Club Corner
ACM
Hey everyone, big news from the ACM! The deadline for T-shirt design submissions is coming up soon. If you plan to submit a design, you must have one completed by the 14th. That's this Wednesday. The deadline is so we can judge all entries, and order the shirts with the winning design in time for delivery for D-term. If you have any questions about entering a design, or any question about ACM, just mail acm@wpi. And thanks to all who turned up for the obfuscated C, Perl and Emacs tutorials. Hope to see even more in D-term. Until next time...
APO
Hello, OIsters, and welcome to a new club corner. Well, things are going along. Rush is done, and we now have a lot of new pledges (over twenty, with more coming soon). To all of the new pledges, Welcome. Just remember to come to the brother meetings (see below). And there will be a Big/Little Trivia Contest (hopefully) on February 16th. I hope you have a great time, so great that you decide to become brothers.
UMOC is up and running. The contest is already into its second day (Don't worry, the big money comes in on Friday), so remember to sit during the hours you picked. Oh, and vote very often. Also, the CPR re-certification is now split up into two days, February 17th and February 24th. The people who wanted to do the CPR will be e-mailed about what day and time they will be taking the course. And if you don't like e-mail, just contact Smiley.
Unfortunately, the dance for February 10 was canceled because of monetary problems (i.e. there was no money). There are no more planned activities for the rest of the term, but that doesn't mean there are no more unplanned activities.
Last but not least, Brother Meeting, 6:30 PM, GH 227.
ASCE
Hello Civil Engineers. WPI ASCE will be bringing several practicing civil engineers in to speak on their profession Monday Feb. 19 at 4:30 in KH116. There will be a variety of disciplines represented, including the environmental, structural, transportation, CPM, and geotechnical fields. Each will speak for approximately 20 minutes. This is a good opportunity for all students to see what life may be like after graduation. Hope to see you there. Also, the construction on the concrete canoe continues every Wednesday at 4:30 in the concrete lab.
Chinese Student Association
Look out! here comes another edition of CSA Club Corner. You guys are probably wondering why I seem so happy-go-lucky all the time when I am writing this stuff. Well guess what, I am just pretending. You would be pretending too if you figured that no one reads this (besides the President and Jack the Sports Coordinator). I don't even know if the advisor reads it. Some members don't even know that Newspeak exists. If they do, they probably don't know that CSA Club Corner exists. I think that there is a real lack of participation. Don't think I'm making this up. I've asked around and so far I only know that the president and Jack reads Newspeak. Anyways I just had to get that off my chest.
The Annual CSA Chinese New Year dinner is coming up, and I need to tell you the usual stuff (otherwise I wouldn't have anything to say). Buy tickets, go watch performances, eat, have fun. Yeah! It is on February 19th, Chinese new year, tell your friends. Yeah! Homepage competition: judging starts after the 19th, make homepages look nice, vote, have fun. Yeah! I think that is it. Have fun, See Ya.
Christian Bible Fellowship
Another week has passed. It has been cold outside, but the fire of the Spirit has kept us warm. Look to continue to allow the Spirit to grow in us and teach us and not only warm us, but also give life and warmth to those around us.
This week the usual special activities will be taking place. Friday Night Fellowship will be in Morgan A at 7:00pm. It is a wonderful time of prayer and praise and sharing. All are invited to attend. All are also invited to come and join in sports on Saturday morning. Meet in front of Alumni at 10:30am.
"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen (verse 29). Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice." Ephesians 4:29,31 (NIV). I challenge you to really listen to what Paul's words are saying. He does not say to get rid of the really hateful thoughts that we have. He says to get rid of all the negative thoughts no matter what the degree may be. Further he advises us that we only allow our speach to be filled with edifying comments, used to build others up. Take a hard look at your actions over the last weeks, and determine if you need to rededicate yourself to building others instead of tearing them down. You may be surprised at what you find. I was.
Indian Student Organization
Hey folks, we're well into C term now, and things are getting busy, especially for the ISO. We are now guided under new leadership. Congratulations to new president Harish Chawla, Vice President Pritpal Singh, and Secretary/Treasurer Charu Vepari! These guys have bundles of fun planned for the ISO in C and D terms. Recently there has been a request from eager fans to try to get World Cup Cricket matches broadcasted for WPI students and the general public. With your support, hopefully this will happen. Big things are coming up in terms of events: the cultural festival, the ISW Showcase India, and the Indian Garba Dance Party. These will be discussed at our meetings, Friday's in Fuller Lounge at 4:30pm. Your attendance is crucial. The more participants we have the better. The ISO is changing rapidly. We are working hard to bring you fun events that you want. So don't be shy, attend our meetings and see what we are all about. That's all for this week. There will be more details to follow on the events coming up. See you all soon!
Lens and Lights
Well, after a long vacation, yeah, a vacation, that's what I was on, I finally got around to writing a club corner. I have been monitoring the traffic on the newsgroup, and with the help of my trusty friend, insanity, yeah, and Bill Clinton, yeah, that's it, I have noticed that people are not happy. Therefore, I suggest that we have a big party, yeah, with cake and all sorts of stuff, and all paid for by the school, yeah, that's the ticket. Don't we have a special fund just for parties, Rob, oh lame-duck treasurer?
Ok, back to life, back to reality... maybe. If this seems to be a little insane, feel free to push me off the truss or something. It won't hurt. Not after all those pills... Anyway, this week I am gearing up for Cyrano. For all those of you who are uncultured, come out and see it. There's five different days on which you could. It will be lots of fun. Trust me. Don't you trust me? No? Then you're smarter than that guy I killed last week... oops! Didn't meant to give that away. Well, now that you all know, I must kill you all. So, until next time, when maybe I have a little more sanity, keep up the livelihood.
Pershing Rifles
Commendations to all the members of PR Troop E-12 Cav who performed color guard at the Clark Formal: we looked -very- high speed, got a lot of compliments, and have been invited back for next year. It's always nice to 'show the flag' at other campuses; maybe next semester we'll get some recruits from Clark! Enemy personnel were few and far between (I guess Clark IWW doesn't think dancing is proletariat enough), and a number of charming coeds certainly seemed impressed with our precision saber drill & ceremonies. Could a military wedding be in the near future for our dashing Captain Panton? Only time will tell... More kudos for this week's excellent rifle D&C - everyone learned a lot of new material quickly, and worked as a team. The phone chain should be coming together this week, which should make communications more efficient. ECHO TROOP STANDING TALL - FIRST TO FIGHT, LAST TO FALL!
Pre-Law Society
Howdy! Meeting update: No meeting this week, but there will be one next week. Check right here or your e-mail for the specific date and time. Hopefully we'll see some of those new faces that were at the last meeting. Sorry, Karl, there will be no pizza at this meeting. Also, don't forget to sign up for the intellectual property class D term!!! Well, that's about all for this week. As usual, any questions concerning the Pre-Law Society can be sent to Wendell Jones (wendell@wpi), our benevolent leader. Later.
Science Fiction Society
Science Fiction Society Fnord! What an.... interesting word. As far as I can tell, it is the official word of the WPI SFS. In fact, in the past week, while dealing with the SFS, I have seen that word no less than 127 times.
By the time you read this, the first event planned by the new leadership will have not taken place. Tonight, we are not all getting together to not play a multi-player game of descent. It should not be a great time for all, and a shame to have missed.
The next event to be held is probably going to be the all-cool SFS Gaming Weekend, which is going to be held on March 15, the first weekend of D-term. Free pizza and soda, as well as many unique games you don't normally get to play, will be availible to members of the SFS. There is just enough time for our treasurer to buy some brand new games, and for you to join the club so you can get in on the fun.
At the last meeting, we had a visitor to our club, who had this to say about us: "You guys are really weird!" Everyone was much pleased with this. If you would like more information about the SciFi Society, you can email sfs@wpi.edu go to http://www.wpi.edu/~sfs or just show up at the meeting, on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in Olin Hall room 218. Be there or be octagonal!
Society of Women Engineers
Hey there, SWE members. Who wants to hear some exciting news? There will be a meeting on Thursday, Feb. 15th. Be sure to check your e-mail for the time and place. Also, there is a Girl Scout overnight at the Boston Museum of Science scheduled for March 23. Anyone who is interested in going, let Wendy know as soon as possible. It sounds like a lot of fun. Remember, the more...the merrier! One last exciting piece of information...C term is more than half over!!! Spring break can't come soon enough.
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