Club Corner

Christian Bible Fellowship

Hello, by now I would assume that you are already busy with class work again, but hopefully not behind in any. How did you do this past week in being quick to listen and slow to speak. I hope that you had time to meditate on it.

This Friday we will be having FNF in the Lower Wedge at 7:00 as usual. Please come by and visit with us. This Tuesday we will also be having Tuesday Night Prayer down in Founders study at 9:30. Also, April 3-5 is the Navigator's Spring Retreat. If you can only spare one weekend this term, then this would be the one to spare. For information on the conference, please contact us at cbf@wpi.edu.

"I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." Mark 11:23-24 (NIV)

What Jesus is saying here is simple. If you believe in what you pray for with all of your heart, and have no doubt in it, then it will happen. However, if you doubt in your prayer then it may not come true. So when you pray believe that your prayer will happen, and it will. It is said that faith the size of a mustard seed will move mountains. So let's strive to have that mustard seed of faith when we come before God in prayer.

Newman Club

We had our March Executive Board Meeting this past Monday night. We spent a great deal of time working on our plans for the Bishop's visit and reception on Sunday, April 19th. We also discussed plans for A term of next fall. It shows how near the end of the school year is. Our paint retreat will be Saturday, April 4th, starting at 10:00 am in the Religious Center. Our cabinet discussed the appointment of our various chairs and that process is now under way. The chairpersons will be announced next week. We may have another video and pasta night with a Lenten theme shortly if all the details can be worked out. Our reception on Sunday, April 14th, will also be an opportunity to thank all our senior advisors for all the work they did for the club during the last four years and to formally say good-bye to all our senior members. So mark that date on your calendars.

Science Fiction Society

Greetings minions (er... members) of the SFS. By now, most of you have heard the sad news that our current secretary will not be with us for the remainder of the scholastic year. Yet one true and dauntless soul has risen to try and fill the void her absence has created.

Anyway, on to the club corner. Well, as I am writing this, Gaming Weekend hasn't happened yet, but I can only assume that everything went great. I'm sure that all games were, as usual, enjoyed by everyone, and that everybody has by now caught up on all the sleep they lost.

In other good news... we're rich. Yes we are. The SFS budget for over 1,200 dollars was approved by the SGA last Tuesday. Quoth Lucas... "yay."

AnimeFest is quickly approaching. It will happen April 4th and 5th from noon to 11:00 pm each day. Fliers with the schedule will be printed and circulated soon. On an adjunct note, Justin was nominated 'The Man' for informing the Wellesley Anime Club of this vary joyous event.

Well, that's all for this week. As usual, the SFS weekly meetings are Wednesdays at 7:00 in Olin Hall 107. Hope to see you there.

Skeptical Chemists

Yes! I've finally wrested the club corner authoring rights away from Mary...so here we go.

Want to be in an American Chemical Society (ACS) affiliated club? Stop laughing. Shut up and say yes. It's supposed to look good to employers, (if anyone hires chem majors anymore..) so follow us and do it! If Leanna does it, it has to be good for everyone. We also have lots of recent grad school brochures collecting dust in our filing cabinet in GH07 (aka, the 3rd-85th finely divided layers of hell). You know you want 2 (or 5...) more years of school. Someone lost the brochures for WPI's graduate programs, though... We may still paint those freshman labs! Invest in the future; come breathe paint fumes with us. I also think we should have an intra-department field trip to criticize Carla's, Mary's, and Julie's MQP work. The Na,K-ATPase isn't just for seniors anymore (its moreso for 1997's Nobel prize winners...)

FYI-When you mouth pipette, only use high quality pyrex glassware. And don't contaminate your reaction - make sure your mouth is clean. (Look. That was a JOKE! We didn't find any chemicals "out by the dumpster" either. sheesh.)

Veep's note: we're still Skeptical Chemists and we're still hardcore. All, uh, 6 of us. Email skepchem or witness it for yourself at http://www.wpi.edu/~skepchem. And Will, no more club corners for you.

Society for Medieval Arts and Sciences

Yea, verily, D term hath started, and with it comes the final preparations for the Medieval Faire. Let it be known that the SGA has made its decisions, and has granted us a budget of $355 for the next year. Volunteers are needed to help pay for Margaret McCandless' services as Bard for the Faire by painting her garage. For more information, or if you should wish to help, you can contact Wes Blackstone at wez@wpi.edu. In the meantime, the work continues.

SMAS mock combat practices are Mondays at 7:30PM, and Saturdays at 1:30PM (meet in the Wedge). SMAS club meetings are Tuesday evenings at 7:00 in the Founders Study Room. For more information, you can contact the officers at realms@wpi.edu.

SGA

The last SGA meeting was held last Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. The 1998 Budget act for fiscal year 1999 was approved last week. Individual committees are interested in your input with regard to ideas for projects to work on this term. The next SGA meeting will be held Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m. in the Lower Wedge. All are welcome to attend!