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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Scholar The Rose Thorn Archive Student Newspaper Spring 4-30-2010 Volume 45 - Issue 24 - Friday, April 30, 2010 Rose Thorn Staff Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn Recommended Citation Rose Thorn Staff, "Volume 45 - Issue 24 - Friday, April 30, 2010" (2010). The Rose Thorn Archive. 126. https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn/126 THE MATERIAL POSTED ON THIS ROSE-HULMAN REPOSITORY IS TO BE USED FOR PRIVATE STUDY, SCHOLARSHIP, OR RESEARCH AND MAY NOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. SOME CONTENT IN THE MATERIAL POSTED ON THIS REPOSITORY MAY BE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT. 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By Alex Mullans Co-Editor in Chief The event saw an increase in popularity this year – 12 ast Saturday morning, teams to last year’s 4 – which Downgraded debt countless future Rose gave the fraternity $2100 to Lengineers got to relive give to Special Olympics In- causes market their childhood love of fire diana, up from $500 last trucks at Pi Kappa Alpha’s 2nd year. Overall, 200 spectators headaches annual Fire Truck Pull. The and participants made the Debt ratings agency Standard & Poor’s event, which is cosponsored by event a success. downgraded the ratings of Greek and the Rose and ISU chapters of “We love fire trucks, having Portuguese government debt on Tuesday. the fraternity to benefit Indi- three of our own,” said event Greek debt was downgraded to junk status, ana’s Special Olympics organi- organizer Nathan Jackson. He meaning that the country’s fiscal products zation, is a competition where went on to say, “[We] support are bad enough that its debt is not invest- teams of 8 people try to pull a Special Olympics Indiana be- ment-worthy. Portuguese debt, although Terre Haute Fire Department cause … the Fire Department lowered, is still well above junk status. truck 100 feet in the shortest is already involved through- The Greek government has found itself amount of time. out the state with [the orga- between a rock and a hard place because The Terre Haute Fire De- nization]. They [also] hold the the international community and the EU partment team took first place Indiana Summer Olympics continue to ask for more austerity (cost- in the competition with a time each year in Terre Haute at saving) measures while the Greek populace of 19 seconds; ladies from the Rec East Center at ISU.” is already restless over cuts to public sector ISU’s Gamma Phi Beta won PIKE’s event was inspired Mike Reis / Rose Thorn pay and benefits. the all-girls competition, while in part by the fact that Spe- Above, brothers of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity ride aboard ladies from ISU’s Delta Gam- cial Olympics Indiana holds their fire truck at Saturday’s Fire Truck Pull. Below, brothers of ma won the crowd’s affection. a FedEx airplane pull at the the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity pull one of the Terre Haute Fire Arizona passes tough The PIKE ladies team won the state level. immigration law Department’s fire trucks for the Fire Truck Pull. Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona signed into effect a new law concerning immigra- tion, that makes being in the country ille- gally a state crime (currently, it is only a federal crime). The legislation gives local police officers the authority to verify the alien registration documents of anyone “reasonably suspected” of being in the country illegal. Proponents of the bill hail it as a move to keep Arizonans safe, while opponents say that it will lead to racial profiling while not actually making Arizo- nans safer. The bill has been criticized by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and President Barack Obama, who have both promised to look into the constitutionality of the bill. Rose-Hulman hosts civil conference Americans becoming Scott Gallmeier crete canoe competition and more Internet savvy News Editor the steel bridge competition, which were designed to test the A new poll released by the Pew Internet ridges, concrete canoes, engineers ability. The concrete & American Lfe Project found that 82 per- and wastewater were the canoe required teams of engi- cent of Internet users, or 61 percent of all Btalks of the town starting neers to build a canoe approxi- U.S. adults, used U.S. government websites Thursday, April 22 until Sat- mately twenty feet long, hold to look up information or make a transac- urday, April 24, for the Ameri- four rowers, and still float. This tion – such as paying taxes. The poll found can Society of Civil Engineers is considered a challenge from that the most popular actions on govern- (ASCE) Great Lakes Regional concrete’s dense nature. The ment websites were form downloads, Conference (GLC). steel bridge competition’s stan- driver’s license applications, and benefit The ASCE GLC is an annual, dards measure the horizontal applications. Additionally, almost 25 per- three-day event that rotates and vertical stresses which the cent of individuals surveyed said that they between the sixteen schools bridge can withstand. used government websites to check up on that compose the Great Lakes The Cecil T. Lobo Chapter government stimulus spending. Aside from Region. The conference is int- has regularly been recognized web browsing, the survey found that 31 eded to be both a business and as one of the top ASCE chap- percent of people polled used methods like social event, allowing friendly ters in the nation for the stu- blogs or text message alerts to get govern- competition and social interac- dent chapter organization and ment news. tion with such events as a Glass Bill Crosby, senior civil engi- Dale Long/ Rose-Hulman Halo, a band from Indianapolis, neering student and event or- and a cornhole tournament. ganizer, said, “Something that Above, judges measure a bridge in steel bridge competition at The real excitement and has been missing from that the American Civil Engineering Great Lakes Conference. The strong competition for the however, has been the Great ASCE GLC was a three-day collegiate conference designed to weekend came from the con- Lakes Student Conference.” gather civil engineers together from 16 schools. 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