Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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24 Student Life athletic department provides many work study jobs for WPI students. Missy Hurley (above right) catches up on some reading in the ath etic office before going on lifeguard duty. typical hard working WPI undergrad stuffs boxes in the Central Mail Room. tY .% t John serves up a fresh, hot Boynton ir. In addition to earning a salary, Dalita le fluent in Greek while working at the B. r Dawn Testa relaxes a bit while working Office of Graduate and Career Planning third floor of Boynton Hall.

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Theta Chi brothers sprint toward the finish line in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon sponsored Bed Race held on the quad in November, 1985. Phi Sigma Sigma sister Maureen McCaffrey selects the super heavyweight bowling ball as she gets set to bowl in a fundraiser for the National Kidney Foundation. 1 WPI Serves The Community From munching munchies for mental health to dancing the night away for the American Heart Association, WPI under¬ grads were seen around campus participat¬ ing in fundraisers and projects that benefited various charities. Many organizations at WPI sponsored races, contests, and charity sales during the past year to assist a variety of groups. One of the more humorous fundraisers was the Ugly Man On Campus contest sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, the national service fraternity. Students voted for a contestant whom they thought was the most unseemly, and all proceeds were donated to the charity of the winner’s choice. Another crowd pleasing fundraiser was Alpha Gamma Delta’s “Miss WPI Contest,” where daring Tech men competed in a beauty contest and were judged in categories such as “talent” and “swim wear” with one lucky “coed of the evening” being selected as Miss WPI. All proceeds went to Alpha Gam’s national philanthropy, Juvenile Diabetes. For the more athletically minded there was SAE’s Bed Race around the quad that raised $1000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and Phi Sigma Sigma’s annual bowlathon to benefit the National Kidney Foundation which raised approximately $3000. One of the most ambitious fundraisers was Sigma Pi’s Miracle Mile for Multiple Sclerosis. The brothers sought to raise one mile in quarters by setting up game booths and entertaining shoppers at the Worcester Galleria for a weekend. The two day event certainly proved to be a success as the brothers raised $7500. During the past year, whether they were donating blood, collecting canned goods for the needy or acting as a Big Brother or Sister, Tech students played an active role in serving the community. Student Life 23

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Need the Money?! “Hey guy, feel like going to M’ville tonight?” “Nah, let’s go somewhere cheaper . . . much cheaper. I’m so broke — I’ve spent everything that I earned over the summer and I still have to buy my Advanced Dynamics book. This is the pits. I should just get a job!” From time to time all of us wished we had ways of getting our hands on a little extra spending money. Some students were lucky enough to solve their cash problems with the familiar letter home. The majority of students at WPI, however, took to the streets to find jobs, either on campus or off, to help make ends meet. For the most part, WPI under¬ graduates found employment on campus. Many students qualified for work-study jobs through the Financial Aid Office, and were allowed to work a maximum of ten hours a week at mini¬ mum wage. In most cases, work studies were allowed to sign up (first come, first serve) for the job of their choice. A wide spectrum of employment opportunities on campus was available to students. For the ambitious and industrious un¬ dergrads there were lab jobs which usually involved assisting professors and graduate students with their research. Students working in the labs got to put their theoretical engineering knowledge to practical use, and become exposed to the research in emerging technologies going on at WPI. Other students opted for clerical jobs like working in OGCP, administrative offices and various department offices. In addition to supplying the needed in¬ come, these jobs provided an outlet to students who wanted to forget every¬ thing about engineering for a few hours a day. As an alternative to on campus work a few WPI students ventured off the hill in search of employment. One only needed to frequent the local pizza parlor or liqour store to see Tech students hard at work earning that extra cash. While most students would have rather traded their jobs for a few hours of free time, all agreed that life at college would have been no fun had they always been broke. So, as one student put it: “If getting up at 8 o’clock in the morning to work in the lab means I can go skiing more often, I’ll take this job and . . . the money.”