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| War protesters briefly interrupt speech at WPI |
| 2003-04-24 |
| Think they'll tell the grandkids this tale of how they stood up to "THE MAN"? Two war protesters smeared themselves with ketchup and cherry-flavored Kool-Aid and briefly interrupted a lecture given by a Pratt & Whitney Aircraft executive at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. mmmmmmmmmm...ketchup. Stephen N. Finger, executive vice president of Pratt & Whitney and president of Pratt's military engines division, addressed WPI students and faculty Monday as part of the college's lecture series on the 100th anniversary of powered flight. As Finger talked about the history of commercial aviation, Nicholas Nassar, a WPI senior, and Clark University sophomore Cha-Cha Connor, made their way to the front of the auditorium. Hey! Cha- Cha! What are your career plans with a name like that? They admonished Finger and his company for making war planes and lay down on a table to ''play dead.'' A tape recording of F-16 jets, powered by Pratt & Whitney engines, played for a few moments and then the auditorium fell quiet with the students on the table. ''Then Mr. Finger just picked up where he left off,'' William W. Durgin, WPI associate provost and vice president for research, told the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester. ''It was very, very strange laying there while he went on with his show,'' said Nassar, a computer science major from Winslow, Maine. Cha-Cha and Nicky's parents must be SOOOOO proud. Talk about your minor leaguers... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #8 Laying, lying, maybe Cha-Cha wanted to be laid by Nik, or maybe their Kool Aide was electric. Christ, I'm getting PTSD of my Berkeley days reading about these nutcases..... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-04-24 20:38:51 |
| #7 I'd heard digital cameras were invented by NASA to beam images back from probes. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-04-24 18:14:02 |
| #6 Maybe Finger should have given them The Finger. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-04-24 17:07:35 |
| #5 They waved their fingers at Finger? |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-04-24 16:49:08 |
| #4 "the electronic digital computer was first developed to compute artillery trajectories for the Army" I thought it was the Navy, but ok. These computations involve solving certain differential equations. What?? They're using Calculus?? Ban Calculus!! They're teaching Calculus in our schools! The evil bastards!! More ketchup, more ketchup!!! |
| Posted by: RW 2003-04-24 16:32:14 |
| #3 Does Nicky Nassar, a computer science major, realize that the electronic digital computer was first developed to compute artillery trajectories for the Army? And that computers are used to design nuclear weapons and other horrible implements of destruction? Little Nicky and his bubbleheaded friend Cha-Cha are just as "guilty" as the guy they were protesting. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2003-04-24 14:01:35 |
| #2 ''It was very, very strange laying there while he went on with his show,'' said Nassar, a computer science major from Winslow, Maine. That's lying there, Nicky. Good thing you're majoring in computer science - you'd flunk English. (On the other hand, your so-called "reason" would fit right in.) Maybe you should spend more time studying and less time on extracurricular activities, such as being rude and stupid at the same time. Loser. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2003-04-24 13:57:55 |
| #1 "Cha-Cha, Nicky, the adults are talking here. Why are you wasting condiments and soft-drink mix? Go play outside." |
| Posted by: Tadderly 2003-04-24 13:38:13 |