Club Corner

Alpine Ski Team

Well, another week gone by, and another race done. By the time you read this, we will have beat GMC at Haystack, but for now, our only results are for Loon, on the weekend of the 27th and 28th: Saturday: a pretty good slalom, despite the rain- But the rain, wasn't the problem, the wind was. So we got winded out of a second run when they closed down the mountain. Sunday: unfortunately, we didn't get to run a full length GS on Sunday. I guess everyone wanted to get home in time for the Super Bowl. Stinks, because the GS at Loon rocks...

Everybody make an effort to be at snow practice on Wednesday: Leaving the Quad at 4:30 for Nashoba Valley.....

Don't get too confident, Beaver.... Ski Fast, don't Fall...

APO

Hello, OIsters and prospective OIsters. Well, we had a great Rush week, and we got a lot of new people to pledge. Anyways, the pledge induction is going to be on Thursday, February 8th at 9:00pm, which means that pledges should get there at 8:30pm to do a little paperwork. The place will be determined by Tim. And I will have a number by next week.

The service project for rush went very well, baking cookies and creating card for children to give as presents, but the big event is around the corner, *UMOC*. Yes, The contestants are almost ready. The actual contest will take place from February 12 to February 16, so volunteer to sit and collect votes. And for everyone who went to the CPR class last year, it's time to get recertified, and what better place to do it then at the CPR class on February 17th. For more info, Ask Smiley.

And just in case you are bored, there is going to be a semi-formal dance on February 10 in the Gompeii's Function Room, only costs $2.00.

See ya at the Brother Meeting, Monday, 6:30 PM (Yes, the New Time), GH 227.

ASCE

Hello Civil Engineers. Once again, we will be working on the concrete canoe on Wed. at 4:30 in the concrete lab. This week we will be working on fixing the mold and possibly the cradle. I promise to bring something to drink this time. WPI ASCE will also be bringing several practicing civil engineers to WPI to speak on Feb. 19. This is a great chance to hear what goes on after graduation, and may give you more of an idea which career path to chose. We hope to have civil engineers from several different disciplines. Stay tuned for more information.

Chinese Student Association

Once upon a time there was a CSA member who had to go somewhere, but he had to write something called the CSA's Club Corner in Newspeak. He tried to get other people to write it for him but, no one was available. He had to get to that place at 3:30, but it was already 3:00! "What can I do?" He asked himself. " I know I'll just write a shorter one this time!" He justified that this was the correct thing to do, because other clubs have pretty short articles as well. Also nothing much had happened over the week. He decided to recall what had occurred.

One thing he remembered was how there was supposed to be a meeting for the Chinese New Year. "Let me see...." he wondered to himself. "I remember!" What he recalled was that there was this meeting on tuesday, and everybody showed up except for two very important people. Who were these two? Why, no other than Angela and Eric! The CSA's hottest couple (debatable). Well, I don't know if you recieved email from the President, but apparently he got lost somewhere (tee hee).

"Well," he thought. "Maybe I should end this article and get going." Thus he began to conclude the article. "Please remember that the New Year's Dinner is on Chinese New Years Day. Please remember to tell all of your friends about it. Also don't forget to clean those homepages up. The deadline for the contest is coming up soon!" With just a couple more remarks he ended the article with "That's all folks, have another great week!" Then he got up and went to his meeting.

Christian Bible Fellowship

Howdy Ho, Brothers and Sisters! A month is already gone in this new year. Did you spend your time focused on your needs, troubles, and situations, or did you focus on Jesus and His love?

Come and join us Friday evening at 7:00 in Morgan A, for Friday Night Fellowship. It is a time that we focus on Him in praise and prayer and share what the Lord has been doing in our lives. Or, if you have missed out or this week's exercise, come to Alumni at 10:30 am, on Saturday. We will be meeting by the front door to decide what to play, and then commence to play it.

"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." Hebrews 12:2-3 (NIV). These verses start off by reminding us who Jesus is and what He did. They tell us that we should be ever mindful of this; but more than ever mindful, we should have our full attention on Jesus. Don't put Him out of your life, or in a recess in the back of your mind, but fix your eyes on Him. The verses go on to tell us why we should do this. So that we will not become exhausted from bearing our crosses and wonder why we have them we should focus on Him. Jesus bore the weight of every human's sins. Thinking about this, I am able to carry my dinky little cross with ease.

College Bowl

I decided that it was about time we got some publicity. Since USA Today wouldn't put us in the sports section, this was my second choice. Anyway, here's the playoff picture if the tournament ended right now (actually, it's Thursday as I write this, and by the time this is printed, Division 2 is done, and their contenders are decided):

[As of February 1]

Division 1 Teams- (Games, Wins, Losses) To Be Determined (4, 3, 1); Warner Brothers (2, 2, 0); AGD 1 (2, 2, 0); Trees (4, 2, 2).

Division 2 Teams- (Games, Wins, Losses)

A-Team (5 4 1); Team 14 (3, 3, 0); Angry Chickens (4, 3, 1); Chaos (4, 2, 2).

The league's top three scorers are:

Peter Bourgeois, Team 14, 205 points in 3 games, averaging 68.33 ppg; Mike Mazur, Angry Chickens, 235 in 4, 58.75 ppg; John Hiltz, Bus' It, 95 in 2, 47.50 ppg

Thought some recognition was due...half way through the tournament, and we've got some real contests. Everyone could still make it, so good luck this week.

French Club

Hi! I would first of all thank everybody who was at the first meeting of the French Circle last Wednesday. I believe that it was a real success as there were more people then I would have expected. We were around fifteen and I could say that we had a good time speaking French.

We have discussed a bit of everything: about what we were going to do in the near future (next week), about the problems that we have at WPI for the Sufficiency and also about going to a French movie next week. I have had a couple of good suggestions about what we could do on the next meetings. I was suggested by our secretary, Adrian, to get a topic to be discussed every week, in French naturally. If you guys have any other suggestions or questions, please email the club at french@wpi.

I remind everybody that the next meeting wil be next Wednesday, Feb 7, again at Gompei is at noon. Try to be there, we will try to find some other day for meetings if Wednesdays are not alright.

Donc a plus tard mes chers membres. Je vous tiendrais au courant des nouvelles idees qu'on pourrait avoir et que je recevrais. Je vous remercie tous d'etre venu a la reunion et j'esperes vous voir bientot.

Masque

Congratulations to all those involved in "Rumors" this past weekend! Now, all concentration is on the upcoming production of "Cyrano de Bergerac." A TWO WEEK RUN!!! How will we ever survive all those cast parties! If you want to help out (ushing, gophering, running) please contact the producer Noah at wildman@wpi. The show will be Feb. 16, 17, 22, 23, & 24 at 8pm in Alden Hall. Admission TBA. Any playwrights who submitted to New Voices 14, start looking out for any weird people stalking you on Feb. 16. They will have the answer. Just remember Harrison if you don't get accepted. Keep the faith! Remember, those plays will need directors. If you are interested in directing, contact wildman@wpi. Friday 4:30pm, Green Room behind Alden stage as usual, King Friday.

Science Fiction Society

"Welcome to the first SFS club corner in a loooong time." So long, that at most one of our brand new officers has ever seen one before. At last week's meeting, in addition to an assassination attempt on the poor, defenseless secretary, and of course the customary total chaos, we did the annual Naming Of The Officers. President Mike Galvin was bequeathed with "He Who is Too Stupid to Break in After We Took Too Damn Long." Vice President Ben Holt is now known as "gentle ben." Secretary Steve Dupree is to be called "that wicked cool guy," oops I mean "Yet another Long-Haired hippie." Treasurer Mike Caprio is henceforth "Chief Embezzler," a deviation from his normal "fuzzy _____ bunny" appelations. While the librarians Steve Martin and Justin Brzozoski (yes, thats a silent 'z'....) were not officially given names, either one could be called "the man with Half a key."

Anyways, other than that, the new guys were given some neat-o ideas. Among them are: A giant inter-Sci-fi society party; A capture of the ever-elusive 'Gaming Weekend' beast; Movie nights and weekends, especially a Star Trek marathon (FnordFest), maybe even with a break for food; Trips to the Omni Theater and Higgins Armory; And a multi-player DESCENT/Doom network game, sometime next week (stay tuned for details). Also, Treasurer Mike is going to get some kewl new stuff for the Library.

What this boils down to, is that the new leadership of the SFS promises to make it once again a spiffy club, and a great place to take yourself, all your friends, and all their friends, by whatever means neccesary, next week, 7:00 p.m., in Olin 218, For a Good Time.

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