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Lecture held on health effects of nuclear plants by Jim Dy•r N•w• •dltor

"Health Effects of Nuclear Technology," a presentation of the Physicians for Soclal Responsibility (PSA), was held In Higgins Labs 109 on Monday, April 13th. Over 60 people at· tended. The presentation, sponeored by the Forum, la the first of a number of PSA lecturea planned for WPI.

The speakers were WPl's Biii Pen· ney, Assistant Professor of Blomedlcal Engineering and Life Sciences; and Or. Thomas Winters of the UMass Medical Center. Penney covered the fuel cycle of a nuclear power plant, while Dr. Win· tera spoke about the effects of nuclear war.

The health effects referred to were those they considered to be adverse.

The nuclear fuel cycle begins In the mines, where Uranium Is obtained. Penney recounted a high Incidence of

lung cancer among the miner•, a rHult of the radon gas oonoentrated there. He etated that the amount of cancers have lowered, as Improved ventilation was provided.

At the other end of the cycle la nuclear waste. Of this, Penney clalma that "spent fuel la always more dangerous than ore." He criticized an opposing statement that was made eariler this year by Energy Research Group president Marc Goldsmith, baaed on a comparison of tons of uranium and tons of spent fuel. Penney finds It more relevant to compare uranium ore with spent fuel.

Where the waste la atored also con· cerns Penna)(. He displayed two graphs of decaying waste radiation levels, over time. The tens of thousands of years required for this radiation to reach a safe level are beyond the modern geologists' abll1ty to predict

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ground movements, he ueerteo. After mining, the ore It Hnt to a mill.

Penney admitted that he waa per· sonally unfamiliar with thlt particular proceea, but he offered the findings of a controverelal study. Thia ttudy ex· plored the health of workers In such a mlll, finding an Increase In tome all· menta end a deaeue In othert. DI ..... of the pancreas, one of the ailments on the Increase, was traced back to the fact that a number of the workers had previously labored In a chemical tac· tory once at the mlll'a location. However, a correlation waa observed between working at the mlll and an In· crease In multiple myaloma.

Penney then examined aome of the controversy surrounding the lnfor· matlon on health effects of the ac· cldent at Three Mlle Island. He first dlaplayed statistics on the Infant death rate In the surrounding area (In a ten

mlle radlua, excluding Harrlaburg), that were provided by the Penn1ylvanla Public Health Department for the pet1od from April to September In 1979. The rate was 15.7 deaths per 1000, aa oppoted to 13.3 per 1000 tor thereat of the state.

Gordon McCloud, a former director of this department, Independently provided his own 1tatlstlca. Penney displayed these, which compared the death rate from prevloua years In the same area. The flguree Indicated that the particular area In question had a elgnlflcantly lower Infant death rate than the state's average. For example, In a five-mile radius around Three Mlle laland, the rate waa 8.7 per 1000 In 1977, 2.3 per 1000 In 1978 and 18.2 per 1000 In 1979; after the accident. Mc· Cloud had also pointed out !neon· slatenclea In the Department's figures;

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Se~ond In the 'Technology Serles'

Turkish businessman brings 'recipe' by Jim Dy•r N•ws editor

Mehemed Arif Demlrer, the long. awaited second speaker In the lecture eertea on Technology and Developing Nations, presented an economic recipe he feels ls a workable model for countries like hie own, Turkey. Speak· Ing In Klnnlcutt Hall on April 28th, Demlrer visited this country for the first time to otter a viewpoint he termed "controversial."

In fact, he said, 95 percent of all publications oppose him.

btems of agriculture. These In tum also Incite unemployment and Inflation, which ultimately lead to potltlcal ln­etablllty and mllltaty lnterlentlon.

"It la generally believed that upbring­ing the technological level can help towards finding aolutlone." Thus Oemlrer considers the laauea of aolv· Ing problems and selecting technology as particularly Intertwined.

The foundation of AOC economies la the export of agriculture. Oemirer has a position on this, but he Indicated llttle support for this among his peers. He Is

not hopeful for the export of agricultural products In their original state, du. to compllcatlona and ex· penae Involved In tranaportatton of such ltema. Thus, he concludes, In­dustrial transformation of these pro- r ducts la a must.

Exporting In general Is critical to ADC'a, according to Demlrer. He typifies an 'Idle capacity' In these countries, and proposes that this capacity be turned to export. Another export problem Is that poor quality threatens competltlveneea, he said, as

aamplee of Turkish envelopes were passed ~ut. Without the technology, he continued, ROC's would continue to

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Demlrer defined the 'Rich Develop­ing Country' (ADC) as one with a GNP In the range of $8 to S52 mllllon. To these he applied the experience of his own land, as he feels they have "the same type of volume and Income as Turkey.''

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by Debbi• All.,, AHOCl•te editor

Recently, Robert Bean, a Junior at WPI, cut a record to fulfill his auf· flclency. The Idea for this project came from his rock band at his home In Goshen, New York. He and hie brother have wdtten aeveral eonga. Their band wea becoming popular, even though they played only during th• summer. For eJCample. they won a battle of the band• contest over 9 other bands at a night club In Middletown, New York, and took a flret prize of $600. Their songs were popular, eo he decided to make a record for the fun of It and fulfill hie sufficiency at the same time. He was advised by Professor David McKay, and the aufflclency was done 1/6 A-term and 1/6 C-term. The record· Ing wu done at Far and Away Studios In Chester, New York over In·

Of such countries, there Is the Issue of the transfer of technology. And of this, he outlined three Interlinked discussions that he feels are not reaching enough non-technical people. These are, that RDC'e have common problems, that they all must decide how to solve these problems, and that they must decide what technology to select In doing so.

First, he addressed the common pro­blems of the ROC's. Referring to a leaflet that was distributed through the room, he gave a graphic model of these problems. At the root of everything Is an Increase In population; as well as directly causing unemployment and In· flatlon, this also triggers problems of Industry, energy Insufficiency, and pro-

Graduating seniors have left vacan· clee on all five academic committees with student representation. TheH groups are responsible for moat of the major policy revlalona WPI und81'goea during the year. Nominations for the committees outlined below are now open.

The Committee on Academic Polley la reeponelble for making recommen· datlona regarding the direction and goals of undergraduate education. Consisting of two deans, six faculty and two students, the members review admlaalon and financial aid pollclea, and the degrH requirements to thla end.

The Committee on Academic

Select the gargoyle of the year on page 3.

Operations aleo consists of two deans, alx faculty and two students. Aecom· mendat1on1 concerning couraea, projects, and general program• are made by th la group to the faculty. Petitions for exceptions to the established regulations are also acted upon.

The Committee on Student Advising la responsible for the continuing development ot the student advisory and counMllng program•. The three deans, six faculty, and two 1tudents who compose thla committee review extracurricular activities and the residential advising system, making recommendation• for change as ap·

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NEWSPEAK Tuffday, May 5, 1h1

Success reflects motivation and organization

Two events which took place this week show such a distinct contrast that they deserve an analysis Into their organization. Event one took place on Monday and ..,,as so called "Spree Day". Event two was this past weekend and was so called "The Wonderful World of Whoop le". The relative success of each one can be based on two merits: first the motlva· tlon of the organizers of the events and second the amount of student sup· port each received. •

J.P. weekend was carefully thought out and well planned. The J.P. com· mlttee started looking for help all the way back In B term. Efforts were well coordinated with the Social Committee and Lens and Lights. Furthermore, student Input played a major role In determining the theme for the weekend. Due to recent criticism, the chairmen made a wise decision to have an entertainer rather than a comedian which has often been a sour part of many night clubs on this campus. In general, the preparations for J.P. was a two way process between the organizers and the participants.

In contrast Spree Day was another story. Because of the long process of dealing with the PAC, planning for the day could not begin until D term. Then the restricted format of the day compounded with the time con· stralnts choked the creativity of the organizers on this campus. Little time for student Input was available. The day was held simply to get the abortion over with and the lack of student support was evidence of this tact. On the other hand, those students who did make a commitment for security and OAKA help, did show up. However, few people entered what looked like a concentration camp. Imagine what the campus visitors thought!

The point Is that the key to the success of an event Is student support. Yet, support takes alot of time and effort to drum up. It was unreasonable to expect the campus leaders to pull Spree Day out of a hat In a few weeks, especially when the PAC had the back door wide open through C term.

There Is no argument that Spree Day In Its 1980 form should never be repeated on this campus. But now that the students have shown that they can be responsible and live bands can play on the quad without a massive Influx of outsiders, get organized for next year now.

The last Issue of Newspeak for the 1980·81 school year wlll be published on May 12, 1980. All are reminded that Saturday afternoon Is the deadline for all material.

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(ETTERS Creativity stopped at Spree Day To the Editor:

I approached the Wonderful World of Whoople on Friday morning, May 1st and was greeted by many brightly, col· ored balloons! How festive, I thought!

It's too bad that Spree Day Isn't as festive. There'd be a lot less drunks, and frlsbles to watch out for whlle crossing the quad If Spree Day was a more festive celebration. There's so much creativity on campus to pick and choose from that Spree Day can be turned Into a good time. There's the Arts Colloquium (even though I didn't participate In It this time, I really feel that It shows that WPI students are " well-rounded," creative, and artsy ·­contrary to popular belief). Then, the JP

weekend has many fun and festive things to do. But, Spree Day has been chopped and cut to a point that all the students can do Is drink Into oblivion. I don't think that this was the original plan.

If I were an outsider and came onto the campus and Dean So and So told me this was Spree Day, I'd wonder about the Innovation this lnstltutl<>n boasts about. Why, WPI could have balloona, clowns, jugglers, mlmlsts, bazaar booths, costumed parades. It could be a tot of good, clean, legal, In· expenalve fun. Where's the creativity on thla campus? It sllps away on Spree Day.

Melanle A. Lajoie

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Th• edlton reMne the right to edit tetten foroorNCt punctuation and apetlno. Lener. to the editor are due by Noon on tM llturday prec.dlng publlcetlon.

Send them to WPI Box 2472 or brtnt ltMm to the Nftll,,..k office, Riiey 01.

plACEMENT iNf O

Placement continues Graduating Seniors who are stlll

looking for jobs should remain In touch with OGCP throughout the summer months. Many opportunities are still available and new leads continue to come Into the office. It would be helpful If you are without a position when June comes around to regl11er with OGCP. A new resume and summer address should be placed on flit.

Graduation ticket pollcy This will be the policy for the 1081

May 30th Commencement. 1. Five tickets per graduating Senior,

Masters and Ph.D. candidate. Verlflca· tlon (not verified mean• you may not participate) of degreed candldatH wlll be by the Registrar's Office.

2. Tickets can be obtained only at Of· flee of Graduate and CarMr Plana •• of Monday, May -4. Tlck1t1 mu1t bt picked up by Friday, May 15th (Invite· tlons are avallable at the Hmt time). Graduate students can pick up their tickets at the Continuing Education Of· flee.

3. If additional ticket• art dtalrtd by any graduate - leave name and extra number wanted. A lottery will bt held Tuesday, May 19th for dlatrlbutlon of extra tickets.

4. If you don't need your allotted tickets It would be appreciated If you would tell OGCP. TheH would be put Into the lottery drawing.

5. You must pick up your own tickets (no others) by May 15th. After that date the unused tickets wlll go to the lot· tery.

6. If you receive ticket• but ere unable to graduate - pleaM return them to OGCP for reissue.

7. Remind famlly and frlende that ad·

mleslon at the door Is by ticket only. Questions about this policy should

be directed to 8111 Trask, Director of OGCP.

Summer Jobs for Juniors

Summer jobs are still available for juniors In the disciplines of mechanical and electrical engineer· Ing. Interested students should see Biii Trask In placement Immediately.

Senior survey

The Office of Graduate and Career Plans le Interested In obtaining lnfor· matlon from every member of this year's class as to your plans after graduation. The Information was used to establlsh trends such as starting salary, geographical preferences and other useful data that you might not care about. Please come Into OGCP and pick up a form to llst all your offers whether or not the company recruited on campus this year.

Relocation service

OGCP Is offering a new service for graduating seniors and juniors who wlll be relocating for either a perma· nent or summer job. Bulletin board space has been made available so that those who are relocating can post In· dex cards by their new location. The board should be checked frequently to remain up to date. By relocating with another person one can greatly cut the Initial costs of setting up an apart· ment.

SocCoMM pREViEws

Saturday will be a big night at the pub. We have combined entertained from the band Mantraz with the always popular Helnlken night. Mantraz Is an extremely popular Southern rock band from Saratoga, New York thet just recently announced a pending record

deal with Charlie Daniels as producer. They feature outstanding renditions of many Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker, and Outlaws tunes. Be sure to drop by from 8:30 to 12:30 and enjoy top quallty Southern rock with the special stock of Helnlken and prizes.

TuHday, May 15, 1811 NEWSPEAK PaoeS

Rejection letters are in bloom by Tom Nicolosi Features editor

Among other things, Spring la the time of year for blooming flowers, wed· dings, and looking for a Job. Each year at this time millions of college students from all over the world are looking for some way to occupy their summers and at the same time make enough money to go back to school and take It easy for another nine

In March the answers start coming. How many anewers you receive depends dlrectly on the number of let· ters you send out and on how many SASE's you send with them. Usually the first answers that you get will be " return to sender's". These are the same letters that you have sent out stamped In red Ink with "LEFT NO FORWARDING ADDRESS RETURN TO SENDER." This not only means that

bull sltoTs months.

To most people finding a summer Job to make good money Is something of a llfe and death matter. It Is the dlf· ference between staying In school and getting a real Job Ilka everybody else In the world

Even though the thought of work Is most frightening to summer vacation­ing college students they still go about the laborlous task of seeking employ· ment. This task usually starts In January for the really Industrious among us and consists of typing up a form letter and resume. The hard part Is then malling out this stuff. Eighteen cents a crack and twice as much If you really are Insecure and send a self ad· dressed, stamped envelope (SASE). And then you wait.

you did not get the job but also that the address that you got from the bulletin board at OGCP was a mess.

In a few more weeks you start get· ting the real answers to the resumes that you sent out. At first you are ex· cited when you see your SASE In your mall box, but this goes away as soon as you open the letter. It seems that every rejection letter starts out the same way:

Thank you for your Interest In our company, but ..... They always start out really good and then they always throw In that but. We would really like to give you a job but. We are so glad that you wrote to us but. We are Impressed with your quallflcatlons but. But. But you Just wasted a stamp ... A good rule of

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Gargoyle of the year A special committee of faculty and

students has rocked the campus by electing Professor Cliff Petrovich to be "Gargoyle of the Year." Given an· nually, the prestigious prize confers on a plllar of the faculty the ultimate award for teaching and research, a valuable portfolio of blue chip stocks. In hospital awaiting an operation for gallstones when he heard the news, the profe11or was petrified, clalmlng that he was unaware he stood head

"RockY" la his favorite film, while he stlll reads l.F. Stone's journalistic gems admlrlngly.

After a stint with the Peace Corps In Gibraltar, and after doing some solid research at the Rockefeller lnatltute, the professor Joined the WPI faculty. Hoping eventually to go west, he In· tends to retire to Boulder, Colorado, with a WPtrocklng chair.

Professor Petrovich claim• that the greatest problem facing society today

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and shoulders above the rest of the faculty.

la acid rain. For years, he confeased, It has been eating away at him. As the New speak at a ff, ground down by the long Interview, left the professor's of· flee. he confided that he had only one ambition left In life - to klH the Bier· ney Stone.

Newspeak wishes to acknowledge the cooperation of the following Gargoyle committee members: Mequarry, Puetra. John1tone, Sand and Hardy Granite.

by Jim Dyer News editor

If we want democracy to work, we must have a well-Informed constltuen· cy No Ifs, ands or buts. A well· Informed constituency derives Itself from adequate education and accurate Information.

I'd write about education, but that happens to be Terrel Bell's depart­ment. Bell, recall, demonstrated his

least, some of It - exists to serve the people.

But It db81n't, I once read about an analysts of the

Wall Stre.t Journal that revealed that 60 percent ot Its content at one point came from corporate public relations offices. not counting ads. Did you know that the New York TimH, the supposed pinnacle of Journalism, had a habit of embedding the word "Hit" In

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commitment to an equally educated electorate by putting a freeze on all federal flnanclal aid prb<:esslng,

So I'll write about the "accurate In· formation" aide of the democracy coin, being one Involved In the process by which Information is passed along. Considering the magnitude of Impor­tance this has, one can only conclude that we're In deep trouble.

Time magazine clalms In Its ads to be the major source of news for the 1 American public. If we assume this to be true. we are attributing to the ads a quality that does not exist, In ap­preciable amount, within the articles.

Example: Pick up Just about any Issue of Time since the last election. You'll find repeated allusions to Ronald Reagan's "landslide victory." It seems that everytlme someone writes about Reagan's program for aomethlng­or-other, some mention Is made about a "landslide victory." I don't know about you, but I define a majority as 50 percent plus 1; so my definition of "landsllde" Ilea a wee bit above the 51 percent of the vote that elected our fearless leader.

If the media's Intent la to portray the truth, why are we being led to belleve that a man who won the votes of 26 per­cent of all eligible voters Is the most popular thing to come along since Mom's apple pie?

The major premise of democracy Is that government exists to serve the people. Since continued accountability of our public servants Is necessary to Insure that the public Is served, It follows that the media - at the very

QO war photos during Vietnam to lure the reader to their otherwise boring. looking paper?

Lumping sex and war together at an unconscious level doesn't help anyone trying to make objective decisions about war.

The media overwhelmingly acts to serve Itself. Anything gets printed If it will sell, It S881f'S. And In order to sell as many (ssuea as possible, they tend to water down ottendlng controversy (unlen lt'I exciting) and emphasize what their sales staff says wlll appeal to as many of a very heterogeneous public as possible - this usually means sex.

Aside from a built-In bias towards existing power structures that such coverage encourages, there remains Input from the structures themselves. This puts public and private agents In control of the very means by which we are to Judge them byl Isn't that nice?

What doesn't get Included la aa Im· portant as what 18.Whna ~an was recovering from an aasaaalnatlon at· tempt, he led a dual existence. Part of him was In the hospital, the rest, spread all over front pages and tv screens . El Salvador, where many don't get a chance to recover each day, was pushed back to page 86 If anywhere. It's understandable that Newapeak, with an 8-page Issue budget, can't cover everything It should; but what ex­cuse can a professional paper offer?

Of all the things that have been ex­.eluded, there's one thing that I would love to know: whatever happened to the Laffer curve?

Engineers again get highest starting salarlea (CPS) - Once again, engineering

grads - especially petroleum engineers - are the most likely to get the highest starting aalarlea In the Class of 1981.

Recent surveys document Class of '80 petroleum engineers did better than any of their peers. attracting av•age starting salaries of $26,224. The figure

represents a 10 percent Increase over 1979 levels. Chemical engineers' start· Ing salaries jumped even more - 12.3 percent - to $24,276 In 1980.

They wlll probably do better this year. Starting salaries In the 11 engineering flelde surveyed by the Col· lage P.lacement Council Jumped eight

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Always at home In the classroom, spouting forth while buttreHlng hie arguments, he has Introduced hun· dreds of students to module couree1 constructed from blocka of material. Wiiiing to stick his neck out, In recent years he has become bolder and bolder while teaching. Some etudente find him so hard In class, they eu1pect he has a heart of atone. De1pltt his reputation u a demanding tHcher, Professor Petrovich has carved out a niche for himself on campus, even when hie most Incomprehensible court· es have gone over llke a ton of brick• with some students. When aaked about hie opinion of atudent1 today, he replied that too many got atoned and were going down the drain.

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Known for stonewalling any In· vestlgatlon Into the quality of hie reHarch, Professor Petrovich reacted to question• about his scholarly ac· tlvltles with a stony·faced 1llenc1. However, stlll bathing In tha glory of the Gargoyle award, he maintained hie composure. Clearly, the prizewinner behavea cooly when backed up against awali.

In his office filled with bric-a-brac, only a atone's throw from the center of the campus, NewspHk asked Professor Petrovich about hie childhood and early career. Speaking fondly of his solld upbringing, he recalled how his father had worked In a gravsl pit, hitting rock-botton In the Depression. Hie finely chiselled featuree broke Into a emlle as he claimed to be a chip off the old block. As a youth he llked to hang around with the boys and listen to rock music. Popular at parties. and never a wallflower. he loved to dance. His favorite song Is stlll "Rock around the Clock," and he has always admired the Aockettea. Newspeak discovered that

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CAMpl15 CApsulEs Q & A follows PSR lecture

by Jim Dyer News editor

A: It's much more active than It Is here. It got real big, real quick. It started with physicians Informing the public (the same tactic used by PSR) and the public took It a step ahead. IQP exhibits

Three students have IQP profects on dlsplay In the Gordon Library this month. " Aesthetics of Energy" by David Kaplan and Eric Rosenkrantz can be seen In the llbfary vestibule; Jeff Labuz' "Production of an Animated Cartoon" ls on the first floor.

Chorale The Second Annual Pops Concert by

the WPI Women's Chorale wlll be held Wednesday evening at 7:30 In Higgins House under the direction of Malama Robbins. In addition to chorale singing, there wlll a number of special performances by lndlviduata members. The concert la free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

ASME schol•rshlps winner

Michael J . laasongna, '82, has received one of six $1,000 scholarships given throughout the country by the American Society of Mechanical Engine«• Auxiliary. Mike la president of Theta Chi fraternity.

ESSC award

ECSC First Plactt In Chttmfstry was awarded to physics major Wllllam R. Christian ·e1 at the 35th Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conferences for his written paper entitled "Origin of the Anomalous Triplet Stale Properties of Xanthones". The paper was based on his MOP research carried out under the direction of Prof. Robert Connors of the chemistry department.

tn earning this award, Christian con· tlnues the winning tradition that has brought WPI chemistry MOP students five first place and three second place awafda during the past six years. Btll also contlnuee a famlly tradition - hls broth« Paul and Paul's wife Lalma (Paullukonls) each won similar awards In 1973and 1an,reepectlvely.

Micro Seminar The WPI Microcomputer Soelety

presents a micro seminar on "The LISP Machine", A higher leYel language based personal computing ayatem by Mr. Howard Cannon of Symbolics, Inc. Topics Include: Brief Intro to LISP, Hardware Design Phllosophy, Oetalls of Implementation, Interactive System, Network LISP System. To be held on May 6, 1981 at 7:30 p.m., George C. Gordon Library Seminar Room.

All are Invited to attend the first meeting of this newly formed ~ganlzatlon. New members are welcome.

WAG meeting The Women's Awareness Group

(WAG) Is holding Its second organlzatlonal meeting Monday, May 11 at 8:00 p.m. In Higgins Laba Student Lounge. Materials wlll be collected for a proposed pamphlet for freshman women.

WAG fllm The Women's Awareness Group

(WAG) presents "Killing Ua Softlf', a film and dlacuaalon about advertising Thursday, May 7 at 7:00 p.m. In HL 109 laaues Include the exploitation ol aexuallty, the stereotyping of sex roles, the objectification of women, the con· troveray of "Ideal bearuty" and the glorification of violence against women. Olacuaalon wlll be led by Pam Wright, an expert In this area.

Sigma XI lecture

Prof. M. Manning of MIT wlll dellver the annual aprlng lecture this after· noon at four o'clock In tht Seminar Room of the Gordon Library. He wlll speak on "Alternatlve Approaches for Space Craft Lift Support Syatema". All faculty and atudenta are Invited to at· tend . Refreshmenta wlll be served at 3:30. . . . . . ..... .

Concert

Three WPI musical groups - the Brass Choir, Jazz Ensemble and Stage Band - will perform In a concert on Wednesday, May 6 at 8:00 p.m In the Wedge. This concert wlll be simllar to a joint performance by the three groups last fall .

The program will Include Richard Maltby's ' 'Ballad for Brass and Percus· sion", for which the rhythm section from the Jazz Ensemble will combine with the Brass Choir.

Graduation tickets

Due to the unusually large graduating class this year, a great number of people are expected to at· tend Commencement ceremonies on May 30. Therefore, each WPI staff member may request one ticket whether or not helahe plans to march In the procession . The reason la to make extra tickets available for the graduates' famllles. Obtain ticket from Bill Trask by Friday, May 15.

TA award

In recognition of a Job well done, the winner will receive a cash award along with a suitable plaque. Nominations may be submitted by students and faculty to Prof. Robert Peura (BE) no later than today.

Chem. Eng. Colloquium

Next Monday morning, Or. Kenneth C. Hou wlll soeak on "Membrane Technology - Formation and Ap· pllcatlons" In Goddard Hall. Or. Hou Is research director of AMF·Speclalty Materlala Group. The program Is co· sponsored by the chemistry depart· ment.

SIM graduation

Thlrty·three students representing 22 Central Massachusetts companies will graduate from WPl's School of In· dustrial Management at ceremonies in Kinnicutt Hall at six o'clock this even· Ing. A soclal hour and dinner wlll follow at Higgins House. President Cranch will replace the scheduled speaker, former SIM director Or. Albert J. Schwieger, who recently suffered a heart attack. Or. Cranch wlll be assisted by WPI Trustee M. Howard Jacobson In awarding the certificates.

When PSR ended Its dual lecture, 51 of the audience remained for a ques· tlon and answer session. What follows la a summary of that session.

Q: What Is your opinion on the neutron bomb?

A: It's over.rated. Its most effective and least expensive use 1s to bomb tanks, but this can be overcome by spacing tanks further apart .

O: What would you recommend as an engineer's approach to the Issue of nuclear arms?

A: They should call for a freeze on such weapons. Grassroots groups should raise the public's con· sclousness on this Issue. A coalition should develop between these groups. Communities should initiate bills to limit arms production, defering weapon spending to Jobs with peace. All Individuals with the ablllty to are responsible to face this issue.

Q: How is a unilateral arms freeze (Involving the US only) possible?

A: That's not what we want. We seek a unilateral Initiative for bilateral dlsar· mament (Involving both the US and the USSR), which we hope leads to mullllateral disarmament. Of 20 Soviet physicians contacted on this matter, all expressed support. The Soviets lost 20 mllllon people In World War II; they fear war more than we do.

Q: What about the European move· ment opposing nuclear arms?

a: What are the economics of con· vertlng the workplaces of the nuclear arms Industry to other uses?

A: A Cambrldge·based group, Jobs With Peace, are the best source for that Information. The nuclear arms In· dustry Is capital mtenslve, thus limiting the potential tor Jobs that would be available if some other In· dustry were in the area. II the new in· dustry were able to match the skills and tools the workers have to their business, as well as lnc•ease employ. ment, labor wll l benefit. There has been a trend In labor towards Jobs without nuclear technology.

Q: Whlle discussing these effects of nuclear technology, let's not lose sight of the beneficial effects of it. There Is no safer way of reaping the benefits of electrical energy than to use nuclear power.

A: The argument for safety usually centers on the power plants themselves. The hazard Is greater In the mines and by the mill taliings, areas that are usually overlooked.

Q: What alternatives do you offer to retain the benefits of electrical energy?

A. 30 percent of the energy we used could be saved If a system of conserve· tlon and retrofitting were applled. Nuclear power supplies 30 percent of

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Senior Resident. Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center.

The talk Is free and will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 1981, at 7;30 p.m. In Dining Rooms B & C at the University of Massachusetts Medlcal Center.

WAM summer classes

Registrations are now being accep· ted for all summer adult and youth art claases at the Worcester Art Museum. The museum's Education Department offers a wide range of both studio and art history courses for adults on a con· tlnulng education basis. As In past summers, the museum wlll also offer two-week sessions of Art Unlimited Youth Art Classed during July and August. Adult and youth art programs presented by the museum's Education Department are not affected by recent· ty announced changes In the ad·

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For youth art claaaea at the mueeum, llmlted scholarahlp asalstance Is available. Scholarahlpe are made poaalble by a generous grant from the Greater Worcester Com· munlty Foundation, Inc.

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Rugby football wins Providence College tourney The recently formed WPI Rugby Club

had Its finest outing so far on Satur­day, April 25, winning a tournament held at Providence College as a benefit for the American Cancer Society. The other teams Involved In the tourney were Brown University and Providence College, both of which lost to WPI by

of the backs was very effe<:tlve with dependable movement of the ball out to the wing three-quarters. This was combined by ready support on both sides of the winger wblch Providence College slmply could not contain. Marking and tackling on defense were again superb and by the end of the

-spORTS very impressive margins. Brown was never In the game against WPI and the first WPI try was scored within the first minute of play. When the game was finally over, a dazed Brown team left the field on the short end of a 52-0 score. All aspects of the WPI play were fast, powerful, and very tightly organiz­ed. The eight forwafds were Invincible, pushing Brown back off the ball on every ruck and maul. The WPI back play was equally awesome with spllt­second passing and strong and often break·away running. In addition the for­wards contributed some very powerful ball carrying resulting In an attack that Brown could never control. Mike Con­nell connected on a number of difficult conversions. The WPI defense was ex­ceptionally tight with all Brown players covered at all times and repeated very hard. fast tackles. The game was a magnificent team effort with outstand­ing play at all fifteen positions

In the tournament final WPI took on a big, fast Providence College team and emerged with an Impressive 26-0 victory. WPI again combined the Ingre­dients of good play which had worked so well against Brown. Well coor­dinated teamwork by the forwards won the ball repeatedly In scrums, rucks, and mauls. Running by the backs and forwards was very strong. The passing

afternoon the two major collegiate sides In Providence had learned a dramatic lesson about the quallly of WPI rugby

Earller In the afternoon the WPI B side played the Providence College A side and although the WPI B's lost they gave a strong team performance, par­ticularly In the second hall. The club was very appreciative of a number of fans who traveled to Providence to watch their team In a steady cold driz­zle. WPl's record for this season now stands at 4·1 with previous victories against Harvard and Holy Cross and a loss to Babson. The aggregate of points scored this season Is 154-27 In WPl's favor. Games remaining this season are on Saturday, May 2 at Newport, RI, and Saturday, May 9, at Tufts.

The WPI Rugby Club has become a very cohesive group both on and off the fleld. A full schedule Is planned for this fall of which the highlights are a tour nament In Worcester with Worcester Rugby Club, Albany Old Green and UMass and a weekend trip to the White Mountains ot New Hampshire to play Plymouth State. In the more distant future Is a planned tour to Great Brl· taln, the birthplace of rugby, In January, 1983. The club extends a warm welcome to new players and fans who would like to Join in September.

Crew wins Davenport Cup The crew completed their regular

season this past Saturday at the New England Championships. The star boat Is the Junior varsity crew, with an In­dividual record of 4-0 and a third place at the New Engtands. The varsity 8 finished fifth after a 1-3 regular season, losing to Holy Cross In the City Cham· plonshlps by 3 seconds and beating Coast Guard for the Davenport Cup. The freshman 8 finished sixty at the

New Englands after a 1-3 season. The women's novice 8 won the city cham­pionships and finished fourth at the New Englands after a 1-2 season. The women's 4 finished their season as ci­ty champions with a 2-1 season. The frosh four finished 0·2 on the season. The DadVall Intercollegiate champion­ships are In Phlladelphla this weekend. The crew Is looking forward to bringing home medals.

Baseball splits two The WPI baseball team spilt last

week. They lost to Bates College 12-8 last Sunday and beat Suffolk on Thurs­day 10-7. In the losing effort on Sunday, Mike Valiton collected four hits and three RBl's and Al Carpenter had two hits and four RBl's. Jack Breen started and took the loss.

Meanwhlle, Thursday was a different

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percent In just the last six months. In other fields, the placement coun­

cil found that computer science grads drew the highest starting salaries, averaging $19,968.

A similar survey prepared by the Michigan State University Placement Service In December Indicated an average salary of only $20,650 for chemical engineers, and put petroleum

CONE CASTLE

story. The Engineers banged out eight· een hits, five were for extra bases. Jack Holzman went the distance strlk· Ing out thirteen Suffolk scored three runs In the top of the ninth making the game seem closer than It really was. The next home game Is today against Tufts at 3:00.

engineers a notch below that. Lowest on the list of wage-earners were social science maJors, who will receive an estimated average of $12,970 and teachers, who will get $12,672 for their work next year.

Average starting salary for all 1981 graduates wlll exceed $15,000, accord· Ing to MSU's survey of business, government agencies, and educational Institutions.

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proprlate. The Faculty Awards Committee Is

responsible for determining the recipient of the teacher of the year award and various other honors. The six faculty and two student members review nominations from alumni, faoulty and students In determining eliglblllty.

The Financial Aid Committee aids In determining the criteria by which awards are made. lta membership varies.

These positions give students a vocal voice In many major policy decisions. All committees meet for up to an hour weekly or blweekly as af· fairs demand. There la no homework. Complaints about the death of spree day and tuition hikes are rampant. Do something about ltl Send nominations and correspondence to John Cortese, Box #896.

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ployee, and poaslbly a disgruntled one. Penney next turned his attention to

plutonium. Plutonium, which can be used In nuclear weapons, Is produced In nuclear power plants. He cited 501 cases of exceas plutonium found on topsoil by Cart Johnson. By examining Incidence of cancer In surrounding areas, Johnson concluded that a correlation existed. Penney supported this conclualon.

700 pounds of plutonium was released In the air during nuclear weapons testing, claims Penney. He then cited an Increase In leukemia among Inhabitants of Utah (site of the testing) who were children of the ages 5 to 15 at the time.

Next to speak was Dr. Tom Winters. Dr. Winter termed the proliferation of nuclear weapons - which he at­tributes to the avallablllty of fuel trom nuclear reactors - as "a threat to human survlval that's unprecedented ... He observes a resurgence of this prollferatlon propeled by scientists and polltlctans. He feels that the responalblllty lies with someone to counter this resurgence, and "If It doesn't Ile with us, then we're pursuing the last epidemic."

Dr. Winters then presented his lee· ture on a physician's view of nuclear arms expansion. Newspeak has covered this lecture before, and a synopsis of tt can be found on page four of our Issue last April 7th. A com· parlson was tacked on to ttie end of this lecture:

"We're rnovlng away from health, we're moving away from human needs," he claimed. He then cited that 6 hours of the arms race required ex· pendlturee equaling the amount devoted to the eradication of smallpox. One day of the arms race, he said, coats enough to have run the World Health Organization.

As for nuclear war, he otftirs, "prevention la our only recourse."

NEWSPEAK Tueeday, May 5, 1881

Netmen on the comeback by John Mar

Photography editor WPl's varsity tennis team won three

straight matches this week. Starting tast Monday, the team slaughtered 'SUffolk 8-1 . This victory was a gift since Suffolk forfeited five out of the nine matches. The only positions played were the top three singles and the top doubles team. Suffolk's only victory came at the expense of Mark Beers. Beers, who has the dubious distinction of being the team's top seed, Is two and five for the season. Joe Mackoul, playing at number two singles, breezed by Dave Mahoney, 8-1 , 8-0. Dave Wiibur. moving up to the n~mber three position, easily overcamei..Mark Mac· Donald 8-2, 8-1 . In the rtnal earned vie· tory, the Captain's team of Ron Cor· teae and Lester Birenbaum positively struggled to edge past Mahoney and MacDonald 8-3, 8-1.

On TUMday, WPI worked a little harder to defeat Nichols 8-1 . Beers and Greg Durand, atlll the top two seeds, virtually slept through their victories. Their scores were 8-1, WI and 6-3, &-0, rupectlvely. Again at third singles, the Sultan of Spin, Joe Mackoul defeated Adam Barmaklan 8-2, 8-2. Dave Wiibur, ptaylng fourth, pounded out a 8-0, 7-5 win ewer Ben Bhrldge. TM Captain's 1pllt matchn. Aon Cortese mastered

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Dave Diamond 6·4, 6·2. Lester Biren· b1um, however, only nearly won by a score of 7·5, 7-6. He maintains his was. the token match given to Nichols so that they wouldn't feel so bad on the way home. In doubles, Beers and Durand goofed and lost the first set 5-7, but realized their error In time to win the latter two aeta 6-2. 6-2.

Finally, Thursday's match against Assumption proved to be closer than expected. Beers again found the enemy too tough to match, going down 6-3, 6-0. Greg Durand and Juan Cabar· cos, going strong at two and three reapectlvely, both remained steady and dependable with straight set victories. Joe Mackoul, who along with Dave Wiibur, remains one of the only un· defeated players this week spilt sets 6-4, 4-6, but tired his opponent In the process, and clinched the fln1I set 6-3. Awesome Wiibur allowed his opponent only three games In their entire match; he won 6-1 , 6-2. Ron Cortese also spilt the first two sets with Jim Nadar 4-6, 6-4, but unfortunately lost the final set 6-1. Beers and Durand, forming the superb doubles team as predicted, conquered their opponents 8-3, 6-1 .

WPI hae only one more match for their season. They travel to AIC on Thursday.

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Oemlrer then referred to what he consldere 'the real solution.' The fun· damental strategy he proposes for ROC'a Is to Increase lnduatrtal export Income. This, he saya, wlll lead to bet· ter aelectlon and acquisition of technology. He criticized a viewpoint embodied In the work of British economist Schumacher, which advices local production for local consump­tion.

Thia view, he stated ~as based on Gandhian economic principles and was publlshed before the oll shock of 1973.

Demlrer has written that developing countries "find themselves at a great dlaadvant1ge over their competitors In the world market ... who are able to pro· duce more rationally, optimise the benefits of large-scale production and modern competitive technology." Because of the "Increased burden of Imported energy," he considers Schumacher's viewpoint outdated.

The 'recipe' Oemlrer proposes Is the acquisition of competitive technology. This technology Is now "In transna· tlonal hands," that Is, the domain of multinational corporations. RDC's, he concludes, must negotiate with these if they wish to develop.

NEWSPEAK TueedeJ, llaJ I, 1111

wltAT's ltAppENiNG

Tuesday, May 5 Varsi ty Basketball vs. Tufts, 3:00 p.m.

Recital by students and faculty, J.S. Bach, Haydn, Dvorak, In Fen­wick music library. Holy Cross College, 4:00 p.m.

A Bomb on Worcester: The Medical Consequences and Response to a Nuclear Attack." PSR lecture by Dr. Donald J. Belmont at 7:30 p.m. In Dining Rooms Band C at UMass Medical Center.

Wednesday, May 6 WPI Protestant Fellow ship . Lunch, prayer and discussion. Religious Center 11 :30 a.m. Sponsored by area churches.

Thursday, May 7 " Killing us Softly" Film and discussion presented by the Women's Awareness Group at 7:00 p.m. In Higgins Labs 109.

Coffeehouse Entertainment, Wedge, 9:00 p.m .

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thumb la that any company who can't afford to buy a stamp to answer your letter ain't goln' to hire you anyway.

But anyway (sorry~ the but part of the rejection letter Is not the worst part. I don't know If companies do It on purpose or not but the parts of their re­jection letter that do not contain the "but" are pemapa the most obnoxious pieces of letterature known to mankind. I mean, a rejection Jetter should not ever be more than a couple of right-on-to-the-point sentences.

... PSRQ &A (conttnued from pege 4)

the electricity In the northeast; and electricity Is one-third of the total energy used. Thus nuclear energy sup· plles 10 percent of our total energy. A lot of electricity Is misused; It ls Ineffi­cient to use eteetrlclty tor heat.

0 : If we retrofit homes, there would be a buildup of radon gas from the walls on the Inside. This brings the situation right In their own homes, In· stead of In the mines.

A: There are heat exchangers that transfer the air, and thus the radon gas.

a: It's probable that 8 nuclear war could start over energy. By cultivating nuclear power, we could become self· sufficient and avoid a war over oil.

A: Nuclear power displaces coal, not Oii.

Q: We can convert many of the things that now use oll to electricity -an electric car, for examP-le. You've also got to consider a growing need for energy - con.s,ervatlon Is a one-shot deal. The uranium In this country can supply our energy for 30 to 50 years.

A: There's a question as to whether or not there really Is enough uranium In the US. We are now Importing some of the uranium we use.

At this, the session was ended.

Here Is a rejection letter that I would write as the person In charge of such dirty details In a major corporation:

Dear Undergrad, We received your resume today

and there are no Jobs for you this summer.

Sincerely yours, T. Nlcolosl

Chairman of the Board Now, that la a direct and unpretentious rejection. Most are not llke that, however.

Some of the statements made In re­jection letters are classics and should be kept In the Smithsonian right next to The Spirit of St. Louis. One of these Is "We wlll keep your resume on file." Come on l I would really llke to see that one! I would like to visit each of these companies Just so that I can see the warehouse where all the resumes are kept on flle. (I can see a tour of the plant... "There are our main offices, and that's where our shipping la done, and that Is where we keep our resumes on trle ... ).

Another good one Is "We regret that we cannot be more encouraging about employment with our great company, but we wish you the best of luck In finding employment that suits your qualifications." They don't caret What they really are saying Is, "There Is no way that we would even think of stoop· Ing as low as to hire you and you had better start looking for a real Job like digging ditches. or you can always just Join the army - they take almost anybody!"

Even more common than that Is, "We are really Impressed with your qualifications." They're not! If they were Impressed they wouldn't have said so, they would have Just hired you. What they are really saying Is. "Your resume probably makes you look a lot better than you really are and that stlll Isn't good for us l"

By this time you start to get e little discouraged, but then the most unex· pected thing of all happens You ac· tuelly get en Interview ... and this Is when the really bizarre stuff starts to happen ... and this Is also the subject for another day and more BS.

Saturday, May 9 Women's Softball vs. Emmanuel (2), 10:30 a.m.

Sig Pl Bike Race, Quad, 12:00 noon

Pub Entertainment, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 10 Mother's Day

Sunday Mass In the Wedge, 11 :00 a.m.

Monday, May 11 Varsity Baseball vs. Bentley, 3:00 p.m.

Womens' Awareness Group meeting at 8:00 p.m. In Higgins Labs Student Lounge

Tuesday, May 12 Happy Hour Entertainment In the Pub, 4:30 p.m.

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Janina Natrlllo '83, last year's Homecoming Queen, hes earned Eaatem Basketball Magazine's award for " Prettiest Ch .. rleader In the East. " The EE m1/or was voted to firs t piece by an overwhelming margin.

Readers cast their votes on the basis of a picture that w1s sent to the magazine.