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Tuesday, January 23, 2001 A Publication of the Newspeak Association Volume No. 66, Issue 2

Front Page
-George W. Bush becomes president
-WPI publishes new magazine for west coast alumni
-The Best of Sacred Concerts performs at WPI
-WPI named leadership institution
-Scots on the Rocks: Check it out

News
-Massachusetts physicists bring light to a stop, then send it on its way
-Collegiate Entrepreneurs organization planning entrepreneurship fair
-Romanians hospitalized after eating cyanide-contaminated fish
-Pumpkin-shaped balloon to usher in new dawn of near space research
-Scientists seek pollution link in border birth defects
-Police Log

Opinions
-What will Bush's legacy be?
-The Philler
-The Little Things...
-Visions

Letters to the Editor
-It's my turn to rant and rave
-In the Defense of Burger King

International House
-Celebrating MLK, Jr.

Arts & Entertainment
-Anime
-Person on the Street
-What's Happening

Announcements
-Club Corner
-Crimson Clipboard

Sports
-Women's basketball returns to their winning ways
-Steve Horsman signs with Orioles
-WPI Basketball Team tries to stay in the game
-Score Board
-Upcoming Contests

Person On The Street


by Frank Gerratana
Tech News Staff

Why do professors change the books every year?

Luis Cabral

"To make you buy new ones."
Luis Cabral, Class of 2003

Leanne Hoffman

"I think it's part of a covert plan to take over the world."
Leanne Hoffman, Class of 2003

Friso Gorter

"I think it's a scheme to make more money."
Friso Gorter, Class of 2002

Greg Pettigrew

"Because obviously, the old books were wrong."
Greg Pettigrew, Class of 2002

Tom Lynch

"Because information changes so rapidly in today's society."
Tom Lynch, Vice President for Information Technology

Brian Dewhirst

"Greed is the one universal constant in human experience."
Brian Dewhirst, Class of 2002

Shangari Meleschi

"To promote the careers of the professors who write the books."
Shangari Meleschi, Class of 2002


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