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ROSE-HULMANT.EDU • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2014 • VOLUME 50 • ISSUE 11 McConaughey - Last minute gift Sabotaging a Women's bas- out of this world? giving tips film is a violation ketball bests An- of first amend- derson ment rights. Elena Chong• news editor tions that helped as- Bikes for Tykes for tion together with way to work on that Rose-Hulman stu- semble bikes includ- several years. the Human Powered – get the younger dents gathered in the ed the National Soci- “Most of our team Vehicle (HPV) Team. generation riding Branam Innovation ety of Black Engi- members know their “It’s a great cause from the get-go.” Center (BIC) at 8 neers, Society of His- way around a bike to be able to provide The Exchange a.m. Saturday to as- panic Professional due to the nature of less fortunate kids Club of Terre Haute semble and inspect Engineers, and the the vehicles we build, with a bike for organized Bikes for approximately 350 Alpha Phi Omega so we were able to Christmas – there’s Tykes in past years, bicycles for the service fraternity, in provide some meas- nothing like the free- but starting this “Bikes for Tykes” ser- addition to several year, the nonprofit vice event before the Chances and Services holiday season. The for Youth (CASY) has campaign receives taken charge of the donation from the program. For those local community to wishing to support give children in the Bikes for Tykes or Terre Haute area new CASY or find more bikes for the holiday information, go to season. The project www.casyonline.org. has taken place for the past 16 years, and “I love the idea Rose-Hulman has that on Christmas been involved for morning, there will more than a decade. be little kids who wake up expecting “I absolutely love nothing, and walk in- Rose students, including Greek life and clubs, working in teams assembling bicycles for children at the BIC. Bikes for Tykes. It is to their living room my hands down fa- Photo by Rose-Hulman Social Network to find a brand new vorite service event ure of quality and dom of having your bike sitting next to on cam- residence halls and safety control.” Dr. own wheels to get the tree,” Melton pus,” Elizabeth Mel- Greek life fraternities John McSweeney, around on, even if said. “Everybody ton, president of the and sororities. Of the Assistant Professor you’re years away should be smiling on Alpha Phi Omega students who in- of Mathematics and from being able to Christmas, and the service fraternity and spected the bikes, 10 advisor for the team, drive,” Dr. thought that we a senior mathematics of them were part of said. McSweeney said. “I helped put together and physics major, the Human Powered often wish more about 400 bikes is said. Dr. McSweeney Vehicle Team, who adults were into cy- the best feeling in also attended and Student organiza- has contributed to the world.” helped with inspec- cling, so this a great Chemical engineering graduate seminar by Dr. Vogt. Engineers In Concert auditions. Contact Brad Burchett. Presented by Susan Roads, apart A workshop for intercultural of countdown to commencement. communication. events 2 Puzzles 19 Dec 2014 The Rose Thorn Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 5500 Wabash Ave, CM 5037, Terre Haute, IN 47803-3920 · (812) 877-8255 · [email protected] ISSUES of The Rose Thorn are published on the first through ninth Fri- days of each academic quarter. WEEKLY MEETINGS occur at 5:15 p.m. on the first through ninth Wednesdays of each academic quarter. All members of the Rose- ” Hulman community are welcome to attend. SUBMISSION of articles, photographs, art, and letters to the editor is en- couraged. 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Miriam Remmers · sports editor Issue 11 News 3 NEWS BRIEFS Marc Schmitt • news editor US to Normalize Relations with Cuba Marc Schmitt • news editor Signal boosters were installed by Rose- Hulman in residence halls during the summer Last week Dr. Wayne Dennison, Vice Presi- In a surprise announcement this week President Obama holidays when cabling and fixtures had to be dent of Information Technology and Chief In- announced the United States will begin to resume diplomat- carefully run through walls to improve signal in ic relations with Cuba after cutting them off more than 50 formation Officer, announced enhanced cell years ago. phone coverage in residence halls across cam- The announcement was the culmination of 18 months pus. This has been a longtime complaint for of secret negotiations hosted by Canada and Pope Francis. students. The Verizon Wireless’ coverage in Mr. Obama and President Raul Castro spoke on the phone, many of the campus residence halls was little agreeing to set aside decades of hostility and work to rede- too nonexistent. Although not an issue during fine their nations’ relationship. the warmer months of the spring and summer, Also announced was Cuba’s release and return of Alan students were left to make phone calls outside ” P. Gross, a government contractor accused of spying and in the cold, snowy winter months. jailed in 2009. In return, the U.S. government commuted Anthony Lin, a freshman from Taiwan was the sentences of three Cuban spies and returned them to loath to call home because of the cold weather Cuba on Wednesday. he had not experienced back in the tropical cli- The move comes from an increasingly aggressive Presi- mate of Taipei, Taiwan where temperatures dent Obama as he looks to move past six years of caution rarely drop below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. “I just and start to cement his legacy in the White House. wouldn’t make calls when I was at my residence hard to reach places. Although the physical Politicians on both sides of the isle criticized the Presi- hall, especially when it got cold out.” Lin was equipment to boost the signal in residence halls dent’s announcement as condoning the Cuban govern- not the only student to complain, thousands of was already in place, the infrastructure behind ment’s brutal treatment of its people. Senator Marco Rubio, students the rollout was a Florida republican and son of a Cuban immigrant, de- before still being nounced President Obama’s move as another opportunity him have planned and for the Castro regime “to manipulate these changes to stay had to installed. It re- in power.” deal with quired the co- Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey and poor cov- operation of chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, also criti- erage EIT, the facili- cized Mr. Obama. “President Obama’s actions have vindi- during ties manage- cated the brutal behavior of the Cuban government.” the crip- ment, and Veri- pling zon Wireless. Taliban Attack on School Leaves 145 Dead cold Verizon Wire- months. less had to in- On Tuesday the Pakistan Taliban launched a devastat- The stall their ing attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan that left 145 effort to equipment to people dead, including 132 pupils.