Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, varsity athletics are the focus of much publicity and money. Fans pack Alumni Gym and Harrington Auditorium to cheer on Tech’s varsity players in NCAA Division III competition. Varsity sports, however, are not the only athletic opportunities available to WPI un¬ dergrads. The intramural program run by the Athletic Department offers Greeks, Freshmen, and other campus groups a wide variety of sports in which to partici¬ pate. And the participant’s views of the in¬ tramural competition range in intensity from “an afternoon of fun” to “triple overtime in the NBA final game.” The 1985-1986 intramural schedule, coordinated by Coach Mel Massucco was one of the most successful ever. With the renovated Alumni Field and the improved field lighting, there was more flexibility in scheduling games. Two hundred and An ATO player puts up a jump shot over a LCA defender. Lambda Chi went on to win the Division I basketball title. Theta Chi brothers show up in force to cheer on their house in the swimming finals. Fan support helped them win the title. Sweating It Out 26 Student Life

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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.”

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w ■ 5V5AQ W . 5 »J Rift Vv ‘ H! ina ■ ' Runners line up on the new multi-colored, all- weather, synthetic track during the intramural track meet. Over 140 students participated in this event, and ATO emerged victorious. Wrestling has always been a popular sport at Worcester Tech, and even at the intramural level, fans turn out to cheer on their team. An SAE brother leads the pack down the stretch dur¬ ing the intramural track meet. Student Life 27