Club Corner
ACM
Hello members, Hope everyone is doing great! ACM has planned a variety of activities as the term progresses. ACM had one of its memorable moments as we celebrated the 16th birthday of the coaxial battery on 24th January, 99 in our Sin Lab. We are in the process of setting up a web-page for the 16-year old! We had the first meeting of the ACM software development program last Thursday, Jan 28, 1999. There was a very good response and we hope the interest remains the same. Tom Sedeinberg gave an excellent Perl Tutorial last Tuesday, Jan 26th which was very well-attended. We are hoping to get more tutorials on Perl and other nifty stuff pretty soon!
Amongst the activities that are coming up, first of all is the ACM trip to the Sun Microsystem's facility at Burlington on the 4th Feb, 99. We almost have a bus-full of members who signed up and will be going. In addition, we have a talk presentation by our very own Prof. Heineman on the 11th Feb, 99. It will be held in SL 121 from 6-7:30 pm. We are also having Digital come up and give a talk about some pretty neat stuff at our next general meeting which will be up soon. So, we have tons of activities planned for all of you! Let us know of your comments and suggestions by emailing us at acm@wpi.edu. Also, stop by at the SIN Lab and don't hesitate to have a look at our BBoard in the basement of Fuller Labs. See ya all!
Newman Club
Had a great Sunday afternoon of tailgating . Who said we could not equal Patriot's tailgating? Thanks to Greg MacLeod for his work in setting it up even if his roommate, Tom Vogtman, kept asking him every hour if everything was all set. Thanks Tom for doing that. Also, thanks to all the cooks for helping out. Even Lauren W did not mind the cold of the day. Lauren hounded Tom and Greg that the people from Florida know how to run a real tailgating party. Tom and Greg hope to get invited to Miami for next year's game and party.
Our executive Board has decided that the following events will take place during the month of February; Video and Pasta night on Friday, Feb. 19th, Retreat Day on Saturday, Feb.20th, Nursing Home Ministry every Sunday afternoon and a visit to Wright's Chicken Farm - date to be announced. Sometimes between all of these we are going snowtubing when the weather gives us plenty of snow.
Jen Hardy is busy setting up our Appalachia in Worcester Project which will take place on Tuesday, March 16th. More details and how to sign up will appear in future edition of Newspeak.
The Nominating Committee will be meeting towards the end of the month. Anyone interested in being nominated for a Newman Office, please contact Greg Macleod, our president.
You are welcome to Our Faith and Discussion group that meets every Wednesday night at 8:30 PM in the Religious Center.
Society for Medieval Arts and Sciences
Court was relatively small this time, but the entertainment was talented as always and a new Herald-in-Training was discovered! The Tailor's and Bardic's Guilds had announcements to make. Master Anthea is planning to hold another garb-making session, this one primarily for hats. Master Corrie is still trying to start a weekly practice in period music. Also, the middle eastern dance class will probably be moving to Tuesday nights after the meetings.
The Royal Exchequer gave a positive financial report, but we were at a loss over what to do with all that money until someone suggested throwing a faire! What a novel idea! Therefore, the Baron has decreed a faire to be held, probably in the afternoon of April the 10th. We're looking for entertainers of all kinds, people to help with food and history and games, and for raffle prizes. Committees will be starting work next week.
There has been some confusion, perhaps, about meeting times. Meetings officially start at 7pm this term, with committees working for however long is necessary. Practice in the combat of light weapons is Mondays 7:30-9:30pm and Saturdays at 2pm. The baronial court can be reached via realms@wpi.edu.
Student Government Association
SGA had its second meeting of the 9th Senate session at 6 PM in the Lower Wedge on Tuesday. The SGA Committees are now in full operation: a short goal-setting session followed the meeting for all SGA committees. There are two constitutional amendments currently on the table. One is a motion to increase the size of the Senate, increasing student representation from one senator for every one-hundred students to one senator for every eighty students, increasing the Senate size by seven senators. The other motion deals with the time necessary to enact Constitutional amendments. Currently, an amendment needs to be public for five days before it can be voted on by the Senate. This proposed amendment reduces the necessary time to one calendar day, allowing for more expedient updates to the Constitution. Both of these motions passed their initial votes last meeting, and require one more vote of approval at the next meeting in order to be enacted. As always, any questions or concerns should be directed to sga@wpi.edu, or can be addressed at any SGA meeting. SGA is also always looking for people to lend a hand- come to a meeting to see what SGA is all about! Our next meeting will be in the Wedge at 6 PM on Tuesday.
WPI Linux Association
Hey everybody, there're more cool WPILA events coming up all the time, so if you can actually cross campus without getting stuck in the middle of a tour group, come on down! This week WPILA Secretary George Caswell gave the group an introduction to Guile, the GNU extensibility library, and a brief introduction to the GIMP. Additionally, WPILA President Dan Murphy gave a brief introduction to the CVS source-code management system. Plenty more informational talks and fun events are planned, and WPILA members should consider themselves the central part of this planning.
Also, elections are coming up... Yes, even those WPILA officers who haven't yet gone senile are being put to pasture.. unless, of course, they get re-elected... So if you're a WPILA member and think you could do a better job, now's your chance to prove it. Watch for upcoming details of the exact time and place of WPILA elections, and prepare your acceptance speeches!
And finally, for those who don't know, the WPI Linux Association is a WPILA is a peer education and mutual support group: new members are always welcome, no dues or other membership obligations apply. Our weekly meetings are every Monday night at 7PM in Fuller Labs 311, and we hold joint meetings with the Worcester Linux Users Group about once a month - the next is on February 18th at 7PM in Kinnicutt Hall. Contact wpila@wpi.edu or see http://www.wpi.edu/~wpila for more information.
