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T HE R OSE T HORN R OSE -H ULMAN I NSTITUTE OF T ECHNOLOGY T ERRE H AUTE , I NDIANA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2008 ROSE-HULMAN.EDU/THORN/ VOLUME 44, ISSUE 4 New logo to be unveiled soon News Briefs Tim Boyer ing team consisting of Bryan By Andrew Klusman C o p y E d i t o r Taylor, Jim Goecker, Vice Pres- ident for Enrollment Manage- ometimes people de- ment, and Mark Lindemood, Congress approves velop the mentality that Vice President of Institutional Sif something isn’t broken, Advancement was formed. India nuclear deal you don’t need to change it, President Jakubowski then The United States Senate has approved and from many people’s per- assembled a task force of a nuclear deal with India, clearing the last spective on the Rose campus, people from different parts of hurdle for United States approval. The deal they may not believe there is Rose-Hulman, including Dale gives India access to civilian nuclear tech- anything wrong with the cur- Bremmer (Economics), Allen nology and fuel in exchange for inspections rent logo. Recently, though, Broughton (Mathematics), of their civilian nuclear facilities. India was Dr. Jakubowski has started the Brian Dyer (Alumni Affairs), barred from most nuclear deals with the initiative of spreading the word Erik Hayes (Student Affairs), United States after 1974, when India tested a about Rose-Hulman which has Jeff Jenkins (Athletics), Brad nuclear weapon. India says that they retain included assessing the visual Kelsheimer (Business Office), the right to test nuclear weapons, but the identity of the Institute. J.P. Mellor (Computer Science US has said that in such an event the deal Those involved in the initia- and Software Engineering), would be off. Critics say this creates a dan- tive found that Rose-Hulman’s Dan Moore (Graduate Stud- gerous precedent for countries that have not logo use is varied and incon- ies), David Purdy (Mechanical signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, sistent. When looking at letter Engineering), Dee Reed (Com- which India has not, but India says the deal heads and posters, Bryan Tay- munications and Marketing), is vital to fulfilling its rising energy needs. lor, Director of Communica- Matt Sinclair (SRC), Dan Wells President Bush is expected to approve the tions and Marketing, told the (Administrative Services), deal and make it law. Thorn that they believed too Julia Williams (Institutional much liberty was taken with Research, Planning and Asses- Skype defends its the logo and even an overuse ment), and Emily Albert (SGA, http://www.rose-hulman.edu/ImageArchive of the school seal. From this, ’08). The approximately fifteen year old logo of Rosie charging on is they set the objective of cohe- To help with the process, monitoring in China soon to be replaced with a new design, intended to freshen Rose’s siveness and consistency with they hired a marketing firm image as publicity increases. Skype president Josh Silverman is de- flexibility. based in Chicago, Lipman fending his company’s actions in China, The other objective involved Hearne, that specializes in employing the same rationale Google and was also to simply modern- non-profit entities. Before From all this input and in- this, a variety of logos were cre- Yahoo – they must obey Chinese law to ize the look of Rose-Hulman. anything was drawn, a brand vestigation of Rose-Hulman, ated and then narrowed down operate there. Skype created a sensation The current logo is as old as analysis was performed, with a brand platform was created. and put through a series of re- after it was revealed that it has been moni- the name itself, coming from the objective of defining who The main idea brought up was visions. toring text messages in and out of China for when the school was renamed and what Rose-Hulman is. worded into the phrase “I’ve In continuing their effort to communication that is deemed subversive in 1971. The Rose-Hulman “R” Most of this information came found my tribe.” The investi- maintain cohesiveness and by the Chinese government. Messages and however, is only about 15 years from input from students, fac- gation revealed that many stu- consistency, the coordinating information surrounding the message are old. ulty, alumni, corporate recruit- dents had a “sense of belong- team’s and task force’s final step logged. Information has surfaced that the In an effort to develop some- ers, prospective students and ing” they may not have had in will be to assemble a style guide data is not stored securely, and it appears thing that represents Rose as staff about how the school is high school, or from wherever for how to use the logo, such as that TOM Online’s (the Chinese distrib- well as possible, a coordinat- viewed. they may have come. From including the specific color. uter of Skype) servers have been compro- mised before. Silverman stated in his blog that Skype-to-Skype communications are secure, while the TOM software used to Building the bonfire conduct instant messaging may not be. Tim Ekl mittee orders ties and pallets starting last Saturday and end- bonfire remains a secret until Monitored words include references to the Staff Photographer so that the raw materials can ing today at 8:30 p.m. with the tonight, but is decided in com- Chinese Communist Party, Falun Gong, dry before being put together. lighting. mittee very near the beginning Taiwanese independence, and Tibet. s in previous years, a T-shirts and schedules are also This year, the bonfire is of the bonfire’s lifecycle. This large crowd is expected drawn up before the school slightly behind schedule. “We year’s approach is still under Norovirus Ato witness the burning year begins, so that construc- did a new design this year, so development, but will be ready of the bonfire tonight. Many tion can begin almost imme- it’s a bit harder,” Colchin said. by tonight. helped build, defend, or attack diately. “We were keeping up [with “We did a little bit of research, outbreak it over the past few days, but This year’s committee is the schedule] until it got torn and we’re working on refining The highly contagious norovirus is being only a few have been with the headed by Matt Colchin, a se- down in the middle of the day the flaming part,” Colchin said. blamed for sickening over 170 Georgetown bonfire since its inception in nior mechanical engineering Wednesday. Bad things hap- Despite the difficulties— University students this past week. George- early May. major. Colchin was recom- pen if we’re not done.” which included the partial town president John J. DeGioia has said that The bonfire, part of Rose’s mended by word-of-mouth for Hayes emailed all freshmen teardown during the day the university is on the offensive against annual homecoming celebra- the position, and selected for yesterday asking for help with Wednesday—the committee the norovirus by stepping up cleaning pro- tion, begins its life with a com- the job by last year’s commit- building. Most committee is confident the bonfire will be tocols and holding informational sessions mittee of ten students and tee. members have spent several completed on time. for concerned students. In addition to that, staff, including Director of “During the building, I make hours daily helping with the “It’s definitely exhausting the school cafeteria was closed on Wednes- Residence Life, Erik Hayes. The sure everybody on the com- build process, but construc- but it’s rewarding in the end; day, but re-opened the following day after committee is responsible for mittee has a job to do, conduct tion is still behind. the committee gets to stand being inspected and sanitized. An official ordering materials, regulating the meetings, and supervise “It’s very tiring. It’s to the in front of the safety line, and from the Washington, D.C., Department of construction, and ultimately the bonfire,” Colchin said. “I point now where my body is everybody gets to see you and Health said they are waiting on food sample supervising the burning of the pretty much take care of a lot of just worn down from building know that you’re the one that results, and that it is likely the outbreak was bonfire each year.