Club Corner
Alpha Phi Omega
Howdy OI'sters! Let's see...This weekend we had CPR training thanks to Chris, so now we are fully prepared! Coming up, John Grossi has a long weekend planned for Conclave publicity. I think he already has drivers and stuff, but if you are interested in tagging along, drop him a line (qasama@wpi).
Well...the first pledge meeting was this week....I hope too many people didn't get "wrecked"!! I know that a few people got trampled on during the icebreaker...and Patty did a great dive into a forward somersault! Good job, Patty!! You didn't take gymnastics for nothing!
The pledge meetings are now going to be at 9:15 on Wednesdays. Drop by if you want to see what is going on with the pledge class.... SIGS SIGS SIGS SIGS SIGS SIGS SIGS SIGS SIGS SIGS SIGS SIGS SIGS SIGS !!! The pledges need to get our sigs...so make sure you drop by at the brother or pledge meetings to give them a chance to see you....PLEDGES -- meetings are GREAT times to get sigs...So are office hours!! The sigs shouldn't be TOO hard to get, once you find the right people to ask!!
I guess that is it for this week...Until next time! --YiLFS, m
ASME
We're back after taking a week off. Let's see, we had a social a couple weeks back. Who says 5 people don't make a party? Hopefully future socials will be a bit more successful. Thanks to our Sec. Sue for showing up, next time maybe the pres. will too. We had a fantastic tour of Polaroid, thanks to Matt for putting that one together. And last week alot of ASME members took a trip (trek) out to Martin Marietta in Pittsfield. A total of four hours on a bus but the tour went pretty well & I had four free sandwiches at lunch. We had a great turnout and it was encouraging to see people getting involved. The best way to get an idea of what you want to do after WPI is go on some of the tours and see what's going on in industry. Its much better than just taking boring classes and never seeing what you are taking all these courses for. OK, we have decided to postpone officer elections until next term so that we won't have any conflicts with the hundreds of people who want our jobs and end of the term finals/projects etc.
I am pretty sure there are at least some ME's out there who are doing MQP's. So enter the ASME Papers Contest. Make a presentation on March 21 to a select group of WPI professors that may qualify as your dept. MQP presentation. Submit an abstract of your MQP before the end of this term to ASME BOX 841. One member of your group must be an ASME member in good standing. Cash prizes people, you should get something back for all that work....
Chinese Student Association
Hi all. Hope everything is just rolling along this term. Boy, is the weather nice out (well, right now anyway)...y'all should go out and lounge in the sun...it's no fun staying inside when it is all nice and sunny.
Ok, first things first.... A big HUGE congrats go out to Frank and Prakash - CSA(2) - for winning the Intramural Table Tennis tournament. They played 4 games in one night (beating 3 TC teams) and kept the title for CSA...good job and thanks guys. Oh, and Foo and Hoang - CSA(3) - and Antonio and Jack - CSA(5) - put out good efforts and played good games as well.
The regular seasons for intramural Basketball and Bowling have officially ended and all the players have done their best and played their hardest. A big thanks to all the sweaty Basketball players (Antonio, Darren, Dave, Duc, Jack, Jackson, Jin, and Winnie) that made this season good ...we were soooo close to the playoffs ...well, hopefully next year, guys. The Bowling team has had a good season so far (with a 23-9 record), thanks to forever playing Zung, Foo, Jo, and Dummy. We should be at least getting into the Consolation Finals if not the Finals ...y'all will be the first to know when the results are posted.
Alright, now for some things to consider.... D Term Intramurals are coming up soon...start thinking about what you'd like to play...and...SIGN UP! The Cultural Festival and Quad Fest are also coming up in D term...so you should start thinking about what you'd like to do (or see CSA do) in those 2 big events. Oh, and don't forget to submit stuff for "The Dragon" ...it should be coming out soon. That's all for now then. Peace.
Christian Bible Fellowship
We are in the final stretch of the term! With a little more than a week left, you are probably all looking forward to Spring Break, (Don't forget the retreat in Vermont!) and so am I! But before we all head off for the break there are still a few exciting things that will be going on here on campus. This Wed, will be the beginning of a concentrated time of prayer. As usual, we will be gathering for Prayer and Share in Morgan A at 7pm. FNF will be a great time of fellowship as we continue to see God's faithfulness in answering prayer.( Friday night in Morgan A at 7pm). Saturday morning sports enthusiasts will be meeting outside of Alumni Gym at 10:30am.
"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus.." (Romans 15:5 NIV) As the final week of the term is set before us, are we focused on that pile of work, or is our focus on the One who can help us get through the work? When we keep our eyes on the Lord, He will carry us through and our work will not bury us. Do you feel overwhelmed and heavy burdened? Look to Jesus and follow His ways. Then God will "give" you endurance and encouragement as you move through each and every day.
ISC
Well, here's the latest edition of ISC... We've got something really great coming up for you in D term...nothing for C term because the D term event is so big, we've got to prepare for it now... That's right, Cultural Festival is here and it is going to be held in Alden Hall on April the 8th from around 10am to 4pm. There's going to be food (almost for free), beverages, dances, performances, exhibits, music, fun, people and anything else we can find. You don't want to miss this awesome event, because it is going to be nothing short of perfect and the more people - the merrier. Come early or we'll be full and sold out of food, ok?
Right after that event, later during the term, we are also organizing a social so that all the members can have one last get together for the year - stay tuned to this article to find out the details of that one.
That's all for today, and till next time - smile!
Lens and Lights
Hello WPI... Greetings from the new president of LnL (Oh gosh, a fraternity member as the pres., what will we do?). I hope that this coming year will be as much fun as the last one was. I think that the new exec board has a lot of gusto, and I hope that they can keep it up. As for events going on around the campus, there's Fahrenheit 451 this weekend. The crews have been working hard so come see, hear, and feel it like never before. I hope that we get more attendance for the next meeting. In case you forgot, they're Wednesdays at 4:30 in AK 232. See you there!
Masque
Fahrenheit 451 goes up this week. We still need ushers, running crew and people to sell tickets. For simplicity sake, e-mail Katie (louise@wpi) and she will get you in touch with the right crew chiefs. Tickets are on sale at the Mailroom Box Office weekdays during lunch, so drop by and pick your up early...you wouldn't want to have to sit in the balcony... The New Voices plays were decided and announced... hope you were at the meeting Friday to hear all about them... contact Producer Lissa at lissa@wpi.edu for any New Voices related stuff. That is all for this week folks... happy C term... meeting Friday 4:30 see ya then.
Men's Bowling Team
Our season is starting to wind down about now. We just had our home meet last Saturday, and all who were there gave a strong effort. We took most of our points throughout the day, and rolled a few high games throughout. Sunday's meet out in Malden, once we got there (Thanks Bentley!!) could have gone a little better (Thanks Matt!!). Some of us bowled real well (just throw it hard!); some of us should have pulled ourselves out for a sub (in my own defense, the blind score DID have the highest total series from Bentley...).
Coming up next weekend is the ACU-I regional tournament in Connecticut. This is our tune-up meet for the league finale (we should still be in first place) the following weekend in New York. Then, hopefully, it's out to Omaha, Nebraska, for the ACU-I national tournament in April.
See you all down at the lanes.
Mu Sigma Delta
Hey all! For those of you who keep up with your medvetnews email, we are having nominations for officers for next year. Anyone involved with the club is encouraged to run if you so desire. Keep in mind that a club office position looks really snappy on an application, not to mention boosting your status among those who write recommendations for you (ie. Jill). Nominations close this Thursday so if you are interested or think of someone who might be good at one of the positions-email Bryan! We will have an election meeting the first Monday in Dterm, the time and location will be announced later. Now, who actually reads this damn corner thing anyway? I don't really care if you do or don't as long as you don't complain! If you are paying attention, the word of the week is LINT. Why? Because I write this thing and I can make it anything I want. A quick closing note, MCAT applications are in so see Jill if you need one. Catch yall later-guppy
Muslim Student Association
Assalam - U - alaikum Brothers and Sisters. Our Philadelphia trip has been postponed until spring break because not enough people showed interest right now with all the finals coming up. More info will be in your mailboxes pretty soon. Thanks for showing up at the speech yesterday. It was a great success. The T-Shirt design has been finalized. Please place your orders with Bachar (bkhatib@wpi) by the end of this week (the 24th of this month). That's all for this week. Take care.
National Society of Pershing Rifles
Hello. This is my first "official" club corner for P\R Troop E-12. First off, I would like to congratulate all who were elected to staff positions for this coming semester; we've got a lot of work ahead of us. Enough on that for now...
Pugil stick training went well this past Wednesday. Troop seemed to enjoy themselves, while the pledges learned a little something about bayonet fighting. Hopefully everyone has recovered from their matches.
Speaking of pledges... I know you all have your pledge pads now. Some of you have even mentioned something about them to me. I haven't seen any yet. You may want to get a move on for signatures...
If anyone else is interested in learning about tactics, or maybe seeing some of the interesting things we do in the Army, stop on down Wednesday night at 7:00 in the basement of Harrington Auditorium, outside room 28. You don't have to be in ROTC, the Army, or anything. Stop by and check us out.
Newman Club
Hey everyone! This is it, the end of the term, crunch time, cramming and punting time. Hope you all are beyond that stuff though and enjoying the wonderful Worcester weather and scenery.
Did everyone have fun at the movie night thing last week. It was in honor of our "day off" on Thursday. So maybe the sauce wasn't authentic... good job being the slave John. You definitely got your exercise though running from stove to table. The movie was good too...I love a good love story.
Coming up next term is the Retreat and Quadfest which is somewhat reminiscent of the Winter Carnival a while back. Great job all those Newmanites who participated and worked as well!
Have a good week everyone and I'll try to control Father's email surges a little. A little knowledge goes a long way...Bye
Society for Medieval Arts and Sciences
If you want garb, we've got garb books! Well, A garb book. It shows clothing patterns from every significant era of history, from Ancient Greece up till the first decade of the Twentieth century. All you need is fabric and imagination.
There is a free event coming up over break; the ONLY free event this year. It is the Tourney of Kyhron (I hope I spelled that right). It will be in Amherst, probably at UMass. (The reason I'm guessing is because I don't have any information on it yet. More will become available.)
The officers have reserved the Lower Wedge this term for 2 Mondays and a Thursday evening. One was last night's practice, the next will be next Monday, (I think) and the last will be the last day of the term, so we can all relieve frustrations, and pretend we are beating up hated professors . . . . The non-scheduled practices will take place elsewhere, so remember to show up in the Wedge at about 7 so's we can decide on a place.
Practices will begin at about 7:30, as usual.
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