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The Apocrypha, Volume 86, Issue 2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeffrey Scott Poore)
Thu Feb 20 13:26:30 1997
To: apoc-dist@MIT.EDU
From: Jeffrey Scott Poore <jeffreypu@MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: jefreypu@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 13:14:55 EST
APOcrypha
Volume 86, Issue 2
Wednesday, Februrary 19, 1997
Spring 1997
Letter from the Editor
Hi there and welcome to the second editon of the apoc.
Not a bad turnout for an apoc, and I hope the submissions
keep pouring in. I thought I would just mention that because
I am publishing apocs regularly, the deadline is not really
a ``if you don't send it in by this date it won't get published'' rule
but rather that if articles are received by a certain date,
they will appear in the next apoc.
I am sorry that there are no quotes in this apoc, but I promise
that the next one will include them. For now, keep talking
and racking up them quotes.
Finally, the next apocrypha deadline is Saturday, the 1rst of
March, so please try to have submissions to be by then (Late
submissions up until Tuesday night will probably still get in,
but please try to submit on time).
YiLFS,
Jeffrey
Your Friendly Apocrypha Editor
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Announcements
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Chapter Program Planning Conference (tm)
Or ``What You are Doing this Sunday''
Gimme a C! Gimme a P! Gimme another P! Gimme another C!
Gimme a shotgun for the guy who named this thing...
This Sunday, February 23 at 5:00 pm, all brothers are invited,
welcome, and expected to join me and lots of food for the termly CPPC.
A CPPC is a meeting during which brothers talk about out plans for the
term, what the chapter is doing and where it is going, and where we
would like to see it go. It is a relatively informal forum to express
ideas and/or concerns. This term I want to talk about a number of
issues facing the chapter, such as Carnival, the retention of our new
and large pledge class of last term, interpersonal relationships within
the chpater (please do not interpret this the way in which brothers of
Alpha Chi are often inclined to do...), and anything else anyone
wishes to bring up.
There will be food. It will be cheap and debt-listable (yay
executive discretionary!) It will be served up by loving alumni and
advisors dedicated to serving you and yours. Please sign up in the
office (preferably with a ``Y,'' but an ``N'' is also useful
information...) as soon as possible so we can get started on the food
plans.
See you Sunday in the Compton Room! (26-110)
YiLFS,
Alexis L.
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Upcoming Lecture at BU
Greetings APO Alpha Chi from an advisor to APO Zeta Upsilon at BU
The following announcement was distributed to APO members at BU and is
being forwarding to all of you as well. Please feel free to forward
it to anyone else who might be interested. This is one speaker you should
not miss, on a topic about which we should all be knowledgeable.
Hi everyone,
This lecture was announced at a recent chapter meeting but I want to
``personalize'' the invitation (albeit electronically) and tell you a bit
about why Elizabeth Fox-Genovese is worth hearing. Besides the lecturer
being a renowned scholar, her topic: Feminism, affects all of us and is
important to all of us, though it certainly affects women most directly.
Discussion and study of feminism and women's issues is charged with
rhetoric, politics, passion, truth and falsehood all of which impacts
everyone's lives - in the classroom, in the dorm, at home, with friends, in
the workplace etc. Fox-Genovese has just completed a new book which
explores the issues working mothers face. She interviewed women across the
country and her book is called:
``Feminism is not the story of my life'':
how today's feminist elite has lost touch
with the real concerns of women
It may be that feminism and womens' issues don't interest you much at this
point in your lives but as you date more people over time and especially as
you embark upon your professional lives, working closely with all kinds of
people, you will confront these issues. You will have to think about them
and when that time comes, you will be glad to have heard what Elizabeth
Fox-Genovese has to say.
Other books she has written:
Between Individualism and Fragmentation: American Culture and
The New Literary Studies Of Race And Gender.
Feminism without illusions : a critique of individualism
Fruits of merchant capital : slavery and bourgeois property in the
rise and expansion of capitalism
The origins of physiocracy : economic revolution and social order
in eighteenth-century France
Within the plantation household: Black and White women of the Old South
Fox-Genovese began the Women Studies department at Emory University in
Georgia and is traveling up from Emory to deliver this lecture, entitled:
FEMINISM AND THE FAMILY. It will take place Sunday, February 23, at 2:00 at
Bayridge Residence and Cultural Center, 395 Commonwealth Ave. (the building
with the crescent shape Tiffany window over the front door). It's between
Mass. Ave. and Charlesgate. I hope many of you will be able to come,
especially those of you who may be inactive precisely because you are
engaged in professional pursuits. You will find the topic more relevant
than you can probably imagine.
I'll see you Monday.
Beth
Beth MacKenzie
Assistant to
Associate Dean Susan Jackson
College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room CAS 106/108A
PHONE: 353-7243
FAX: 353-5374
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Graduating Brother Recpetion
The Alpha Chi Alumni Association will be holding a Graduating
Brother Reception for brothers graduating this year. Friends
and parents are all welcome to attend. The reception will be held the
week of June 3-6. Light hors d'oeuvres will also be served.
YiLFS,
John Kohl
President, Alpha Chi Alumni Association The next APOc should be black
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What color should the apoc be?
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The Apoc Should be black because there are many good reasons to make
it one specific color, as this contest will demonstrate, but black is
all the colors. :) (Or white, for the same reason....)
-Cathy
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The next APOc should be...
cream with fluorescent pink polka dots and thin forest green diagonal
stripes at one centimeter intervals. (Yes. I'm back in a land that
understands that the metric system is better.) The principle reason
behind this color choice is to provide the APOcrypha editor with a
challenge at a time when really, he probably would rather be without
one. Of course, the editor only asked what colour (I'm not in America
any longer, so I don't have to tolerate misspelling - and does
misspelling have one s or two ?) the APOCrypha should be. He never
guaranteed to actually make it so. So, fluorescent because they have
to be noticeable enough for people to pick up and read and distribute,
forest green because I haven't seen a tree in weeks and cream because
I don't insist that everything be black. And all because I was sending
email to get myself on the apoc-dist list. As opposed to all because
the lady loves Milk Tray - but that is a very well know advertisement
on British TV for chocolates, so the reference is probably completely
wasted on you guys :(
YiLFS
Kate
(who for those of who are fortunate enough never to have met
me, is mold with too much spare time, when she should be writing
a conference paper,sitting in front of a computer in Yokosuka, Japan.)
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The Apoc Should be grey22
From a personal zephyr from Laura Dean:
personal Tue Feb 18 1997 16:35:38
from lgdean on THE-DARK-SIDE Laura G Dean
the apoc should be grey22, because that is the
only name in rgb.txt with the number 22, and 22
is my favorite number
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Other Submissions
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On a quote in the last apoc
Michael: I've never done that to a seal
Charley: Well, I suppose if you rub your
thumb over a wet seal, it would make that
noise
I volunteer at the Marine Mammal Center, where we rehabilitate seals
and sea lions. (No, not because they're juvenile delinquents, but
because they're hurt, or sick, or orphaned.) Having physically
restrained many seals for feeding and for veterinarian care, I can
reassure you that rubbing a thumb over a wet seal would only make one
noise --- the seal would bark its head off.
== Ping Huang, AX F'90, MIT '94/95
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From the web mailbag
Greeting from Epsilon Lambda at the top of Michigan. We are
Region 6, section 54. Just browsing the web and caught
your page. Thought I'd say hi!
Matt Adkins
Account Manager
Epsilon Lambda Chapter, Alpha Phi Omega
apo@mtu.edu, www.me.mtu.edu/ apo
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Wife 1.0
Last year a friend of mine upgraded GirlFriend 1.0 to Wife 1.0 and found
that it's a memory hog leaving very little system resources for other
applications. He is only now noticing that Wife 1.0 also is spawning
Child-Processes which are further consuming valuable resources. No mention
of this particular phenomena was included in the product brochure or the
documentation, though other users have informed him that this is to be
expected due to the nature of the application. Not only that, Wife 1.0
installs itself such that it is always launched at system initialization
where it can monitor all other system activity. He's finding that some
applications such as PokerNight 10.3, BeerBash 2.5, and PubNight 7.0 are no
longer able to run in the system at all, crashing the system when selected
(even though they always worked fine before).
At installation, Wife 1.0 provides no option as to the installation of
undesired Plug-Ins such as MotherInLaw 55.8 and BrotherInLaw Beta release.
Also, system performance seems to diminish with each passing day.
The features he'd like to see in the upcoming Wife 2.0 include:
A ``Don't remind me again'' button
Minimize button
An install shield feature that allows Wife 2.0 to be
installed with the option to uninstall at anytime
without the loss of cache and other system resources.
An option to run the network driver in promiscuous
mode which would allow the systems hardware
probe feature to be much more useful.
I myself decided to avoid all of the headaches associated with Wife 1.0 by
sticking with Girlfriend 2.0. Even here, however, I found many problems.
Apparently you cannot install Girlfriend 2.0 on top of Girlfriend 1.0. You
must uninstall Girlfriend 1.0 first. Other users say this is a long
standing bug which I should have been aware of. Apparently the versions
of Girlfriend have conflicts over shared use of the I/O port. You think
they would have fixed such a stupid bug by now. To make matters worse,
The uninstall program for Girlfriend 1.0 doesn't work very well leaving
undesirable traces of the application in the system.
Another thing that sucks -- all versions of Girlfriend continually pop-up
little annoying messages about the advantages of upgrading to Wife 1.0
BUG WARNING
Wife 1.0 has an undocumented bug. If you try to install Mistress 1.1
before uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0 will delete MSMoney files before
doing the uninstall itself. Then Mistress 1.1 will refuse to install,
claiming insufficient resources.
BUG WORK-AROUNDS
To avoid the above bug, try installing Mistress 1.1 on a different system
and never run any file transfer applications such as LapLink 6.0. Also,
beware of similar shareware applications that have been known to carry
viruses that may affect Wife 1.0.
Another solution would be to run Mistress 1.0 via a UseNet provider under
an anonymous name. Here again, beware of the viruses which can
accidentally be downloaded from the UseNet.
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Minutes
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Minutes of Chapter meeting. Feb. 5, 1997
Administrative notes:
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Start: 7:20pm; End: 9 pm. Present: Alexis, Jill, Elaine, Jeffery,
Oscar, Laura, Lizzie, David, Brian, Lauren, Ingrid, Emily, Michael,
Cathy, Charley, Susama, Falling, Erin, Rachel, Joe Kuhta, Grant,
Gina, Richard
Officers' reports:
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SVP (Lizzie): There are a bunch of projects for open projects, This
Saturday is Welmet PC by Brian. Sign up. There should be lots
of perspectives so sign up. The following weekend is Chapter
Weekend I, There is frost free water 30 yards away, separate
quarters, and stoves to dragged, Job = tree removal. Thursday
5:30 Office is ServComm, but Last open project is Margaret
Fuller House PC by Junko.
MVP (Michael): Thursday Feb, 6 is the first open meeting, be there
at 7:00. The second meeting is at 2:00 on the 9th and the third
is the 24 at 7:00. Perspectives are optional.
AVP (Jill): Falling is typing, WUAPO's exist, the dates are set for
many events, the times have not been set yet.also, if you want
something reserved, please either email me or write me a note
with the room, time, date, and other rooms if that room isn't
available. If you just tell me, I will forget.
Treasurer (Cathy): You want to be active, December initiates are
active if they paid their initiation fees. Otherwise tell Cathy if
you want to be active. Dues are $15.00; Must be active to vote
in second chapter meetings
FC (Charley): Valentines day/black morbid day Study break on Feb.
13, talk to Cathy. PAM is first of March in the afternoon.
Big Little study break, and Dave/Allen party. On March 8.
Pizza/Shakespeare needs to be discussed, Steak Fry is April 9th,
and SFF is May 3rd. I NEED PCs..........
APOcEd (Jeffrey): There is an APOC, next deadline is a week from
Saturday.
ASC (Lizzie): nothing.
PubDir (Carolyn): nothing.
Historian (Charley): I have pictures, I have camera- I will get pic-
tures of new Junior officers. I have reg. day pictures to develop.
Advisory Comm. Chair (Joe): Nothing to report
President (Alexis): CPPC is scheduled for Feb. 23 around 5:00 in
the compton room (26-100). Dinner will be served
Committee reports:
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Carnival (Oscar): Carnival is moving forward, He is passing out a
sign-up sheet for April 26, (day of event) also times for phone calling
to about 300 people. Feel free to attend carnival meetings.
Servcomm (Lizzie): We are meeting as mentioned in SVP report
Archcomm (Charley): Purchasing supplies for committees work on
scrapbook.
Momcomm (Michael): met to discuss brotherhood expectations
and pledge policies, will be discussed latter.
bookexchange (Melissa): none
UMOC (Jill): The check is out and it is done.
Screwcomm (David): Progress proceeding.
Old Business:
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Michael: Pledge Policies have been slightly tweaked from last term.
Continued Pledges must attend a pledge ceremony this term.
There are minor changes. The policy is approved as amended
by white ballot.
Brotherhood expectations: Again interviews are changed to meetings.
Added expectation to attend PTRM. The expectation is approved as
Amended by white ballot.
Voting Policy:
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Charley: quick explanation of voting mechanic. Brothers are eligible
to vote on a particular pledge if they are present at PTRM when
that pledge is discussed.
Michael: it is not necessary to change anything regarding alum's,
functioning as big brothers. I don't plan on having alum's func-
tioning as big brothers this term.
Michael: amends policy to state if less than three fifths instead of two
fifths.
Charley: Move to limit discussion to 10 minutes. White ballot.
Michael: Draws chart to explain voting policy
Oscar: Can we tell a pledge to go away?
Charley: We can but Nationals recommends strongly that we shouldn't
do such. Therefore we don't need to explicitly state that all
pledges will be continued.
Policy is moved as amended (two-fifths=three-fifths) and white bal-
loted.
New Business:
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Charley: Pizza and Shakespeare study break: tentatively scheduled
for March 21 after interesting version of straw poll.
Junior Officer Elections:
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Nominations for:
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ASC: Susama, Lauren
PubDir: David, Oscar
Historian: Brian, Susama
Elected:
ASC: Lauren
PubDir: David
Historian: Brian
Officers are then sworn in.
Announcements:
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Michael: Attend open meeting tommarrow
Lizzie: Attend servcomm tommarrow
Jeffrey: Apoc deadline is Saturday Feb. 15. Please write articles.
Please pickup your current issue of the apoc.
PFTGOTO:
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Jeffrey: It sucks, they kicked me out of strobe lab
Emily: I'm crazy: taking 72 units for fun!!
Alexis: Congradulations to all the new officers
Jill: my doctor says I'm really healthy (so why isn't she typing this?
-falling, administrative note)(avp note: my wrists were hurting
a bit from doing othere avp stuff, so falling was nice enough to
type up the minutes)
Charley: Book exchange takedown (Friday 5:00) is followed by dinner
trip.
Plus many more.
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Minutes of Execcomm (Feb 12, 1997)
Administrative notes:
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This is Ari taking minutes for nostalgia value. Enjoy and eat lots of
pasta. also, this execcom is more informal then chapter meetings, so
please take that into account when reading these minutes
Start:7:06 pm; End:7:35
pm. Present: Hannah, Charley, Sparky, Brian, David, Michael,
Cathy, Lauren, Lizzie, John Kohl, Jill, Alexis, Joe, Ari
Officers' reports:
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SVP (Lizzie): National Braile Press, March1 1. 9am-5pm (or when
done). March 8th were helping with the AIDS ride. We might
be signing people up. CWII doesn't have a camp yet. Talked to
be you and there might be another happy book this term.
MVP (Michael): pledge ceremony next week on Thursday. There
will be 1-3 pledges. Open meeting the week after on Monday.
Y'all should bring prospectives this time.
AVP (Jill): Sour food almost ready. Ive made many reservations.
I have a list of reservations in the apo locker. the path is:
/mit/apo/Officers/AVP/S97/reservations.
Michael: Plain or reserved resevations?
Jill: reserved. Also several copies of the WUAPO on the wall. I'll put
how to get archived stuff in APOC. I need to update bylaws
Treasurer (Cathy): Pay your dues if you want to be active.
FC (Charley): tomorrow night black morbid day study break- Cathy
is PC. Next scheduled is March 2, PAM, needs PC. March 8th,
BBLB study break. March 9th, museum of science study break,
Richard Pcing. March 14th, evening, pizza and Shakespeare,
Jill is PC. Same night as CWII. Have PCs for steak fry. Need
for SFF
Hannah: I'm knitting
Ari: Bani's elevation next Tuesday at 8:30 PM
APOcEd (Jeffrey): nothing to report
ASC (Lauren): strting with official clean the office thing this week
PubDir (David): I put new things on the IC board and went to perl
and got brushes and paint.
Historian (Brian): I got a large package of archiving supplies. Mail
will go out next week RE: Arcomm.
Sparky: I need to talk to officers about setting up communications
between chapters and talking about conclave
John Kohl: I'm the President of the AX alumni association. We think
we should have a reception for graduation seniors and their parents.
What time is good
(discussion ensues)
John Kohl: maybe 3rd,4th,or 5th of June depending on Senior week
activities
Advisory Comm. Chair (Joe): :not present
President (Alexis): CPPC, Feb 23rd. We'll talk for a while, then
have a fellowship type thingee. We need someone to cook dinner.
Does anyone have anything they want to come up?
Jill: membership retention. Also note that whoever's cooking misses
discussion
Sparky: perhaps alumns can cook
Alexis: all new officers are clued in? (general assent). There's a
mentor list on the wall if you have questions. We should have
officer hours. Put APO on your schedule for an hour a week
(she demonstrates). Put your name on it even if you're not an
officer if you're going to be around the office.
David: Could I get blurbs of projects/fellowship events to put on board
(Charley says yes)
Alexis: Michael, any ideas for pledge class namesake?
Michael: I have a list with some ideas.
Jill: You could put the list in the locker.
Michael: Copying off previous terms isn't great. I just don't have a
better idea.
Charley: Nominations are supposed to be closed. I know lots of old
people.
Alexis: If you have any ideas, go to Michael
Jill: if you can't get to a meeting, it would be good if you emailed me
your report
Jeffrey
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