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WPI policy contained In contract

Group damage policy challenged A New Jersey chapter of the Ameri­

can Civil Liberties Union Is consider­Ing a law suit against Rutgers Uni­versity lor a group damage policy, ac­cording to National On-Campus Report (NOCA). NOCR, a national college press service. said the policy requires all of the students In a dormitory to pay for damages If the person responsible cannot be determined. WPi has a simi­lar policy. but Is protected by a con­tract signed by all dormitory residents.

WPI Newspeak sooke with Brian

O'Halloran, Staff Counselor Assistant at the Newark, New Jersey chapter of the ACLU. O'Halloran told Newspeak that the suit had not been flied be­cause Rutgers backed off on enforce­ment of the policy when threatened with the suit. Some damage had been done to one of the Rutgers dormitory floors recently. The University did not charge the residents of the dormitory tor the damage.

"The suit Is still being considered,

contingent on the pos1tton that Rutgers University takes", O'Halloran said The ACLU, according to O'Halloran, will "Immediately bring the case to court • il II" 3 plaintiffs are affected In the future. The school year at Augers ends next ,.eek so the case w111 be put on hold unt1l September, unless Rut­gers takes any act1on before then

WPI Has a policy similar to the Rut­gers policy. According to Gordon Fuller, Manager of Resident Student Services, any damage done to a room,

floor, or bu1lding which cannot be ac­counted to an IndiVIdual Is charged to the entire room, floor, or bu1ld1ng, c1e­pending upon the circumstances.

The WPI pol1cy 1S contatned In a contract signed by all dormitory res dents before they move ln. Accordmg to the ACLU, Rutgers had no stated policy concerning group damage charges within the~r contract wtth the dormitory restdents. ''It surpnsed me when 1 read the contract'', O'Halloran of the ACLU told Newspeak .

. INFORMATION FOR DRINKING

AGE DROP PETITION ON

The ltudent newapeper of Worcelter Polytechnic Inst itute PAGE 2 Volume 7 Number 12 Tuesda·y, May 8, 1979 ... .

CM Department -head Zwiebel resigns by Tom Nicolosi Newspeak staff

At tt'le end of April Professor lmre Zwiebel, head of W.P.I.'s Chemical Engh"'eerlng Department, announced in a letter to his academic advlsees that he had handed In this resignation to be effective at the end of the term. Zwiebel, who has been a member of the faculty at Tech for the last fifteen years, called his decision to leave the school for a position as chairman of the Ct'lemlcal Engineering Department of Arizona State University a "very sudden development."

Zwiebel was excited by the oppor­tunity because of what he termed as A.S.U.'s "forward looking engineering program" and "sound educational Ideas" which he compared to the W.P.I. Plan as well as the mild climate of the region and easy access to the city of Phoenix. "The decision," said Zwiebel, "was difficult." "I've had some wonderful experiences here and

Waiting problem solved?

..John Melson

Professor lmre Zwelbel

WPI has been good to me

some very, very good associations. The students that go to W.P.L are the best you can Image. I will forever remember Roger Garrepy, Andy Huang, Jay Schnitzer, Greg Yeo and the many other project students that I have ad­vised."

Zwiebel who was born in Hungary In 1932 recleved his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and his graduate degrees at Yale University. Before going to graduate school he worked lor Dupont and after earning his Ph D. worked for Exxon In preparation for his career as an educator It Is part of his own philosophy of teaching that educators In the chemical engineering field must have had Industrial experience, at one time or another.

Zwiebel who had a great part 1n the Implementation of the Plan regretted that he was leaving unfmlshed the JOb of "full streamlining of the Plan." He cited In particular the large proportion of students who fa11 the competency examination on the ftrst try, the building up of the graduate program and the full staffmg of the faculty.

He also assured that contrary to many of the whispers c1rculatmg about the campus there was no pressure for his res1gna110n . "at no tame was I asked," he said.

Zwiebel expressed one regret that he had In recent years which was that he had not been able to devote enough time to h1s academic advasees which he said Is "the heart of the academic process."

bservatory dome erected on campus

by Tom Nicolosi Newspeak staff

Proposed racquetball courts Last Wednesday a new feature was

added to Goddard Hall's lower roof In the form of an astronomical obser· vatory dome. The dome was designed as an I O.P. by John Gordeuk and Bob Zunner under the auspices of Professors James O'Rourke and

Harold Hilsinger. Actual construction of the dome was carried out by a work student group which Included Ken Gamache, John Gordeuk. Mike Balln­skas, Steven Brown, Jason and Jim Provldakes and Prof. Jame O'Rourke.

Over the summer the dome w111 be fitted with a twelve Inch diameter reflector telescope wh1ch was built from Army surplus parts by O'Rourke, and Jason and Jim Provldakes. The en· lire set up should be ready for use In the fall and Is open to anyone who can use a telescope and has a serious viewing program. One problem with the dome being located on the roor of Goddard Is that security proceedures will have to be observed because of the volume of volltlle chemicals wh1ch are stored in the building.

The problem of waiting to use a racquetball court Is being solved. An I.O.P. on the design, feasablllty, cost, and need of more racquetball courts at WPI Is nearly completed. Dan Jasmin· ski and Brad Curtis have been working on a preliminary design of three racquetball courts for the roof area AknvA thA mens locker room bQtwf)en !he Alumni Gym and Harr1n9ton Auditorium (pictured above). The three proposed courts will be located on the far side of the locker room roof as you look from the Quad The brlck·faced shell that will enclose the three courts will be 50 ft. wide, 62ft. long, and 22ft. high; and will blend In with the Alumni Gym. The doorway to the observation area, where the court entrances are, will be located on the wall behind the scoreboard in Alumni Gym.

The next step In the project Is to get feedback from faculty and students as to their concern toward the new courts. Presently with only one court, It Is an Inconvenience to students and faculty who have difficulty In getting court lime. This coming Thursday, May 10, In the Wedge there will be opportunities for students to give feedback and sign petitions concerning the proposed racquelball courts. We welcome any Interested faculty and students to come this Thursday to promote this project.

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Alternative s1tes to Goddard wh1ch were under consideration were the tower of Alden wh1Ch protested by the Alden Commltlee because 11 would spoil the rustic appearance of the building, Olin Hall which suffered from InacceSSibility and Salisbury which

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INDEX EditoriaL ... · ...••......••.•.... 2 Crossword Puzzle Answer • • •••• 4 Satire .••.•••..•••••.•••• • ••.•• 4 IFC Corner ..••..••• • ••••..•••• 5 Classlfleds .•..•.•.•.•••• • •••.• 8 Entertainment •••.•.••..••.••.• 8 Crossword Puzzle .••.•..••.•.•. 9

Horoscope ...••.•.•....••••..• 9 Sports ...•...•.••..••••.•• 10,11....;

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(Editorials) On Thursday, there will be a petition drive to place a referendum In an

attempt to drop the legal age of drinking or possessing alcoholic beverages from the new level of 20 back down to 19 or even 18. Had you not been so apathetic before this Act was passed, this sort of action might not have been necessary. You have this one last opportunity to reprieve yourself, either take It or leave It; and reviewing past performan· ces the students of WPI will probably leave it. Will you continue to get alcoholic beverages Illegally until you pass the " age" or spend 5 minutes and sign the referendum petition? 5 minutes or over a year -the choice Is yours.

John Melson TAP SJK KJM

MMH AMR

LD

The observatory dome has been sitting on the roof of Goddard Hall now for tess than a week and It already Is In financial trouble. For something of this large an educational value one would think that It 'Noutd be little problem to find a small amount of money to fund such an intriguing science. If $70,000 can be used to fund the Honeywell "System" which, by the way, Is still wasting precious fuel and YOUR money, then somewhere and somehow some money can be found to finance the more efficient project.

John Melson KJM TAP SJK

MMH AMR

LD

Edltor'a Note - I hiiM been edltor·ln-ehlef of WPI Newapeak for all of one WMk. M atarted out ... , but got progrHalvely worse until It waa finally done. I would Ub to ttulnk ••• JOM on the atatf for their patlenc. and their help. I would Hke to eapeclally ttulnk Rob OqyfOCM and Lynn Hadad for the layout of the paper and Leon Droby for the photography wen and time he put In and K., Sawyer for

8ettJng me out of • pinch In tM Cotton Concert. Mandlle, you can have your poaltlon beck now - I think 111atlck wtth photography.

NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE Will BE THE lAST ONE FOR !HE 1918·1979 SCHOOl YEAR.

The atYdent.....,.,., of Won:eeter Potyttctlnlc Institute loa 2472 WPt, Wcwceeter, Ma ... chuaetta 01101 PhoN c-17) 751-1411 utenalon 184.

nftra·features edltOt' Maureen Higgins

ad¥enlslng manageJ Mark Dilugllo

-------------'""":"- staff

VInnie Aaclotl Greg Caccavale Chris Coleman

JtmCook Chris Corpuz Phil Czapla

Duane Del Fosse

Oortan Jay DeMarco Kevin Donahue Phil Gallagher

J Gordon Gregory Arman Gorkanl

R1chard Goldman Jim Leonard Ken Mandlie

I

aporta edltOt' Phil Miles

graphics ~ltora Robert Oreyfoos

Lynn Hadad

associate edltora Mark. Hecker

Thomas Polito Ann·Marle Robinson

Jim Marshall Jae·Yong Ko Tom Nicolosi

Don Paclorkowskl Jack Traver Fred Rucker ..

Jimmy Van Toor

WPI NEWSPEAK of WOf'CHter Polytechnic Institute, fonMtiy the Tach News, haa been publlehed we.kty during the academic year, except during coll-ae vacations, alftce 1101. The edltorlalo,»>nlona expr"Md ""-'n are the o,lnton of the peraon Ot' peraona whoM n.me ....,_a,. at the end of the editorial, and are not neceuarlly those of the editorial board, or of WPI. Lett.,a·to·the-EdltOt' must be algned and contain a teleptlone number for wwtflcatlon. Editorial and bualneaa oftlcea are located In IOOfft 01, Sanfotd IIIIey Hall, at WPI. Office hourt are Mot~day, Tuesday, Thur.day, Friday : 10.12; Friday: 4-5; Saturday: 11-12; Sunday: 1·5. Copy deadline Ia noon of the Saturd.ly Pf'ICiadlng publication. Printing done by Jeda Corporation, 11 Harnrd Street, WOt'CMter, Maauchuaetta. Second ct .. a postage peld at Wcwc:Mtet, ManachuMtta. ~tlptlon rata: 55.00 P« school year, alngla coplft 20". Meke all dMcka pay a_. to WPI N•••I'H*·

Personal }ournl.'lism Is in ,

Putting emotion back in Newspaper editors once printed

what they thought their readers should know which subscribers out of their oblig~tlon as citizens dutifully read. At least that used to be the theory. It Is no longer. Worrying over the declining readership of newspapers, particularly among the young, the American Society of Newspaper Editors has been polling and studying what readers -and non-readers - think of news­papers. The result comes as a shock.

Perhaps the most wounding dis­covery Is Mw much people dislike the very professionalism that news­papermen pride themselves on m08t - the ability to transmit facts without bias or feeling, In the beet deadpan Dragnet manner of " only the facts, ma'am." People who are used to hav­Ing Cronkite or Chancellor escort the news Into their homes feel no connec­tion with reporters, even those with recognized bylines, who Impersonally fill their front pages. That contrast, asserts Arnold Rosenfeld, editor of the Dayton Daily News, often favors TV personalities • :who we print journalists think do a pretty lame job of news gathering. " If Rosenfeld's paper headlines a local story ~ DIE IN FLAMING CRASH, the paper's spare recital of the factS' Is "seen aa a cold­hearted attempt to retail death," says R08enfeld, while the TV viewer sees ''the professionally saddened visage of the newscaster, a friendly, likable fel­low, aa a natural human response to tragedy.''

That aharp contraat also lmpreaaes Pollster Ruth Clark of Yankelovlch, Skelly & White, who conducted reader· ship surveys In twelve cities, and will summarize her findings to news­paper editors at the A.S.N.E. 's an­nual convention In New York City this week. Clark thinks readers wanted to know not just the grisly facts end exact body counts of the Jonestown cult death In Guyana but also how the reporter felt, so they could .. share his experience." Such an attitude vio­lates all the claaslc Instruction of crabby editors to young cub reporters not to "get In front of the story."

But Michael J. O'Neill, editor of the New York Daily News (he Is also a chairman of the editors' committee that commissioned the Yanketovlch survey), accepts the recent shift to per· sonar journalism. He has Introduced "people" and "life-style" pages to his paper, and to his staff has added ver­bosely flamboyant reporter-column­Ists, like Jimmy Breslin, whose tough-

guy sentimentality Is often self­parodying. O'Neill just hopes It will be possible to provide more personal re­porting with reviving that curse of the 1960s, opinionated advocacy Journal­Ism.

In pollsters' jargon, readers have shifted from "self-Improvement" to "self-fulfillment." To follow that trend, editors have been adding all those servtce features about what to eat and how to cope, which readers may like but newspapermen despair over. Another algn of the reader's '.'me'' emphasis Is a decided prefer­ence for local news. Yet, oddly enough, even though only a third of the readership follow national and In­ternational news closely, most readers seem to want It there on Page One and tend to resent front-page feature stories. Another third of th-' audience would read hard news more If It were summarized better, compartmental­Ized, like a newsmagazine, and sign­posted like a supermarket aisle. The remaining third of the population just want escapism; they are part of a growing number who buy papers only on food days, and on Sundays.

To a newspaperman, the touchleet of all charges Is bias, since he labors constantly to scrub hla story free of lt. He must be doing well at this, for peo­ple who think newapapers are unfair to labor, buslneaa, consumerists or environmentalists amount to leas than 15 percent In each category. That at• tlstlc speaks better for Impersonal journalism than Ita critics give It credit for.

But readers, It turna out, mean something else by the blaa they criti­cize: they mean the tendency of new• papers to ''emphasize bad newa over the good." They are convinced that this Is done just to self papers; they admit to liking to read crime news but feel a little ashamed In doing so. They think their home town Ia better than the newspaper paints lt. Talking to his own readers in Dayton, Editor Rosen· feld found them questioning the edi· tor's self-righteous conviction that he only reports a world he never made: " Readers see us as moral vigilantes .•. the voice of asperity and sterile de­tachment." One answer to d..ecllnlng newspaper readerahip, Rosenfeld seems to suggest, Ia a more human tone, a sense of pity and understand­ing about the news an editor must re­port.

(Copyright 1878 Time Inc. All rlghta reaemHI.)

w~r alnmmnnwrnltij nf 11ns.anr~usrtt.s

A REFEI.{ENDUM PETITION Pursullnt to Art lei~ Xl VIII of th~ Am~ndm~nts to thf! Constitution of the Commonwelllth

We respectfully protest against Chapter 15 of the Acts of 1979, "An Act Increasing to twenty years the age requirement of a person licensed to sell or allowed to purchase alcohol or alcoholic beverages." We petition for a referendum on this law and request that Its operation be suspended.

Summary The Act raises the minimum age

from 18 to 20 years at which a person may buy, possess, or be licensed to sell alcoholic beverages. A person 18 or older, however, may sti ll be em­ployed to sell alcoholic beverages. The Act transfers responsibility for Issuing liquor purchase Identification cards from the local licensing authority to the State Registry ot Motor Vehicles, and provides for reasonable reliance on these cards by persons authorized to sell liquor. The Act also Increases the fine tor false representation of age from $100 to $300.

Instructions to Signers For your signature to be valid, you

must be a registered voter In the city or town named and your signature should be written substantially as

registered. Do NOT sign ttie same pe­tition more than once.

If you are prevented by physical dis­ability from writing, you may authorize some person to write your name and residence in your presence.

If you have NOT moved since Jan· uary 1, 1978, you need complete only columns I and II .

If you HAVE moved since January 1, 1978, you must completed columns, I, II and Ill .

The Executive Council of Student Government will hold a Voter Aegis· tratlon and Drinking Age Petition Day on Thursday, May 10th In the Wedge. Students may register to vote In Wor­cester In the Wedge from 10 a.m. to noon. Members of the-City Clerk's Of­flee will be on hand to register people. The procedure Is very simple:

1) You must sign an affadavlt of re· glstrating

2) You give your name, address, previous address of Jan 1st (If differ­ent) and your last residence in a city or town (le If you were previously registered In another town).

(contlnu&d to p .. • 3]

TUMdav, MfY 8, 1971 •

... Referendum (continued from page 2)

3) You must give your date and place of birth

4) You give your occupation (exam­ple student- WPI).

No documents are necessary to register. Please note the address you gtve must be a street address, not a dormitory hall or Box Number. The street addresses of the WPI Residence Complexes are: Riley Hall,lnstltute Rd. Daniels Hall, Institute Rd. Morgan Hall, Institute Rd. Stoddard Complex, 85 Institute Ad. Ellsworth Apartments 79 Institute Ad. Fuller Apartments, 791nstltute Rd.

Also In the Wedge from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. we will have petitions available for Massachusetts Regis­tered Voters to sign.

We encourage all students to drop by. Both are very simple procedures and well worth your time.

Campus Hearing Board election results

STUDENTS Mark Andrews Daretla Davis

*Richard Goldman Arman Gorkanl David Gray Gary Kucinkas John Mazeika

·serge Molinari

94 52

141 24 48 95 97

142

Brian Aeedstrom Charles Sullivan

·Matti Weiderpass Robert Woodard

FACULTY Professor DeFalco

61 46

116 59

144

· Professor Dunn Professor Klldahl

163 69

STUDENT BODY CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM

I am FOR 258

I am A GAl NST 36 the proposed Student Body Constltu· tion of April 24, 1979 as ratified by the Executive CouncJI of the WPI Stu· dent Government.

·wmner

Finals anxiety: how to study for exams by Jeff Gordon

Campus Digest News Service

This, Indeed, Is an unpleasant time of year tor most students.

Final exams are approaching. Most student are- trying to get caught up with their work . Most students are concerned about the exams, many are developing anxiety, some are feeling extreme pressure.

Experts say you better get your ap· proach for the exams organized now. It Is time to discover what you know and don't know about your classes. It Is time to schedule your studying for each test and schedule In diversions so you don't drive yourself crazy cramming for tests.

PNpartng for teata "Obviously the-most Important thing

to do Is to have set up a regular study schedule during the semester. That Is probably the best way to reduce test anxiety," says Rob Aagatz, who has led stress management groups.

" .•• Allow yourself 20 minutes before a test to relax." "Set a resonable amount of time for

each subject" on your study schedule, he advises, "and stick to lt." -

Rich Gross, an assistant director of a university learn ing center, said a student should "come up with a list of the kinds of things you have to do to study for each class."

Ragatz says a student must honestly evaluate what he needs knows about each subject, and what he needs to know for the final exam.

When preparing for the final exams, experts say students should schedule ample relaxation time In order to get the most out of studying anq~~ red.u.t<fi!t~ the anticipation, pressures and anxle'ty that students experience before exams.

"By allowing yourself relaxation time, getting a good night's sleep, It will help the studying that you have already done," Ragatz says. "For me, It would be something physical like jogging."

Students tend to put too much pressure on themselves before a test, making preparing for the test more of an ordeal than It should be. "Students mak& themselves more anxious by

~ n saying 'I've just got to pass this test.' When you do that, you go beyond the point of being productive," Aagatz says.

A student, he says, should tell him· self something rational and construe· tlve !lllt:tl atr'~ know this test Is lmpor· tant and I want to do well.''

However, Ragatz says If a student can constructively challenge himself to perform well on an exam, It can help him.

"If you are the type of person who can respond to this type of challenge without being Inefficient In studying, and without become anxious, then It Is okay," he says. "I think It Is neat for people to challenge themselves."

Gross said students should forget problems they have had earlier In the semester while preparing for the final exam. "Don't cry over spilled milk, over the fact that you didn' t study enough during the semester," he says.

"That Isn't going to help you now, even though It may be true." Gross says worrying about the problem only gets In the way of useful studying for the exam.

Gross Indicated that most students have some problems with their study skills and their approach to exams.

" Most students that come to college are somewhat deficient In study skills. That Is no fault of their own," he says.

"They were at the top of their class In high school. High school came easy to them. Since It came so easy to them, they didn't study much.

"When they came to college, It was a different ballgame," he says.

"People who struggled In high school have better study skills.

Some students come to college, see the problems the new envlornment creates, and try to adjust their studying habits to meet lt. Some students never correct their study skills problems. Others adjust easily.

Some students come to college, see the problems the new environment creates, and try to adjust their studying habits to meet it. Some students never correct their study skills problems. Others adjust easily to college studies.

Each Individual has his own respon· se to the high level of college studies, and each Individual must develop his own approach to studying and test preparation.

La.rnlng the material Both Aagatz and Gross stress the

need for students to quiz themselves

on reading material and lecture notes as they go through il in preparation for an exam.

Certain types of statements In text·

" ••• the best way to reduce fest anxiety •• .is to have setup a regular study schedule during the [term] •• "

books and lectures notes are obvious test material, Gross says. In a biology class, a statement about the four elements necessary for life on earth would be good for almost types of question.

Gross also says students can benefit from writing general questions about a book chapter before reading lt. "When you read, you can read to an· swer the questions," he says.

W hen a student Is reading through material for a final exam, he should know what type of material the lnstruc· tor likes to test on. Gross says you should know by then what types of an· swers the instructor likes If you have had several tests In the class.

Gross has mixed opinion of the value of studying old final exams given by an Instructor. "From the positive side, It can do the same things that previous tests In a class can do" In showing a student the typical style of test a teacher gives.

But, he warns, "most Instructors are not going to ask the same questions year after year."

He advises only limited use of group studying for students learning material for a test " A limited amount Is probably valuable, I think too much would be bad. If you do too much or that, you will be relying too much on others," he says.

"I would principally rely on your own Individual studying;· hp sayst because a group of students mav stress th1ngs I hat are not Important in a class · and your own studying and Intuition may have avoided thai. He also satd a student might panic II a group brought up matertal that the student hadn' t covered.

" Debilitating anxiety may be very damaging on a test,'' he warns.

Taking the teat " It's Important that you allow

yourself 20 minutes before a test to relax," says Ragatz. "Find something to do ... go for a walk ... flnd something to took at in the Union.''

Ragatz says University counselors teach a procedure to students who get too tense just before a test. The students are told to relax all their muscles, take deep breaths and clear thelrmlnd.

For students who have an hour or two between two exams, Aagatz says It Is alright for students to clear up con· cerns about the first test by checking answers. "If you need to clear your mind from the last test, that's great."

He also feels students can do an overview study of the materials for the second test, or study a particular point. But too much worry before a test, or too much studying right before a test, would be damaging.

"Taking tests is a skill that isn't taught to people. Some learn to do II, some have more difficulties than others."

"Get to the test early, If possible. Get yourself relalCed, familiar with the room Collect your thoughts," advises Gross.

Many times a student will look at the test and be shocked by the type of questions they see. The result can be a

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Registration deadline for Management Comps

Is May 11

\

( ) Spree day:

Home-grown tragedy The characters presented here are

not real , but are just pape dreams (f you know what I mean) .

(Footsteps approach) (A small desk drawer is pulled

open.) "Hey! What glvesl Can't they leave

me in peace? Ouchll " ··owww!!'' " Hey! Who are you? Where'd you

come from?" " This ain't my doln'l I woke up one

morning, got yanked off of my plant and laid in the sun to dry out .... ust when I thought I'd croak, I got thrown Into a bag with some other half deads like me, joetled around a bit, and then I was pulled out and dropped In here. I was just start In· to flower, too!··

"Hey now, don't take it so hard. It happens to everybody, even potent guys hke me.·'

"But what'll happen from here?" "Who knows. l'ave been here

awhtle, and nothmg's happened yet. Why do you aak?"

''Well, I was In the bag, I heard some guy say something, something terrable. He aald we'd all get crushed up, wrapped In paper, and Incin­erated!''

"You mean ... " " Burned alive! And the people who

do 1t to you suck the smoke Into their lungs!!"

"Are you kldd1ng me?"

"That's what the guy told me." "Well, I think he's full of resin ." "Naw ... " " He's pullln' your stem, I tell ya.

Besides, If they tried that with me, they 'd get so stoned on one breath of smoke they'd never try It again!"

" Well, I hope you're right. " (W~s later. ) " Hey, kid, I think someone's

coming." "This early? Who could It be? " ' ' It ain't the Lawn-o-mat man. Bei-

er stay quiet. '' "Lookout!" "Hey I Put us down I" "Ouch! I'm getting the life crushed

outta mel" "Not to mention my seedsl Arrghl

Kid, I think you were right. " "What a way to gol Boy, I wish I

was a hyacinth. Y eoww Ill'' " What a bunch of sadists! I hope

you all cough yourselves to death Ill" (A few minutes later) "Hey man, this Is good shit!" "No klddln' I saved It just for

today.'' "It's excellent. I can tell already.

Didn't I tell you today'd be the day?" "No way, you said It'd be tomor­

row!" "Oh well, who cares now, anyway.

Let's go munch out I" Presented by ~ ... e Society for the

Prevention of Cruelty to Marijuana.

••• How to study for exams feo~ttlnt#H from page 31

blank out, where the student panics and can't remember the class material.

"Bianktng on a quest1on is a normal occurance. It happens to everyone In college," Gross says

"Back off from the test. relax. Assure yourself that you studied the materaal. Realize that drawing a blank is normal. Do the questions that you know. Get the flow of the test," he says.

"Working questions that you know tends to relax you,'' he says.

Gross says If you are blank on a question, as you proceed through the rest of the test you will begin to recall 1nformat1on pertinent to the question. When that happens, the student should make notes 10 the margin of the test to use when finally answering the quest ton.

When handling an essay question, Gross says "the first thmg to do is an· swer the quest1on In the first sentence. Then spend the rest of the time developmg the answer."

When students wrate essays, he says " they get so lost that they often forget to answer the question. Don't make the Instructor work to find the answer."

After wading through dozens of essays, the Instructor will be pleased to find one that gets the point right away. "Imagine how elated the lnstruc· tor would be to find the answer In the first sentence," says Gross.

And If the student runs out of time, at least he knows he answered the question. Many students run out of

"Working questions that you know tends to relax you. "

time before they sum up. ''Read the question carefully. If It

asks to compare and contrast two points. don't simply describe them," Gross says.

Generally, he says, students who know the answers to an essay question don't have to write a quick outline of the answer before writing lt. But If a student draws a blank on the essay, trying to develop an outline would help him remember the materaal he studied.

Gross says there is almost a science to answering multiple choice questions. " We have a whole manaprogram on that during the

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••• Observatory dome up was too unstable to be practical . Among the advantages which the Goddard sight offerred were a stable concrete roof and easy accessabillty.

Putting It on Its ' foundation

According to O'Rourke there Is a great Interest In astronomy on campus. The Astronomy program that Is offered consists of three lntersesslon courses. one In observational astronomy, another In practical or "nuts and bolts" astronomy which teaches the skills needed to construct a telescope and a course In mirror grinding which are taught by Hilsinger and O'Rourke. Also offered are two courses In the physics department, a general course In astronomy for those with backgrounds In science and math and an astro· physics course whl.ch presumes a more rigorous background In physics.

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semester," he says. "There are ways you can analyze

multiple choice ques\jons," says Gross.

He says that on a standard multiple choice test, you should read each question very carefully, and pay close attention to modifiers such as always, maybe, sometimes and never.

Gross says to expect one of the an· swers to be a total throwaway, one an· swer to be obviously wrong to a student who attends class, one answer to be obviously wrong to someone who studied, and two answers to be dlf· flcult to choose from.

On true and false tests, he says, many students mlstaklngly perceive a pattern of answers. They think "I've had too many trues, so this must be false," say Gross.

Qualifiers are crucial In multiple choice question, he says. "It Is very rare that something Is always true, or always false."

For both multiple choice and true

The lntersesslon courses have been drawang 100 students each year and there Is some talk that an astronomy club may be forming on

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campus next year. " People are coming out of the woodwork now · even just to go up and look at the thing," said O'Rourke.

The new obaervatory will offer op· portunltles for projects as well as for students to exercise their curlouslty about the heavens. One project that Is In progress Is an MOP to construct an electrophotometer, a device wh ich measures the Intensity of light coming from stellar Images, being done by Robert Wroblewski.

Presently there Is no means of fund· lng the observatory and maintaining lt.

Up, up and away!

and false questions, he says "your first Impression Is usually more accurate than later Impression. You are more like to change a right answer to make It wrong than the other way around.

Executive council minutes The Executive Council meeting of

April 17, 1979 was called to order at • :20 p.m. In the Alden Conference Room. President cathy J . Reed pre­Siding.

The minutes of the EC meeting of Apnl 10, 1979 were read and ac­cepted

Committee Reports: Campus Hearing Board - Elections

were held for faculty nominees for the vacant position of the C.H.B. Nom­nated were Professor Patrick Dunn (HU); Professor Frank DeFalco (CE); and Professor Nicholas Klldahl (CH). The elections for student and faculty positions will be Thursday April 26, 1979. The candidates have been In­formed of this new date.

Academic Commattee - Two of the three academic committees have been reorganized. Nominations are now open. Students wishing to apply for t~e available positions on these com­mtUees should submit a letter of ap· plication and a faculty endorsement to Dan Kenneflck, Box 32• by April 27 1979. • •

I.F.C. - The I.F.C. will meet soon to work on by-laws and to plan some upcoming events

I.R.H.C. - Kathleen Crockett has been elected the new chairperson by the committee following the reslgna· lion of whoever was there last.

A while later they decided to go to dinner and closed the meeting a little before 5.

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SAE The brothers of Sigma Alpha Epsi­

lon have been keeping pretty buay lately In preparation for a crazy finish to the 1979 year. The beginning of 0-term arrived on a successful and aatla-

( IFC corner] fylng note. We are proud to announce the Initiation of 20 freshmen to our b~ loved order: Mike Alleaslo, Jim Kaemmerlen, Ron Thompson, Mark Morawlec, Toby Boisvert , John McManus, Bern ie Mara, Steve Gali­peau, Tom Potter , Scott Tarlton, Glen Baahlan , Ted Macutklewicz, John Erb, Steve SchenkM, Chip Coward, Scott Bishop, Mike Bartman, Bob Gambar­della, Peter Booth, and Bruce Row­ledge. This momentous occasion oc-

cur red on Friday, April 6th, with the Initiation banquet held at Howard Johnson 'a private room on Route 9 In Shrewsbury. We were treated to an outstanding buffet In which 75 people attended. This was an exceptionally gratifying occasion because In atten­dance was the honorary president of the New England SAE chapters. Also , a total of 16 alumni joined us, Includ­Ing the fathers of new Initiates John McManus and Bruce Rowledge.

In the aports department, we all really have to say to the J.M . Softball league Is, " BEWARE" . Ttus year we have 4 teams, Including the Infamous Sleep and Eaters , and three of them could very well make It to the play­offs. As always, we had a great Influx of talented freshmen, and together with the experience of the upper­classmen, could make for an " AWE­SOME" season.

Alpha Chi_ Rho There's been a welcome change

down at 8 Boynton Street, adding a new life to our house. This new life Is our new cook, VIcki, and her daughter April. VIcki's smile adds new life to the house, and April's never-had so many babysltters. Not only that but VIcki 's agreat cook. We had one huge birthday party for her last Sunday, and the turnout was great.

In other news, we've added two new -brothers to our house; Mark Ramberg and John Powers. They were Initialed last Sunday nlte, after V~kl'a Birthday Party. You mlght've seen Mark If you

ATO Alpha Tau Omega's Third Annual

Eating (or Epilepsy Contest was held on Saturday, April 28, In the Pub. Thirty eaters tried to eat as many pancakes as they could before the twenty minute time limit ran out. The contestants Included Beta (the dog from Beta 3), Profeuor DeFalco, as well as representatives from many school organlzatlona. Incidentally, Professor DeFalco had eighteen dol­lara pledged per pancake. While the eaters had their breakfast, MC Dave Boger raffled off forty prizes, Includ­Ing a $300 tape deck. When the con­test endect at noon, the winner was John Meader from Slg Ep. John ate

attended ''The Shadow Box", Mark's a prominent figure on the stage.

Both J.P. weekend and Car Rallye weekend saw ACR entering various ac­tivities. We placed a chariot In the Chariot Race, entered a poster In the J.P. poster contest, and placed four cars In the Car Rallye. At press time there artYnO resulta, but by the time you read thla you'll know.

Several new Brothers are becoming Involved In campus activities and our house Ia seeing a sort of second wind In the aprlng . House psyche Ia up, and It looka like next year will be a good one for Alpha Chi.

forty-five parickaes with little diffi­culty. Close behind wu Paul Doherty from A TO with forty-three. A TO would like to commend the c:cHmalrmen of the event Scott Crossman and AI Rodrigues on their fine Job. ATO would like to thank all the sponsors, all the eaters, and all the people who con­tributed to the suoceaa of the contest. Hope to see you there next year.

ATO proudly announces the Initia­tion of the following pledges: Greg Atkinson, Bob Bean, Dale Beaver, Tom Berard, Reese Brown, Mark Feeney, Gary Glowacki, Mike Grady, Bob Hoopes, Walter Kress, Mike Pacek, Rick Powell, and Joseph VlgnaJy. '

There will be a Student Activities Board meeting on Thursday May 10, 1979 at 7:00p.m. In HL221.

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Graduation 1nvleations are avaflabl~ and may k picked up In th~ Office of Graduate and Career Plans (Beynton - Jrd noor) as or May 2. Eaeh ~nlor Is allotted 6 frtf' Invitations- etach addltlonalaroup of 61s $1.00.

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Seniors still looking for employment opportunities: there are letters that are arriving dally and are posted on the bulletin board. If you are still looking, It Is your respon· slblllty not only to check the placement office bulletin board, but also make sure OGCP knows you are still looking. Please return the blue job acceptance form to OGCP aa soon as pOssible.

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Spree Day is coming!

Pre-Spree Day The softer side of rock

Gene Cotton at Alden Hall

by Tom N1cotos1 Newspeak staff

Last Saturday night a small crowd In Alden was treated to a good quality mellow rock 'n roll concert by long ttme recordtng artist Gene Cotton and new comer Nina Kahle. Afler a short delay caused by a broken plano peddle Ntna Kahle sauntered onto the stage alone except for the light of a spot11ght and the company of her piano and began singing her un­adorned mus1c in a strong, deep voice rem1msoent of Carole King. She spoke of many varied themes In her music, melancholy in ··usual Case of the Blues." idealistic sentiment In "To

Yes, Terry, there Is a Spree Day

Gene Cotton strumming away

Love a Man," and the human will in " Laughing All the Way." She added some variety to her perform­ance when she switched from the keyboards to an Instrument called an Appalachian dulcimer which she aptly described as " a cross between a mandolin and bagpipes" in Its sound.

Although her performance was good and honest In tts flavor It would have been greatly Improved If she had a band backing her ~:~p. However since she ts young (25) and relatively new on the music soene I am confident that this Is not the last that will be heard of Ntna Kahle as her songwrltlng Is conststant and she Is superbly gifted with vocal talent.

Shortly after Kahle left tne stage to a splrtted ovation Gene Cotton and his band took to the stage. The small crowd d1d not discourage him since as he related before the show he actually prefers to work In small auditoriums and to small audiences as It reminds him of his begtnnlngs In music when he worked coffee houses in San Fran­cisco during the early sixties. Cotton, who Is relatively unknown In the Northeast because of his lack of airplay that he receives over the FM dial is quite popular in other parts of the country and his single "You're a Part of Me" that he recorded with Kim earn was for a time a number one hit across the South.

On stage Cotton put down a fine per­formance with the help of his air tight band that consisted of Maro Spear who played a deliciously slow style lead guitar. Tommy Wells rapping crisply on the drums, James Owmby playing electrified electric keys, Mike Joyce holding the beat steady on electric bass and Diane Darling looking good on percussion and singing sweetly In the background.

Tom Nicolosi with Gene prior to concert.

The music that Cotton played on his acoustic guitars was about life and Its many different twists. His style was earthy and his lyrics seemed to ring true with most of the audience. His song "Pushln' Six" which was about the pratfalls of being that age had something In It that everyone could at one time or another Identify with. "Young PeQple" which was an auto­biographical piece that ~as prefaced by a sometimes funny sometimes bit­ter sweet conversation with the audi­ence spoke of the trials of the bat­tered child and the benefits of love over violence.

Before the show Cotton described his music as being "subtly political" which Is apparently a manlfestatlo of his education in political science at

Ohio State University. His song "like a Sunday In Salem" which was about the Mccarthy era of political persecu­tion In the United States told of some of his sixties tlavor political philoso­phy. He described the political and so­cial life of this country during the put few years as being a "disaster". The general attitude he said Is that ''demo­cr.acy Is right, capitalism Ia right and we are always right." " People In more Influential nations," he said, "have to look upon world cltlzenshlp u opposed to nationalism.··

Well, whether you agree with Cot­ton's philosophy or not you can't help but say that his music Is enjoyable. I can only hope that more of his music can be heard and appreciated In the New England area In the future.

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Dylan may tour by Vinnie Ascloti Newspealc staff

The latest romance Is not Linda and Gerry, but Fleetwood Mac vocalist Chnstine McVIe and Beach Boy Den­nis Wilson. McVIe says that she wants to marry Wilson, but the Beach Boy IS still married to Karen Lamm, bul he •s in the process of a divorce settle­ment. McVIe and Wilson have re­portedly been wntlng songs together, and also mulling over the posslbtllty of a duo lp project, wh1ch the twosome dented.

A few sentor cittzens In Denver re­cently showed up at the city's Rainbow Music Hall, thinking that the marquee reading "Fabulous Poodles, $2" was a pet show. The ~pie were shocked whun thetr pet.,ahow was really a new British r()Ct( band smoking away In the hall.

Bob Dylan has been strummtng late­ly with Ketth Richards and the rest of Ron Wood 's New Barbarians. Dylan may end up aocompanylng the band on a couple of tour dates, depending on hts recording schedule. He has fin­ished preliminary material for his new album, and he hopes to start work on his second film, which will start shoot­Ing In January, 1980.

ThMe was a casualty at a recent Roxy Music concert In Blue Bell, Penn-

Woody Allen's best yet

sylvania, when a patron at the eot:acert tried to steal the rare 1957 Gibson gui­tar that Phil Manzanera had used at the concert. A member of the road crew took chase, and tackled the thief However, the guitar smashed to the ground, breaking Into plece~J . It wasn 't even Manzanera's guitar: It belonged to former 10cc guitarist lol Creme.

NRBQ's new album, due out this month, Is entitled Kick Me Hard." The album will contain three live tracks.

Brett Midland Is the new keyboard-1st for the Grateful Dead on Its present East Coast college tour. Midland re­cently toured with Dead guitarist Bob Weir, and also played on Weir 's last solo album.

EJien Foley. who crooned with beefy Meat Loaf on his last album, Is cutting her first solo album for Mr. loaf's Cleveland International label Mean­while, Meat, composer Jim Steinman and company are putting the llnal touches on his successor to "Bat Out Of Hell., .

Bianca Jagger Is suing Rolling Stone Mick Jagger for divorce, land Is asklng for a settlement of over $10 mil· lion.

Aerosmlth Is doing overdubs on Its followup studio lp to the Immensely successful"llve Bootleg" album.

Manhattan by M . Higgins

News-features editor

Manhattan, Woody Allen's latest movie, Ia his belt yet. It combines just the right amounts of comedy and drama for Allen's study of urbanite relationships.

The movie opens with scenea from real life Manhattan set to "Rhapsody in Blue." The photography Is beautiful shot in black and white - actually a multitude of grey tonea.

The people we meet seem normal enough, but their neurosis soon come to light. lauc Cl'/oody Allen) Is 42, a TV comedy writer who hates his well paying job, twice divorced and father of one son and Is presently dating 17 year old Tracy, (Marlal Hemingway.) Tracy Ia the only level headed person In the whole movie. Yale (Michael Murphy) Is lauc's belt friend; happily married to his wife (Anne Byrne) and can not understand why he's having an affair with Mary (Diane Keaton). His wife wants to move out of the city and have kids - a commlttment Yale would rather not make and so he

- squanders hli money on a vintage Porache and prolongs the completion of his O'Neill biography. "I'm from Philadelphia" Mary Is an artsy, ner­vous, cerebral Journalist, and as she says " I'm bright, beautiful, and d• serve better than a married man .. . " And we can not leave out Isaac'• second ex-wife portrayed by Meryl S1reep, who was bisexual before their marriage and emerged a lesbian (tha1 Is some' ego builder. huh?), and 11 working on a gossipy novel about the break-up of their marriage. This book Ia a real threat to Isaac but he Is told by her that It Is a "perfectly honest accoun\ o·t their break·up and that he has nothing to hide." His answer to this Is "Well, I was not the Immoral, psychotic, promlscous one." To even hint at the action that Is to come from the Interaction of these characters would spolllt. Let us suffice to say that It Is full of surprises, and It ends with a twist.

Manhattan Ia now playing at White City Cinema In Shrewsbury. Call the box. off lee for show times.

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ED KING FANS? No huh, well then order your Ed King 1uckl t·•hlrt nowf Get one for mom, dad. Send one ' to your congra11man. Wear It on Sprae Day. Hurry, going fait. A11ortad color~, •In•, 4 bucn. Send nama, phone No. to box 487 for mora Into. Will deliver.

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COLLECTOR pay1 top caah priCM lor all firearms, edg.ct weapona, old document•, and mlllt..-y lmna of all typea.l pay 10.20 percent finders fee. can: 752·5201.

FOR SALE: SAE modal 30 preamp and SAE model 318 power amp. 1 year otd. $350. Kenwood tuner model KT6300. $100. Will .. 11 all for $400. Coo tact WPI BoJt 1504. *ATTENTION Battlntar fans: Cylon ula ~ 11-12 buy two lor the regular price of onty 1200 billion and get one frae. Hurry, quantltln llmltadl

THE WPI 1tage band needa •ax playara. We are under new direction (Rich Falco). Any que1tlon1 contact Ken Helder (Box. 1880). R4thearul at Alden Hall8:00 p.m., Tuesday.

SORRY about the delay, but .•. Congratulatlona and thank• for a gNat party, Hat Man. Hats off from theCLT.

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TWO GWM aealdng companlon8hlp for remainder of achool year, for fun and 1erlou1 relationship. Contact Box 1039 or 1183.

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PLEASE: Help us atop the terrible green 1tupld natural disaster man from dumping canisters of nuclear waste In our rooms. The radiation Ieveii a ao high that we all died 3 days ago. Morgan 323 & 325.

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ANNOUNCING the NAME THE PROFESSOR CONTEST. It hat come to our attention that one P">f. In the CM Dept., Robert W. Thompeon, hit no official nickname and deeiNe one. Send any sugge1tlons to lox 1020. A list of results will be made awallable to thoaelnteNitM.

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ALMOST congratulation• to Kenneth Hand• Helder for almost winning the coveted communter merttu1 award. Ken helped a dlubled blcyclllt 1tranded In the middle of an off ramp on the upra11way on Thur.ctay mor· nlng. The CLT decided that thl1 didn't make up for the re1t of the tim•• he wa• ao obnoxtoua, or for the reaaon fOf hll ongoing new nickname.

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Phantom of the Paradise

" Phantom of the Paradise" (1974, 92' color), starring Paul Williams, Wil­liam Finlay, and Jessica Harper, will be shown at the Worcester Art Mu­seum on Saturday, May 12 at 2 p.m. The film is the laat In the Museum's 1978-79 Saturday science fiction film series.

Written and directed by Brian de Palma, the film borrows plot elements from the Faust .legend, "Phantom ot the Opera, '' and ·'The Picture of Dorian Grey." The evil Swan, played by singer Paul Williams, Is a rock music lmpressarlo who has sold his soul for eternal youth and success In the Industry. Featuring an excellent musical score and bizarre sets, the film blends the horror film, science flc­ttan, and the history of rock music In an unusual and entertaining produc­tion .

Admission Is free for Museum mem­bers, $1 for non-member adults, and 50 cents for children under 14 and adults over 65. Non-members are alao required to pay general Museum admission.

Electronic extr~vaganza

A recital of the electronic music of John P. lamar will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, May 11, at Higgins House on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

The program will include "W.P.I.: A Tone Poem," for live and taped syn­thesizer, with lamar playing synth• aizer and "Variations on Eln' teste Burglat unser Gott,'' for ayntheelzer and tuba and featuring Gary Adama, tuba aololat.

lamar, a sophomore at WPI, Ia a na.. tlve of Caldwell, N.J.

The public Is Invited to the recital. Admission Ia free.

Pub hosts

Sufficiency productions

Appearing first In thla two-part pro­duction will be Daniel (Tree) Robbins who will perform the comic monologue The Night the Bell Fell by James Thur­ber.

Tying the Knot, a two-women show by Patricia Flcoclello and Susan Hoffma, will also be presented. This light comic production Is a collection of scenes which display some usual, some unusual, situations which arise when one falls In love.

Performances will be held In the Goat's Head Pub Saturday, May 12 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 13 at 2 p.m. There will be no admission charge.

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NEWS!fAK TUNCSay, May 1.191.9

orts Trackmen in Easterns

by Fred Rucker Newspeak stall

The Division II and II Track and Field €astern Championship was held at Springfield College this past weekend and WPI was well repre~n· ted. Although not a maJor threat In the overall team championship race, the Engtneers sent a number ol com­petitors to the annual event wh1ch features some of the finest Track and F1eld athletes 1n New England. The following athletes qualified for the meet.

Mark McCabe 79 • Hammer Randy Wheeler 79 • 400 IM Hurdles, 110 High Hurdles John Barghout 79 · Long Jump

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Bruce Jenket 79 • 800 m run David Lesser 80 · Discus. Shot put John Turpin 80 • 3 mile run Russ Murray 79 • 4 x 110 relay Jeff Rosen 80 • 4 x 110 relay, 100m dash Mike Robinson · 4 x 110 relay John Nellon 80 • (Injured) 400 IM and 11 Highs Fred Rucker 81 • 400m dash, mile relay Mark Johnson 81 · 400 IM hurdles Mike Grady 82 • 110 Highs Marty Deluca 82 · 400m dash, mile relay, 4 x 110 relay John Hanly 82 · mile relay Mike Lawrence 82 · m1le relay

When the day was over with the WPI 4 x 110 relay team had earned a

Schlitz Intramural Olympics by Betty Scarborough

While the few KAP brothers not In· olved in other athletic activities were

forced to watched Sleeze and Eat sabotage their way past Lambda Chi In the chariot race , other members from KAP represented WPI 1n the Schlitz Intermural Olymp1cs at Rhode Island Jr. College. These student • athletes placed third 1n a field of 15 teams from throughout New England.

The competion began Saturday morning at the ungodly hour of 8:30 w1th the track competition . Perry Espos1to, John O"Horo, Ray DimUZio, and James Grtlfin placed a shaky 6th In the 880 year relay. Griff lm· mediately left breakfast in the bowl after running a strong 200 yds. of the 220 yd . leg. The rest of Saturday af· ternoon was fi lled wi th victories In the swimming, basketball and volleyball competitions, and things looked good for a fi rst finish with Its accompanlng trip to Fla. (sun and fun

Gri ft ! ) However a free Schlitz beer Saturday night and a derailment party at "train Stoneman 's apartment ruined their plans.

Sunday's 8:30 start as tough, as close losses to eventual champs UMASS In basketball and volleyball In the finals finished off ~P. alo with their unique trammg methods.

in the final event, swimming, the team composed of Mlchard, O'Horo, Molinari and Kuclnkas placed second to a strong RIJC team, which gave KAP third place In the Olympics. A keg wa.s presented to the Kap by a mischievous Brian Renstrom for Its 3rd place, and the lndlspenslble KAP coach was almost arrested for trying to take two third place prizes.

Other team members Included Bob Montagna, Ed Szkutak and Mel Massucco, who had to return h is Bermuda shorts and sun tan lotion. Mel was last seen leaving R.I. mum· bllng, " Next year I'll bring those pur· pie fellows."

forth place finish (44.0), thanks In part to some good solid handoffs. David Lesser and Fred Rucker shared top Individual honors for WPI as Lesser placed 5th In the Discus (1 42 ft .), and Rucker sprinted to a 5th In the 400m dash. The remainder of the WPI hung tough and turned In some solid per· formances. Freshman Mike Grady ran a fast 15.2 in the highs and proved that he's going to be tough to beat In the next few years. John Turpin finished a solid second In 5000m run In his heat but his was the slower heat. The mile relay team composed of 3 freshmen and a sophmore ran a 3:26.1 and was beaten by only one Dlv. Ill team and then just barely so watch out for this Quartet next year. John Barghout, WPI's outstanding

Long Jumper and sprinter was ham· pered by an Injury preventing him from a fine showing. Johnson, Jenket, Deluca, McCabe, and Roen all lust missed making finals In their respective events.

The competition was tough and the Engineers proved that they are cer· talnly one of the top Division Ill track· teams In New England. Coach Nor· cross brought In the line crop of freshman and although Senior losses are big, next years team will feature some fine athletes. The Engineers will hit the Track once more this season In a tough Dual meet with Plymouth State this Tuesday. Hope to see a lot of support for this fine team as the seasons draws to a close.

WPI Tennis ends up on the losing side. ·Leon Droby

Final tally 117 ·28

WPI romps over Trinity by Fred Rucker Newspeak stall

The WPI Trackteam took advantage of a r•ltlvely easy opponent and came away with a 117 to 28 win over Trinity College laat week. After com­Ing off tough meets with MIT and the Coast Guard the Engineers did a num­ber In this meet. As a number of trackmen took It easy In resting up for the Eaaterns, this meet provided the opportunity for Coach Norcroea to look at a number of Freshmen In competl· t lon . There were many good 10lld per­formances In this meet and the win-

nert for the Engineers Included: Mn McCabe In ttM Hammer, David Leeaer In the Shot, Collingwood In the high jump, Mike Grady In the Long Jump and the 120 high hurdles. Fred Rucker In the <WO yd daah, Jeff Rolen In the 100 yd daah, Mark John· eonln the 440 IM hurdlee, John Turpin In the 3 mile run, Bruce Jenket In the 880 yd. run, Bickford In the mile ruo , and both relay teams were winners In thla con teet. Excellent depth added polnta to the Engineers Inflated total. The Engineers will flnlah their regular aeaaon this Tuesday against Plymouth State right here at WPI .

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WPI destrovs Reals, 15·4.

Women's softball on victory route by Beth Martin

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wins, 5losses In recent games. tn the fourth game of the season,

A.J.C. crushed Tech 16-1, allowing only three hits, those by Peg Peter­son, Nancy Convard, and Leslie Knepp. A tight defense was kept, but was not quite enough for the team. Yet this loss did not upset them, as they went on to win the next 5 out of 6 games.

At Ann Marla, pitcher Nancy Con­vard Jed W.P.I. to an 1H> victory, as they blasted 12 hits with only 2 errors. outstanding hitting was gained by Peg " Twinkle-toes" Peterson with 3 hits lrfcludlng a home run and 3 runs batted ln. Janet "Scopp" Hammer­strom, with 3 hits and 3 R.B.I.'s also contributed to the win.

Next, over at Holy Cross, a battle between two hitting teams and the annoying black flies took place. The Cross defeated W.P.I. 12-6, with only three more hits being allowed by Tech Janet Hammarstfom had a

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home run, while Beth " Bonz" Martin had 3 hits and 2 R.B.I 's . Tech played very well, despite the edge given to the Cross by the officiating staff and the bugs.

Once again the team pulled through, as they crushed Brandels13-3. Fourteen solid hits were batted In, with Diane Curren getting 3 hits and 3 R.B.I.'s, Janet Hammerstrom with 2 hits, 2 R.B.I.'s, and Leslie Knepp with 2 hits, 1 R.B.I.

Last Tuesday In league action, a close-knit game was played, with Tech edging Bryant College 4·3. Despite the fact that they out-hit the Engineers by two, both the Infield and outfield were able to hold Bryant scoreless In the last three Innings. Sally Hodgerney, with 2 hits and Michele Giard with 2 hits and 1 R.B.I. led the squad to a well deserved vic· tory.

Thursday, the Tech women destroyed Regis College, with a 15-4 win. Outstanding offense was seen both In the fifth and seventh lnlngs, as five runs were scored In each one. Nancy Convard led the way, with

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three singles, along with Beth Martin having 2 singles and 2 A.B.I.' s. Ex· cellent defense was displayed by catcher Peg Peterson and short·stop Karen " Rico" Dzialo.

The Women's Softball Team currently has two more games before wrapping up Its season. These

remaining games will be played May 8 and May 9, at 4:00, as W.P.I. hoats R.I.C. and Nichols, respectively. The combined efforts of Coach Sue Chapman, assisted by Greg Van Houten, and the team have given W.P.I. a group of players well worth being proud of.

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