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T HE R OSE T HO R N R OSE -H ULMAN I NST I TUTE OF T EC H NOLOGY T E rr E H AUTE , I ND I ANA FriDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010 ROSE-HULMAN.EDU/THORN/ VOLUME 45, ISSUE 14 Rose legend retires after 24 years Tim Ekl His transition to administra- News Briefs Photo Editor tion came in 1999, when West- By Alex Mullans ern took the newly created po- fter a 24-year tenure sition of Associate Dean of the at Rose-Hulman, Art Faculty. After two years in that JAL goes bankrupt AWestern, Dean of Fac- office, Western took over as In- Japan Airlines Corp. filed for bankruptcy ulty, is retiring. Western’s ca- terim Dean from Barry Bene- protection in Tokyo District Court on Tues- reer spanned five presidents, dict; early in 2002, his position day due to its 2.32 trillion yen deficit. The four jobs, and several notable was made permanent, and he’s airline alliance Oneworld, which contains events in campus history. But held the office since. JAL, American Airlines, British Airways, after all, that, Western still Despite having moved to the and 9 other airlines around the world, remained true to his original administration side of campus has stated that JAL will remain in the al- passion: teaching. – which Western jokingly re- liance. American and British Airways have “Nothing can match teaching, ferred to as the “dark side” – he both offered financial incentives to JAL to there’s no question about that,” held on to his first priority and encourage JAL to remain in the alliance. Western said. taught physics classes for sev- Competitor Delta has floated plans to at- Western started his career at eral years after his transition. tempt to lure JAL from Oneworld to Delta’s Rose-Hulman after a decades- He may even continue to teach SkyTeam. Like many U.S. airlines, JAL will long stretch at Montana Col- in retirement. continue to operate while restructuring. lege of Mineral Science and “If Dr. Joenathan found an Bloomberg comments that all of the largest Technology, where he was head opportunity for me to come U.S. carriers except Southwest and Ameri- of the Department of Physics teach a class from time to Tim Ekl / Rose Thorn can have indeed operated while under and Geophysical Engineering. time, I’d appreciate that,” Art Western, Dean of Faculty, announced an end to his 24-year bankruptcy protection. In 2005, at least After transferring, Western no- Western said. “It’s my first employement of Rose-Hulman. His tenure at Rose-Hulman in- one-half of U.S. air traffic was conducted ticed several things that were and favorite love.” cludes 16 years of instruction. by carriers under bankruptcy protection. different about Rose-Hulman. During his time here, West- “What I’ve always loved ern has been witness to many about Rose-Hulman is that notable events, including the sion in growth of biology and “I just love Matt Branam; I ‘Avatar’ 2-D we’re pretty fast on our feet first admission of women to bioengineering programs.” think he’s exactly the right – we don’t have a lot of state Rose-Hulman and the addition Western also worked with guy for the Institute…I’ve pulled by Chinese agencies to report to,” Western of extra degree programs and five different presidents during learned something from each said. “If we decide we want to departments to campus. his time at Rose-Hulman; his and every [president].” government do something, we can make it “Going coed has to come out longest collaboration was with Western’s retirement James Cameron’s blockbuster “Avatar” happen with frightening speed. as number one on my list of Samuel Hulbert, 18 years from doesn’t take effect until the is the highest-grossing movie of all time in There’s a lot more innovation paradigm-changing events for 1986 to Hulbert’s retirement in end of the 2010 academic year, China, pulling in a record $76m. Despite and freedom.” the institute,” Western said. 2004. Since then, Western has but he’s already looking back its success, the government-run movie dis- Western’s career at Rose- “Number two on my list would worked well with each succes- on his tenure. tributor China Film Group has pulled the Hulman began in the phys- be our decision, about a decade sor to the office. “I’ve enjoyed [my time film from more than 1,600 theaters across ics department in 1986, with ago, that no institution could “I was privileged to work here] immensely,” Western the country, favoring a biography of Con- Western an associate profes- make a claim to preeminence in with Sam Hulbert for a num- said. “I think, ‘what are you fucius instead. Some sources speculate sor; he was granted tenure in engineering if they didn’t have ber of years, and you have to going to miss?’ and I have that “Avatar” is making the Chinese gov- 1988, and took over as depart- a core competence in bioengi- admire all that he was able to three answers: people, peo- ernment uncomfortable because it brings ment head in 1992. neering, and hence the explo- accomplish,” Western said. ple, and people.” attention to the touchy issue of forced evic- tion; others claim that China simply wants to highlight films produced by Chinese Poker tourney draws a crowd, regular wins people. The average run-time for foreign Alex Mullans made a couple of final tables films in China is ten days, though Fox ex- Sports Editor before this year, but never was ecutives expected “Avatar” to make an ex- able to win one. It was a lot ception due to its popularity. “Avatar” will Mark Intihar took the crown of fun to finally take home the remain on China’s approximately 900 3-D as this year’s Annual RHA- coveted poker chip set, espe- screens for the foreseeable future. sponsored poker tournament, cially after being short-stacked held last Saturday in the Kahn several times in the final two rooms. For the 9th year run- tables of the tournament.” O’Brien up ning, Assistant Dean of Student Intihar has participated in Affairs Erik Hayes organized the tournament for his past 5 and ran the tournament, which years at Rose-Hulman. in the air started around 7:00 p.m. and Initially, Hayes expressed The dispute between Conan O’Brien didn’t finish until 1:30 a.m. the some concern for attendance and NBC continues, since NBC claims that next Sunday morning. Hayes of the tournament, given the it has not violated its contract by moving found this year’s tournament change from the usual Friday O’Brien back to an after-midnight time to be a success: “When you can night to this year’s Saturday, slot. NBC says that O’Brien’s contract con- get 100 or more people to come as well as the concurrently air- tains no language referring to a time slot, out on a Saturday night, when ing Indianapolis Colts/Balti- merely stating that his show will be named they could just as well be doing more Ravens playoff game. For “The Tonight Show”. Fox, a competing other things or hanging out in those who may have missed network, is now worried that it will have their rooms, is great!” it, the game culminated with a difficult time bringing O’Brien to its air- Intihar agreed, saying “The a 20-3 win for the Colts. 126 waves because of these complications. Of poker tournament is always people signed up to play at this course, O’Brien’s legal team thinks differ- a lot of fun. This is my fifth year’s tournament, and 114 of ently about NBC’s contractual obligations; Nicholas Addante / Rose Thorn year at Rose-Hulman (first as those actually ended up play- both sides have said, however, that a legal a graduate student), and I have ing; the turnout, while not a battle is not likely. Participants — Nicholas Franks, Mark Intihar, and William played in every tournament record, was certainly well up Gros — relish in their glory by reaching the final table of the since my freshman year.