see Aachmen). CAP believes. would alleviae mos problems while reaining he major posiive aspecs of he curren exam. Such an exomnolon would focus on he fundamenal conceps n or relaed o he moior area of sudy. and occur a or before he Junior year. While CAP's "nerim Repor" considered he opion of ellmlnong he Compeency Exominaon wihou any ype of examinaion replacemen, did noe ha on early Qualifying Exomlno1on could be effecive if properly adminisered n he even ha a suden did no poss he proposed Quollfyng Exam. adequae ime would exis for remedial work wihou major disurbance o he suden's career plans The more limied and welldefine scope of he exomlnalon would focllloe suden preporolon or he examinaion For he some reason. grading consisency would also be mproved Addllonally. such on examinaion would provide valuable diagnosic feedback o he suden. his/her advisor, and o he Deparmenal faculies concerning areas of educaional weakness. n he absence of required courses. such on examinaion con also help assure he necessary breadh n areas underylng he suden's major field. Furhermore. such on exomlnolon could conribue o he uniqueness o a WP educaion (alhough n he Admissions Office's view, he Compeency Examinaion s no o slgnficon facor n aracing sudens o WP!) The proposed Qualifying Examinaion would encourage and es breadh in fundamenal knowledge and basic skills n he major area. n he absence of required courses. he breadh required wihin he fundamenal sub-oreos of he suden's major canno be assured by he brood caegories of he Disribuion Requiremens. This s porlculory rue for hose dlsclpllnes wih srong parallel srucures n he core area raher han sequenial prerequisie srucures. The proposed Quohy1ng Examinaion would mainain many of he posiive aspecs of he curren Compeency Examinaion. would provide sudens he opporuniy and ncenive o review maerials n o comprehensive fashion and o negrae he basic conceps of lhe1r dis cipllnes. n he absence of comprehensive course exomlnolons. his s currenly no being done even a he lndlvlduol course level. would also serve a qualiy conrol funcion. bu o o poin n he suden's career where appropriae and effecive remedial acion con be aken would boh provide o check on academic qualiy and performance and engender he self-confidence ofen associaed wih successful compleion of o comprehensive exominoon The 15-Unl Rule Even n Depormens wih 10 Uni Ds nbulon Requiremens. under he cur ren sysem sudens would - o minimum - complee only 14 Unis (including he QP, Humaniies Sufficiency. Soclol Sclenceond Physical Educaion requiremens). A higher uni requiremen on he minimum oal unis needed or groduoon s necessary in order o preserve he academic credibiliy of our educaional sysem as represening o four-year program All significan componens of our educaional program should be suppored by some aspec of our degree requiremens Clearly one slgn1f1con aspec 1s he freedom of sudens o choose some would allow only h res ailed courses n o normal WPl curriculum (w hou over loads). This leaves lile or no room or failure. unless he suden wishes o do o lo of over1ood1ng or change heir year of graduaion Professor Segonsky of he Elecrical Engineering Depormen spoke a shor while laer. saying ha WP needs some experimenaion. He remarked ha he faculy does. ndeed. core abou he suoens here. and ha hey only won o help. Suden remarks were heard hrouqh ou he session. and were responded o by Deon Grogan and Professor Segonsky a imes One remark was mode o he effec ha 15 unis equals abou 45 credis a any oher college. whereas mos of hem required only 38 or 39 credis o graduae. Dean Grogan remarked ha here were wo pahs WP could oke: o mee radiional schools lka RP end MT on heir own ground (alhough s o bi lae o ry and change ef"lough o mee hem on heir own urf), or o be differen from hem and coninue o reach for he sudens ha he Pion hos always araced He would like o see he school as being well-rounded. bu no cu-hroa Jock Nickerson, o suden. urged sudens and faculy o discuss he pion changes beween now and he voing session on Moy 3 n he meanime. sudens are urged o sign he peiion which will be n he Wedge on Monday and Tuesday, from 11 om. o 1 p.m. This peiion aess o (conllnued on page 8) aciviies wihou any disciplinary resricions The oal uni rule proposed would simply require ha sudens exercise ha choice raher han limiing heir effors o ne prescribed areas n reacion o he lncreoslngly complex naure of echnologlcol educaion. some schools ore moving owards undergraduae programs of more han he radiional four year duraion. The overage engineering suden in he Unied Saes now okes abou 4.6 years o complee his or her undergraduae program ABET assumes o minimum of o four-year undergraduae program for s occred1oion n Mechanical Engineering. Chemical Engineering, Clvll Engineering and Elecrical Engineering Currenly, here ore some 1nd1coions ha a number of WP1 sudens ore no planning a full four-year program of undergraduae sudies. By focusing on comple1on of only os many unis os is necessary o saisfy heir degree requiremens. hese sudens ore foiling o oke full advanage of he opporuniies available o hem a WP and ore narrowing he breadh of heir undergraduae experience Wihou a oal uni rule. he breadh and deph basic o our under graduae program will be hreaened Curren analyses of he members of he Closs of 1984 indicae subsanial prob lems concerning he breadh of heir educaional programs Pressures on sudens o save on uiion expendiures and o reap he rewords of on early enry no he JOb marke con only be expeced o increase. As educaional coss rise and he engineering JOb marke becomes more compeiive. we con expec furher pressure owards o hree and one-hal veor program lnd1- co1ons of his problem exis already n he Closs of % compleed 15 uni s or less o on expeced 16 uni program n summary. educaion cl and occred lolon consideraions 1nd1coe he need for a minimal requiremen on academic credi equivalen o a four yeor program s el ha 15 unis of credi. ogehe1 wih our oher degree requiremens. 1s readily defensible os represenaive of a full our-year undergraduae program Conslderable flexiblliy exiss n he sys. em o complee hese unis since 1/6 uni per semeser is allowed for overload o no charge. PE does no coun as over food, and o suden con corry up o one uni during four nersessions a no exra charge

5 Page A NEW SPEAK Tuesday, May 1, 1984 Mero-To-Go Goes Over Well by Jim Fensermacher Los Ffldoy's "MercrTcrGo" wen over surprisingly ""911. Afer o nominal Spree Doy (alhough perfec weaher) wih o nominal bond (Chicken Legs Revue?? Cerainly we con do bee< han ha). he Mero-To-Go seemed o be one of he beer evens of he doy. The ploy lls was o llle old, bu o leas was ""911-boanced: only o few Michael Jackson unes. one by Van Holen and o few by he Clash. There were olso some unes by Senaor. Pollce, Talking Heads. Donna Summer. Pr1nce. David Bowle, Blllle dol (f "Rebel Yell" doesn' make you wan o dance. here's o problem). C\.l\JleOub, lhompson Twna. A>cx. Klm Wide. o few didn' recognize. and many don' recall. Mos Mero-goers "dressed o mpress. and was surprising how many sayed rlghoheend.o 1:15.evenhough he bar closed a 12:30 (dance off ha los beer. suppose). The mixing for Friday's even was done a he Mero of Boson where. os one Mero employee sold. "you wouldn' believe he ediing equipmen we go here". Mos of he Meros-To-Go ore "canned" n his manner. alhough hey con do o "live" show wih a disc jockey ond o video jockey ("yeah. lrs hard o do because okes good ears o synch ''). The Merro hos several Meros-TcrGo; n fac. he Friday hey ployed here here were wo ohers going on and one more being se up. Mero-To-Go s able o ailor-make heir forma for each place hey plo y For nsance. hey once spen fwodoys gelng opes readyandpulng o good audio-visual show ogeher or a benefi pary n Boson ha was a suiand-ie affair. The big ges pary Mero To-Go ploys s probably he annual Klss- 108 FM closed pary For such evens here ore muliple video screens. monv series of ape decks, losers. and a bigger llgh show han we sow Friday. The M-T-G s available for small evens olso(heywlll be ploying a o Bar Mizvoh (connued on page 8) MUSEUM MUSNGS The Worceser Ar Museum's Tour of he Monh. eniled "A Birder's Tour of he Worceser Ar Museum" wlll oke place on Moy 15 and 19. Led by Museum docen Mork Lynch. hese ourswlll leove he Sollsbury Lobby a 1 p.m. Paricipans ore urged o bring binoculars plus Norh American ond Eurapeon field guides for he occasion. The ourwlll explore he biology, ecology ond myhology of various bird species represened n Museum arworks. The our s available o he public a no charge. The Worceser Ar Museum s open Tuesday hrough Saurday from 10 am. o 5 p.m.; and Sunday. 1 'o 5 p.m. Admission s ree For furher lnformoon. please coll he Museum o WORCESTER. MASSACHUSETS. MARCH 1. 19~ - Applicaions ore now being acceped from sudens n Worceser colleges for he American Aniquarian Sociey's American Sudies seminar his coming foll Rober R. Dyksra, professor of hisory and public policy a he Sae Un1versl1y of New Yori<. a Albany. will be seminar leader. The opic wlll be "The Lehal lmoglnolon: Percepions of Wesern Violence n American Though According o Dyksra he pos-1850 whie selemen of he rans-mississippi Wes was no nearly_ so violen on exper- 1ence osconcelved n Americon hough WP/ Musicians To Give Free Concer The Worceser Polyechnic Brass Choir. Wind Ensemble, and Sage Bond wlll perform n a combined spring concer a 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening. Moy 1, n Alden Holl. The Bross Choir and Wind Ensemble ore direced by Douglas Weeks The Sage Band s under he direcion of Richard Folco The Bross Choir comprises wen1y brass players from WP; he Wind Ensemble s mode up of hiry-five brass. woodwind. He believes ha here exiss o wellenrenched "myhology" of Wesern violence ha diverges sharply from h1sorlcol record. Professor Dyksra s he auhor of The Cole Townsand ohe<wringson he nineeenh-cenury American Wes. Seminar members wlll pursue sudy projecs ha combine careful hlsorlcol research on singular aspecs or episodes of Wesern violence wih assessmens of how such evens hove been handled. firs. 1n he nineeenh-cenury Easern press and. second. n auobiography, popular biography. popular h1soy. and lieraure The AAS American Sudies seminar. now n s sevenh year. s a special collaboraive effor underaken by he Sociey in cooperaion wih he frve fouryear colleges and universiies locaed n Worceser Sudens ore seleced by on Advisory Educaion Commiee composed of represenaives of each of he colleges and AAS. Theseminorwill mee Friday afernoons during he foll semeser The seminar is adminisered by John 8. Hench, Assisan Direcor for Research ond Publicaion a AAS. Sudens neresed n knowing more abou he seminar. or n applying, should conac heir campus represenaives. They ore Professors Kenneh Moynihan. Assumpion College; Maryn Bowden. Clark Universiy; William J. Ziobro. College of he Holy Cross. Peer Onuf, Worceser Polyechnic lnsime, and Rober McGraw. Worceser Sae College ond percusston players from WP. oher Consorium Colleges. and area high schools. The Sage Band consiss of weny brass. keyboard. percussion, and guiar players from WP! Some of he feaured selecions ore o nclude "Soundings", by Asher Tull; "Mars". by Gusav Hols. "Jus A Closer Walk", arranged by Don Glllls: and "Yardblrd Suie", by Chorle Porker Admission o he concer s free of charge All ore welcome o aend Hall Voe Ugly Man by Jim Goodell Newspeok Soff The winner of his year's Ugly Mon on Com pus cones s Al Holl of ATO. Al s he lile broher of los year's ugly man. Tom HUcicmon A fee o 2SC wos charged for each voe. Ave voes could be bough for a oollor. The money raised will be donaed o he chariy Of he winner's choice Near The end of he voing. Al and Tom clinched he race wih o large conribuion o he fund. This generous conribuion brough he oal money raised up o $245. When buying a voe. he voers also bough a chance o win a S20 Srawberries gif cerificae Ken Clams' ballo was chosen for he prize Second place wos oken by Julian Soughon of AXP and Erik Noack of Thea Chi wos hird. BLBO'S TOP TEN by Bob Pizzano ond 8111 Chomp/n Ne'WSpeOk Soff This week. our pick hi s from he group Slade. Their lo es single. "Run. Runaway", s he firs n a few years Slade s o heavy meal bond from he U.K. The group hos he disincion of having heir firs hree singles opping he chars n ha counry. Among heir his s "Cum on!=eel he Nolze". of which a cover version was performed los year by Quie Rio. Slade has enjoyed lile success n he Unied Saes. "Run. Runaway'' s heir highes charing single here. s currenly nesled n he middle of he Ho 100. Perhaps heir recen success con be or1oueo ro u 111:1w :>OUnd. similar 10 81g Counry. f you would like o be polled for nex week's op en, send your hree favone songs wih heir respecve ariss o Bilbo a Box Please nclude your name and box number. 1 "They Don' Know" - Tracey Ullman 2 "Agains oil Odds" - Phll Collins 3. "Fooloose" - Kenny Loggins 4. "The Reflex" - Duran Duron 5. "Murder'' - David Giimour 6. "Hello" - Lionel Richie 7 "No More Words" - Berin 8. "Whisper oo Scream" - cicle Works 9 "A Fine Day'' - Tony Corey 10 "The Hear of Rock and Roll" - Huey Lewis and he News NEWSPEAK NOTEBOOK Tuelday, Moy 1, 1979, Newspeak Alcle "Los Thursday nigh he audience 1n he Wedge was reaed o o delighful one man performance by alened local born musician Roger Solloom.. The Song which received he bes response was one ho many people sympahize wih called "'ve Go o Ge Ou of Worceser" which he prefaced wih he line "Suicide n Worceser s redundan!" Tuesday,Aprll 29, 1975, Newspeak Alcle "f you ore a sexually liberaed person we would appreciae your accepance o o new organizaion a WP. he WP GAY ALLANCE f you're gay and would llke o mee oher gay people wrie o us a he following address WP GAY ALLANCE Box 2118 Clark Universiy Worceser. Moss. Friday, April o m. - Suden came no Compus Police Saion o repor ha o brown Poniac LeMons drove by and he occupans hi him wih a few eggs The vehicle proceeded down Wes Sree from Highland Sree. 3:21 o.m. - WP sudens were observed on Massachuses Ave. using o chain sow. Sudens were advised o be on heir way 9:57 p.m - Are alarm was acivaed n Morgon Hall. Suden hod se off he deecor by ouching i1 Saurday, Aprll 21 2:12 a.m. - Suden a one of he fraerniies repored a sereo sysem. consising of a apedeck. receiver. and urnable hod been solen from he firs floor room. Sunday, Aprll 22 12:36 a.m. - campus Police repored anoher mollbox hos broken gloss a.m - Suden called complaining of loud noise from a pary n Ellsworh Fuller. POLCE LOG c-o Clark Goy Alliance The Clark Goy Alliance has kindly len us he use of heir moll box o receive leers " Tuesday, November 5, 19AO, Tech News Aricle "One highligh of he annual Homecoming Doy celebraion o be held Souf day. November 9. will be he oflclol breaking of ground for he new Mech onlcal Engineering building. Wih conribuions o he building fund for he new ME. building rapidly approaching he required $ he ground breaking ceremony will be held mmediaely before he dedicaion of Alden Memorial. The build ng will be oftudor ype archiecure o complee he quadrangle wih Alumni Gymnasium. Sanford Riley Holl. and Alden Memonol" 6.30 p.m. - Suden called saying his VW parked n fron of his aparmen on Highland Sree was se on fire. Worceser Police were already noified Wednesday, April o.m. - Campus Police repored o figh going on beween wo of he fraerniies Compus Police seled ha inciden 5 46 p.m - Neighbor coiled o complain abou a "disaseful" sign n o Soddard window. The sign wos removed Thursday, April 26 1:10 o.m - Campus Police were aovlsed by residens ha firecrackers were being se off on a foor of Morgan. Campus Police were unable o locae sub1ec responsible for acion 6 15 p.m - Anoher mailbox was broken p.m. - A suden called o repor ha boles were being dropped ou of windows n Soddard Complex 9:32 p.m. - Fire alarm wen off in Soddard Complex. Compus Police found hoo smokedeecorinoneofhe build lngs hod been dislodged HOTEL LQUDATON SALE! DESK CHARS DESKS 18"x41"x30"H ARM CHARS Upholsered... RANBOW FUR NT RE CLEARNGHOl'SE 215 Summer S. Worcec;er $ 4.95 $19.95 $19.95 Wea 10.9

6 Tuesday, May 1, 1984 NEWSPEAK Page5... Proposed Suden Body Consiuion Announced (coninued from page 1) o WP do hereby adop he following Consiuion ARTCLE Nome The Suden Governmen of Worceser Polyechnic nsiue ARTCLE Memberso he Suden Go.<emmensholl include he Presiden. he Secreory. he Closs Off1cers. he ndependen Represenaive. and he members of he following organizaions Academic Commiee. Campus Hearing Boord. Commiee of Concerned Sudens. Dormiory Advisory Commiee. lnerfroemly Council. Suden Aciviies Boord. and he Social Commiee. 1 Each and every one of he organizaions llsed above sholl hove he rgh o form emporary or permanen sub-commiees from among he WP communy n a manner he organizaion shall prescribe 2 No orgonizo1on shall nfringe upon he powers and duies of any oher organizaion. n such case of nfringemen. he Execuive Council shall deermine Junsclic1on by a majoriy voe 3 Eoch organizaion should give prior no1ceofoll meeings hrough he school newspoper and/of he Suden Governmen bullein board 4 All orgon1zoionol meeings shall be open o he WP communiy unless closed by o wo-hirds (2/3) majoriy voe of he organizaion. n which case only he P i sons n a given case may be presen in addiion o he members of hol organizaion. ARTC LE ll Clo11 Officers Secion A. Membership The officers of each undergraduae cross. l.e Freshman. Sophomore. Junior and Senia<. shall consis of o Presiden. Vice Presiden. Secreory, Treasurer. and Closs Represenaive Secion B Powers and Duies The cross officers shall provide nformaion o each represened class on all perinen aciviies sold class s nvolved n or planning n addiion. each class represenaive shall aend all Execuive Coun cll meeings o repor on class progress and o relay informaion from he Execuive Council o each class. ARTCLE rv The Execuive Councll Secion A:. Membership This organizaion shall consis of he Presiden and he Secreory of he Suden Governmen, Closs and ndependen Represenaives. and he Chairpersons of he following commiees: Academic Commiee. Campus Hearing Board, Commiee of Concerned Sudens. Dormiory Advisory Commiee. lnerfraemly Councll. Suden Aciviies Boord. and he Soclol Commiee. mee 1. Each organizaion of he Suden Governmen shall be governed by heir Bylaws os approved by he Execuive Council. Any power no defined n he Consiuion and is Byows shall no be considered conrary o he Consiuion ond s Byows Secion B: Powers and Duies 1 The Execuive Council shall esablish and define all rules fa< he Suden Body Governmen Coples of all such rules shall be available o oil members of he WP! communiy. The Execuive Council shall be he final auhoriy n all maers of Suden Governmen wllh he excepion of judicial decisions and o majoriy voe on a suden referendum or amend men (see Aricle V) 2. shall require repors from oll is members a each Execuive Council meeing 3. shall hove he power o appoin special comr."llees and make any necessary appoinmens ASME Annual Picnic o be Held Tomorrow Come one. Come olll nviaions ore exenaed o faculy o parake o he ASME Annual Spring Picnic. Wednesday. Moy2 This fun-fr fled even will oke place a a comp near Paxon (Mops will be placed in your mollooxes and ore posed n Higgins Lobs ) Theo's Resauran & PZZA There will be pleny of good food and dnnk Horseshoe hr0w1ng. canoeing. and even swimming for he very brave will be available o all who aend. There s a S2 00 charge for non-members. bu you'rewelcome noneheless! For more informaion. conac any of he ASME officers FURNSHED APARTMENT Suble woned from mid-moy hrough mid-augus for couple. $200-$300 range r shall hove he power o creae ion commiees o wor1< n areas which foll under he Jurisdicion of more han one organizaion of Suden Governmen. S shall recommend acion o e organizaions of Suden Governmen. 6. sholl hove he power o a<der. by a wo-1hlrds(2/3)moprlyvoecoll members. on organizaion of he Execuive Council o deliberae upon o specific problem. 7. shall hove he power o remove by a wo-hirds (2/3) majoriy voe of all s members. any member of he Execuive Council on wrien noice who by neglec of duy or oherwise. ends o mpair he usefulness of his/her organizaion and/or he Execuive Council 8. The Execuive Council shall supervise he fllllng of any vacancies n he Suden Governmen. 9 shall hove he final voe on he Suden AcMies Boord and Social Commiee budges which shall require a wo-hirds (2/3) majoriy voe of all s members. in order o be approved 10 The Execuive Council may. by o wo-hirds (2/3) majoriy voe of all s members. nvalidae on elecion for Jus cause wihin five (S) school days of said elecion. n such case. anoher elecion mus be held wihin en ( 10) school days of he doe on which he elecion was invalidaed. 11 The Execuive Council may, by wohirds ( 2/3) mojorly voe of all is members. propose amendmens ond referenda. 12 The Execuive Council may. by wohlrds(2/3) md)orlyvoe of oll s members. override he Presiden's veo. Secion C Meeings 1 The Execuive Council ls expeced o hold biweekly meeings during he school year. Addiional meeings may be called by he Presiden All meeings of he Execuive Council shall be opened o he WP! communiy unless closed by o wohlrds (2/3) majoriy voe of all hose members presen. n he even o meerng is closed. a school newspaper reporer and pnnclpols involved shall be permied o oend bu shall no be permied o porlcipae n any discussion durng he meeing 2. n he absence of boh he Presiden of he Suden Governmen ond he Se creory, o meeing will no be held 3. For on Execuive Council voe o oke ploce here mus be o quorum of a leas wo-hirds (2/3) of he Execuive Council members excluding proxies 4. All meeings of he Execuive Council shall be governed by Robers Rules of Order where applicable ond no n conflic wih he Consiuion and/or Bylaws of he Suden Governmen. 5. The Execuive Council ls responsible o mainain o permanen record of oil s meeings. These records shall be available o oil members of he WP communiy. ARTCLE V Amendmens and referenda may be proposed ~Yo wo-hirds (2/3) voe of he Execuive Council (see Aricle N. Secion 4) An amendmen or referendum shall require for adopion a wo-hirds (2/3) maja<iy of voes cos n o general elecion. SUch voe shall be preceded by an aricle n he school newspaper. a period of full discussion ond on explanaion of he issue and display of he proposed amendmen or referendum for a leas one ( 1) week. All amendmens and referendum ore effecive upon odoi> lon. ARTCLE V suden Righs 1. Any full ime undergraduae suden enrolled o his college s eligible o voe n general elecions and shall be considered eligible o hold on office n he Suden Governmen. as specified in his Consiuion. 2. Any suden who was on official candidae for any of he seas on Suden Governmen con proes an erecion. The proes mus be flied n wriing wih he Execuive Council wihin five ( S) school days of he elecion. Upon receip of he proes he Execuive Council may nvalidae or rule he elecion valid (see Aricle N. Secion B. Number 10 and he Elecion Bylaws). 3. Sudens may orso iniiae rhe removal of on Execuive Council member. The complain mus be signed by a leas one hird (1/3) of he curren voing communiy. Upon receip and verificaion of he peiion by he Execuive Council. he member shall be removed from office (coninued on page 7) Shirley Chisholm "Poliics in 1984" On April 19h Shirley Chisholm graced he WP campus wih her lecure on "Poliics n 1984" os 1984's Hull Memorial Lecure. Ms. Chlsholm spoke abou he gross roos oi poliics n Washingon. D.C. ond he Oleren odmfnrsrolons from he 1950s o he presen n his elecion year Ms. Chisholm con be found on he campolgn roll for Jesse Jackson. Alhough Ms. Chisholm believes n Jackson - she s o realis. and when pressed for some speculaion ooou he Democraic nominee she replled ha she expeced Gary Hor o win. Ms Chlsholm also said ha on Capiol Hiii men con be mediocre. bu women mus be close o perfecion o compee. All n oil. Ms Chisholm showed herself o be he ough woman she ruly s. - Breakfas - Eggs & Bacon Homemade Muffins and MORE! a----lunch--... Pina Grinders Dinner Spaghei Dinners Ec., erydal Specials Beer & U'me Serl'ed Take Conrol We're looking for people who can ake conrol of he skies as pilos in he U.S. Air Force. 's a challenging and exciing career wih grea advanages such as 30 days of vacaion wih pay each year and complee medical care. Plus, he opporuniy o serve your counry. Talk o an Air Force recruier oday. Open Sun.-Tues. 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Wed.-Sa. 7 a.m p.m. A &rl 11 CC hie Conac 1 ECH~CAl SERGEA!'\T CHUCK W YMA~ a or Air Force RO C. MAJOR J 1 RO BER l S a 79' 3343

7 Poge6 NEWSPEAK Tuesday, May 1, ~SPORTS Track Ends Season 8-2 by Poul M. Nowak The WP! rack eam wrapped up s 1984 season wih on 8-2 record n he las1 week and o half of he season he engineers scored mpressive wins over Coas Guard Academy and Brandeis. whie suffering losses o boh MT and Triniy. This was Cooch Norcross' nineeenh consecuive winning season Seam bycga The eam raveled o New London. Conn. on April 18 o secure s sevenh sraigh win. Afer welve evens he score was ied a before he Engineers surged oo vicory. As several op conribuors were absen. he key o WPl's success laid n he eam's deph. This was he firs ime n weny years ha he Engineers hove beaen he cades. Cooch Norcross was exremely pleased wih he performance of he whole eam - and cied such sandou performances as Sco Hand's d01.jble win n ooh he 1500 (4:16.6) and 5000 ( 16:03 9). Lloyd Teppe(s double in he 100 (11.6) and 200 (23.2). and Pee S1ferlen's win in he discus (145') and second n he hammer ( 170' 8") Oher winners or Worceser Poly were: Franz Roesner n he High Jump (5'10"). Jerry Robblee n he seeplechase (10:11.8). John Economou n he 400 (52.4). Lorry Haih n he sho (43' 6.75"), and Don "Boog" Powell n he riple Jump (42' 8.25"). Spli wih MT/ 8rondel1 Compeing n o rl-mee nvolving he sronges eam n New England Div. ll. Worceser Poly los s firs mee of he season. Though he flnol score was MT 114. WP 67. and Brandeis 22. he mee was acually o lo closer han appeared. Afer eigh evens. he bes engineering school n New England held o slim advanage - unforunaely ha was he los ime MT W'Os behind Overall 1 was a disappoining day fa WP No only was he weaher errible. bu many individuals hod off days. Don Pond was he only double winner or WP by capuring he high hurdles (14.9) and he high Jump (5'10"). ndividual winners for WP were. Po Barry n he long Jump (20' 9. 75''). Jerry Robblee n he seeplechase (9:45.8 ). and Don Powell n he riple Jump ( 42' 7. 75") Triniy Too Srong The Engineers closed heir regular season wih o disappoining loss oo surprisingly srong Triniy squad WP was never really n from he he sar of he loss. Triniy come ou srong by winning 11 of he 18 evens wih some mpressive imes and places. WPl's Don Pond and Pee Sifferlen boh logged double wins Don's ook boh he high hurdles (15.1) and he high Jump (6' 0"), while Pee cleaned up in he hommer(168' 7")ond discus (139' 7"). Oher wmners were Po _Barry n he long Jump (19' 8.25"). Don Powell n he nple jump ( 41 '5"). and Lorry Haih n he sho (44' 8.25"). The Season n Rerospec According o Cooch Norcross he season was beer han onlclpeed. He also poined o he recapuring of he Ciy Championships as well as finally beaing CGA as clearly being he high poins of he season The leading scores for WP were: Uoyd Tepper n he and boh relays. Pee Sifferen n he hammer and discus. and Don Pond n he high jump a nd high hurdles As of righ now Pee Slfferlen will be WPl's sole represenaive a he Div. ll Noional Championships his summer. However. 10 members of he eam will be compeing n he Div. 111 NewE.nglondsnexweekend. so here's sill o chance for more qualifiers. The losses o graduaion his year will be heavy. h01n0ver, he eam consiss of many alened freshmen. Tech Nine Has Tough Week by Greg Tosh)lon Spors Edior The WP baseball eam hod o vary rough week on he diamond On Monday hey los o ough ono o A.o;sumolon 4-3 in exra 1nnlnQs Bob Hess piched well n his gom'3 wih 11 srikeous WP hod a 3-1 lead wih wo ou n he boom of he ninh when o home run ied up. The Engineers evenually los n he enh. " Jack Holaman delivers he pich! On Thursday he Engineers ook on he chin again wih o 15-9 losso Suffolk. alhough Dove McCarhy piched well n rellef Bu perhaps he wors day of he week was Saurday. The Engineers go snubbed by MT. wice n lhe 1rs game Bob Hessogo1n ook o ough loss 1n a good effor os WP fell 3-2 Hess gave up only 8 his Chuck Hickey hod on double and Don Coakley (1 RB) ono Bob Hyland had smg es as he Englnee1s could only muser 3 his an 1h1s cones n ho second game he WP offensive slump coninued as hey ell 5-2 Dove Scola ook he loss in his one Hickey hod wo singles. Hyond on RB single. and -.leff Winick. Dove Scala anoher RB single os again he eam could only muser 7 his. The ough week drops he WP record o 7-12 while MT jumps o 6-7. Nex week WP ploys Tuesday o Tufs and Friday a home agains Moss. Mariime. Come and give suppor o he eam! SENORS! The deadline has been exended... DON'T MSS YOUR CHANCE TO GO TO THE SENOR DNNER DANCE OR THE CAPE COD OVERNGHT. ' ' Buy your ickes or make your reservaions his week in Daniel's Hal Ticke Booh from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. WP/ Lax in/in plau in Pilgrim l~agu~. - J,rr Wink&...

8 luesday, May 1, 1984 NEWSPEAK Pag e 7.. Leer o CAP Chairman (coninued from page 1) courses m fou years here The comb no on of he wo rules would pu much more pressu o on he sudens ol h s school hen hero s now Today 1f vo a o course bu sill hink you know he moerrol you con proceed on 1n he sequence You wrll now be forced o reo.. e o course ha you may hove olled by 1 po n jus o ge he credi There wlll o so be o rush c sudens o professors offices o he ends or each erm. arguing abou heir gmdes and possibly on in crease 1n he number or peiions o he Regisrar abou grod13s There wos on edlonol n The Evening Gazee of Saurday. Aprll 21, commening on he grade change pion A Quoe from his edio11ol 1s reflecive of my views. "The goal of producing "echnological humaniss" s o sound one A move o narrow. highly echnical "job raining" alone would be a misake College officials mus deermine how much he WP Plan s ied lo rs marking sysem and wha he effec of o reurn lo rodllonol grades migh be " om no pleased wih he dea of replacing he Compeency examinaion wih he Qualifying exom1nolon did no like he Comp when ook, ou when passed mine (on he firs ry). fel ha hod learned somehing 1n my lour yoors here. The quollfy1ng exom would be Jus anoher final n sudens' eyes Afer he passing of ha exam. here s no lncen ive o spec1ollze in an area o your mojo1 by oking advanced courses. A suden would probably oke wha he or she needs o complee his disribuion requiremens and or his or her MQP. The Compeency exom ls designed o es your abiliy o apply your knowledge o an enry-level indusry problem. s no lhe soluion. bu he mehod and )uslf1 caion. ha s he mporan par. nerviewers nfan ask abou he C(lmn o flnrl ou how good you lnellecuol skills ore The Compeency caches he people who hove slid by n heir classes for 3- ono-1 /2 yeors do no hink he qualifying exam will do he some Changing he grades on he Com pclency or qualifying examinaion o a poss-foll basis 1s a poor 1deo For he quo ying exom1na1on. he 1dao migh bo accepable, bu no for o Compeency This would encourage people no o do heir bes work on he exam. bu merely poss. There would be no ncenive for!he superior sudens o show heir command of heir majors. om one of he firs people from my homeown of Oceanside. New Vork. o aend WP. s a long drive for me o go home. did no come here because of he locaion was sen a caalogue based on my SAT scores and moior. and came here because of he ideas n he Pion. The Pion changes would make WP seem very much lfke any o her four year school People from ouside New England would have less lncenr"e o come here. f were planning o go o college now, would no apply here. ou rorher o RP. which s more known in he New York area n he pos rwo years. CAP hos run hrough several changes o he WP1 Pion wihou asking for s1uden or paren npu. f i were no for aochers ha hove menioned he changes o classes have been in. end Newapeak aricles. would no have known abou hese changes. hove no regres abou aending WP. bu believe he school hor om gro ducing from on May 19, s very differen han he one enered n Sepember, wonder if hese proposed changes will affec he value of my degree n he fuure - Laslie Arlene Schur... Money No Plan Real ssue (coninued from page 1) WP will employ o mainain he Qualiy of s program (some people would soy o survve) hrough he coming decline n he college age oopulalon due o he end of he "baby boom " This decision 1s already lae The decline n he number of admissions oppllcarions has already begun. according o adminisraors Since any changes in negree reouiremens enaced now will no g? 1noefec unil!he fall of he planning effor s a leas wo years be hind he beg1nn1ng or :he populaion declne There ore really wo viable opions or WPl's survi\/01 sraegy hrough he diff1 cul. compeiive fifeen years ahead. Eiher opion could be chosen wihou changing he lnsiue's saemen of goals. bu he selecion could demand changes n he degree requiremens. The curren debae over degree requiremen changes is acually o debae over he sraegy for sunlvol over he nex flf een years The firs sraegy 1s o posiion he lnsiure o compee head-o-head for every suden agains MT. Harvard. Brown. Yale. RP. Clarkson. Sevens. UMoss. UConn. and ohers. oil of which will be feeling he ~ B~lU~ lwrp's a w11 y ar Anny l-<<>tc program. in case ~ 11u 1m~ ed aking ROTC m vour fir... wo years nf cnllege. ~ou'll ha\ ' lo \\111 k l<i c.1d1 11p. du1 in~ lil!'l111nw1 before \ 11u1 Jllllio1 \ 'ill. l)u in 'n) ecr:-. ~ 11u'll ;rr11 ;1l>oul $ more h:m half ol \\ hirh " :::x fr C'. Then\ ou'll.m1 :m olfin r ~ commi~s1<>11 <1 lll' s,1111l:' in11.. yclu earn :i rnll g dl'gree. Bu mail he coupon lln\\. Becau:-.f ll\ hl' lllll<') Pu n :i junir, i'll he oo lae. r \ 1'11 \ (NSERT YOUR ADDRESS) 'h ' ,,,,1. h \ ' \ \ '. ' 1., 1 \,,,,111 ( 1 l "' H \'11111' 1 l l! '"''". _ L & a ll~m~a n ~. The Anny ROTC Tuo.fear Pro4ran1 J OR CONTACT. CAPT A N BOB HARLOW a Harringon A udiorium, Room 28A, WP or effecs of he end of he baby boom and There would be some significan side all of which will be posuring for sunivol effecs of choosing hlsolernoivedlrecas well. This sraegy requires ha VJP lon Ars. WP would arac sudens wih become a cener of real engineering neress beyond engineering. (Some excellence requires a srong graduae people nerpre his os "poorer qualiy p rogram. srong research programs n engineering sudens". They maybe righ.) almos oil depormens. and los of Second, WP would nave o undergo a money criical examinaion of s program which Money! We hove finally reached some- would surely be painful While some ouh1ng ruly significan! You don' under sanding projec work hos been per. sand he problem i you haven' found formed here. 1 s no clear ha he prohe money. We need sudens o ge ui- Jecs. paricularly he QP, could survive a lon money. bu no school ges rich on cnicol sudy nac. We could be criiulfon The real money comes from re- cized for no publishing our bes work ond search conracs. gifs. ond grans. You furher cnlclzed for oleraing our wors can' ge hem wihou good focll11es. work Bu since we ore already lae n faculy, and graduae-level research. And planning for he crisis. we migh no hove moneyorocspeope. ocilies:of'ldj. ime o perform his background sudy. enlon Aenion and faciu1es arac Third. uniqueness s no necessarily os1udens - which aracs more money racive o faculy members who wan o Ge? leave heir career opions open ("Don' How much money ore we alking lay your career on he doorsep of Boynobou?Well.one es1moe 1nd1coes ho on Holl") There is a sense ha expe o bring WPl's campus-wide compuing rfence 1n a unique sysem weighs agains suppor up o he sae-of-he-ar (no faculy seeking o move o a school wih he cuing edge. mind you. Jus o he a radiional sysem. (This does no boh curren sae-of-he-ar) would require a er me. bu am o compuer scienis - five-year. $25-mlllion program a min alk o someone n o field ha is no a 1mum And ha's only or compuing "ho opic" ) suppor. The advanages of his approach ore Bu n order o begin his lucraive cir no flnonc1olly lnsign1flcon n comporlcle, he faculy needs ime o develop son o he firs approach. WP would be research ineress Translaion: he faculy able o appeal o o brooder suden needs o recover he ime hey hove pool - no Jus engineers bu also subaen invesing in compeency exams dens wih liberal ars neress ond suond proiecs or research niiaion Thus. dens who ore undec1deo abou a mo heoculy 1nenslvedegreerequlremens jor This brooder appeal could ease he need o be changed. effec o he declining suden popula- WPl's repuaion is good. bu 1s mosly 1on Second. under his approach he limied o New Engrono. and he mos nice erm "echnological humanis" severe declfne in he college age popu would sill be clearly suppored by he loion s expeced n New England f WP academic program Third. he lnerd s compees heod-o-heod wih he oher. clphnary, soc1ol-echnolog1cal hrus of mol'e h1ghly-v1s1ble schools n New Eng he school would be srenghened (s land. here s he risk ha WPl's main su his good news o he engineering deden cllenele would be he fallou from parmens?) he big-name schools nearby And as Whydolellyouollofh1s?Becousehe poined ou los week. he more nurur ime for debae ls shor. he decisions ore ng less compeiive inellecual envir- mporan. and 'd like o hear nformed onmen we now enjoy would hove o be opinions from faculy and audena be desroyed n order o enhance WPl's ore voe The ssues ore difficul. and compeiive posiion. whaever happens his week 1n he spe- 1 did soy here \NOS anoher possible cial faculy meeing (ncluding NOT vosurv1vo1 sraegy, didn'? Hord o shif 1ng ). he faculy s oking a big gamble concenraion when all ha money s be- Wha makes his really mporan 1s ng waved around ha f we make he wrong decision if will The oher sraegy requires WP o en- be he lae 1990s before we could re hence and capialize on he unique as coverenough o correc Tha's When he pee s of our curren program Speclf1cal "baby boomerang" (children of he baby ly, he Sufficiency, he QP. and he unique boomers) wlll begin reaching college flexlbllly o WPl's academic program age. And his decision will probably be would be srenghened ond vigorously mode n he las weeks of he los erm o mar1<eed o sudens n and beyond he ocodemlc year wih oil of wo weeks' New England noice (coninued on page 7) Proposed Suden Body Consiuion (coninued from page 5 ) be removed from office 4 Sudens may also propose amend mensond referenda by a peiion signed by a leas weny-five percen (25%) of he curren voing communiy. ARTCLE V Rolflcoion of he Consiuion shall be by wo-h1ros (2/3) maiony of he voes cos 1n on elecion ollow1ng a period of wo weeks during which his Consiuion wlll be presened ano explalnad n on open Execuive Council meeing ond o school newspoper aricle This Consiuion shall be effecive mmediaely upon roiflcor1on and shall supersede oll ohers

9 Page& NEWSPEAK Tuesday, May 1, 1984 WHAT'S HAPPENNG Tuesday, May 1 UPDATE LECTURE. Newell Hall. 4:10 p.m. CONCERT WP Sage Band. Jazz Ensemble. Brass Choir and Wind Ensemble, Alden Hall. 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 2 SOFTBALL vs. Fichburg Sae. Home. 4:00 p.m. Thursday, May 3 TENNS vs. American nernaional College. Home. 3:00 p.m. Friday, May 4 BASEBALL vs. Moss. Mariime, 3:00 p m DANCE DAZE. Alumni Gym, 8:00-11:00 p.m. Admission $2.50. Saurday, May S MEN'S CREW. New Englonds. SOFTBALL (DH) vs Emmanuel. 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 6 SUNDAY MASS. Alden Holl, 11:00 o.m. WP MEN'S CHORUS ALUMN CONCERT. Alden Hall. 5:30 p.rn. Monday, May 7 SOFTBALL vs. Roger Wllllams. 4:00 p.m. DEADLNE FOR COMPLETON OF DEGREE REQUREMENTS FOR MAY CANDDATES. Tuesday, May 8 GRADUATON REHEARSAL. Harringon Audiorium, 2:00 p.m (coninued from page 3) he fac ha he sudens and faculy Who sign are agains any changes being voed n on his shor noice. wihou enough discussion and debae. This peiion does no. n any VJOy, cos o voe for... Noes on he CAP or agains he changes. merely will show a need for furher hough and raionollzoion on he Pion changes as hey sand now (coninued from page 4 ) - lucky kid - and could also do somehing he size o a fraerniy pary, Jus for nsance). bu hey aren' cheap for somebody hrowing a smaller pary The DJ (if WP rrm can him ha) hod n... Mero-To-Go lo of fun ploying or us and said he hoped he would be able o ploy here again someime. Maybe nex1 ime 1n Harringon? *** CLASSFEDS *** TECl+HGHlANO 3-bedroom aparmen. Spacious; Appliances, Goa Hea. S min. o WP: Shea Realy, NEED CASH? Earn $500 plus each school year, 2-4 (fexlble) hours per week placing and llllng posers on campus. Serious workers only; we give recommendaions. Call now for summer and nex foll TYPNG - Reasonable raes: , Mrs. Cahll. APARTMENT FOR RENT - Avallable June 1, or 3 people. Mosly furnished; ncludes sove, refrigeraor, hea, ho WO er. secure, clean, proclcally on cam pus. Coll around supper ime, FOR RENT - 3 and 5 room aparmens on Highland sree - Clean, quie, WANTED - Full-ime for summer monhs and par-ime during school year. Car pener wih he skllls o do remodeling work. fof more nformaion call FOR SALE VW converible. Excel len condiion. Call Wash he bahroom floor. HEY, SG EPS - Figure ou wha 2 plus 2 ls and wfn a prize! APARTMENT FOR SUMMER - wfll accommodae up o 4 people. Unfurnished. $110/mo. per person. Conac Box 1830 or call Roy, Tim, or Don a FOUND - Gold Cro11 pen near he aide enrance of Riiey. Engraved. Please con ac Pam, WP Box 760. HEY 0, do you alll hink ha 'scuzzy' s Jus ou of his world? Why don' you dump he wre and find ou. - DBGT TOASLLVSOPHOMORE- So you hough you'd be rid of me his year huh? Nice ry, bu l'vego 14 reasons o slckoround Muliple Majors MG MDGET. New op, new cluch, new alernaor, baery, ec. Mus sell. $1600 or 8.0. Call Jock Que Po so Mok.: Have you ever been TOO WASTED? Wha la he definiion of a TRUE PARTY MACHNE? To The lover Con Never Have: Mr. Cha rlama, hear you almos Tied.. Beer luck Nex Year... TYPNG - Wlll ype QP'1, MQP's, erm papers, ec. F-as service, $1.00 per page. Call Bev afer S p.m. a Ro-nfesed floors. move TO MULTPLE MAJORS - Sorry, don' hlnklomwhomyouhlnklam -ASllly Sophomore. All Your Suff, And Save, Too! Compe.n: eo11s befon: you make plans lor movlni al he end or beacmesn U JOU're 18 ' okkr and havie a valid drn.:n l«nm:, you can use a Ryder lruck. n:n l ~ ~ - i be~. Load up your seo. l~apd. clobea: neryhlnc. You'll sill ~room. no doub. for one or wo friends wih heir.hin&s o a hare he cos. Compare lhal o.be price of a plane Ucu. Or e~n a bus. Plua sbjpplnc. Ren a newer rucll from he bes majn.aimd, mos de~nda b&e flee lo lbc world - Rydec Tbe bes uuck money can n:nl Spring is finally here!!! Celebrae wih a splash of color in ha blue sky! Kies ordinary and exraordinary ~C AMG TOY~HOP Across from Merrio a Lincoln Sq. 51 Union S. Wore o 10-5:30 M-Sa