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Volume 38 - Issue 10 - Friday, December 13, 2002
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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspaper at Rose-Hulman Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Rose Thorn Archive by an authorized administrator of Rose-Hulman Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOLUME 38, ISSUE 10 R O S E -HU L M A N IN S TI T UT E OF TE C H N O L OG Y TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA FRIDAY DECEMBER 13, 2002 Explore Engineering Considering study abroad? hosts Robot Showdown require at least some college foreign have done programs in England, Nicole Hartkemeyer language class. Another good idea is Australia, and certain foreign lan- Staff Writer to talk to students that have taken guage speaking country programs The International Programs Com- advantage of study abroad programs can be found where it is not required mittee sponsored a study abroad in the past, as well as the interna- that you know how to speak the lan- symposium last Tuesday. The com- tional students attending Rose. Right guage. For example, some foreign mittee included professors in the for- now, students are attending from universities offer classes in English, eign language fields, and director of China, India, Mexico, Argentina, or certain internships can be found the committee, Karen DeGrange. Singapore, etc. that do not require that you speak the The group introduced possible study Advisors and department heads native language. abroad options available to students are also valuable sources of informa- Andreas Michel spoke about that are interested in exploring the tion. They can discuss transfer cred- study abroad opportunities in Ger- culture and possibly language of a its, courses to take, and the best time many. Summer internships are avail- foreign country. to go. These things should be taken able, including those where you do DeGrange began the discussion care of well before you apply for a not need to be able to speak German. by reviewing the kinds of questions program. Also, students should fill Specifically, there is an exchange interested students should ask when out necessary credit transfer infor- between Rose-Hulman Ventures considering to study abroad. Many mation before beginning any pro- and the University of Stuttgart of the questions are common sense. gram. To find out answers about Fraunhofer, where their program last Where do you want to go? What do financial aid and current scholar- three to four months in the summer you want to do? Do you want to go ships, contact Melinda Middleton and does not require the ability to for the summer or during the school from the financial aid office to see speak German. Also, several univer- year? Other questions are a little how study abroad could affect any sities have undergraduate and gradu- trickier. Will the credits transfer? of these. ate courses available in English. Will you graduate on time or be set Finding a study abroad program For those students who are inter- back? Can you afford it? Planning is was another important aspect of the ested in the language, summer lan- essential for a study abroad pro- symposium. Students are not limited guage study abroad programs are gram. to the programs offered through available as well as a junior-year Students were also encouraged to Rose-Hulman. Several students in abroad, which includes all junior- talk to a variety of people to assist in the past have found programs online level courses and is available in Stut- the decision making progress and sponsored by other American uni- tgart or Magdeburg, Germany. All answer any questions they might versities, or even applied to foreign the credits from this program are have. Interested students should talk universities directly. Students inter- accepted at Rose and cover the to their professors, especially for- ested in study abroad do not neces- entire junior year. sarily have to look into foreign Courtesy of Rose-Hulman eign language professors since most Continued on page 3... Explorer Blake Taylor, a middle school student from Linton, study abroad programs focus on and language programs, several students Indiana, studying a Moonwalker II robot kit.
each other, at which point they Lambda Chi Alpha holds Christmas Party Chris Scribner turn around and repeat the pro- Staff Writer cess. for underprivileged kids The Rose-Hulman Explore At the end of the second Engineering program recently night, two Sumo robots and Andrew Morin two MoonWalker II were com- held an activity for area middle Guest Writer and high school students to pleted. The MoonWalker II's Last Saturday, twenty two chil- construct robots and pit them raced while explorers clapped along side them, stimulating dren from Ryves Hall Youth Cen- in competition. Explorers ter enjoyed candy, games, and spent the nights of December their audio sensors. presents as part of Lambda Chi 3rd and December 10th con- The two completed Sumo robots were pitted against Alpha's annual Christmas Party. structing either a MoonWalker The children, whose ages ranged II or Sumo robot. each other in a ramming from 5 to 12, smiled joyfully as Explorers constructed the match. The purpose of the Explore they sat on Santa's lap and robots in the ECE circuit labs opened gifts handpicked just for using resources in the equip- Engineering program is to them. ment room when necessary. excite area students about the possibilities a future in sci- For the past thirty-plus years, The MoonWalker II robot the men of the Rose-Hulman features light and sound sen- ence and technology. Each chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha sors. The robot is controlled department at Rose-Hulman has participated in some sort of have been inviting underprivi- Courtesy of Lambda Chi Alpha through inputs to its light and leged children from the Terre sound sensors. The robot has activity for the program. Inter- chased each other around the wards, the students watched as Haute area to celebrate the holi- four legs, two of which provide ested students gather house. They also joined in on a the children played happily with bimonthly to participate in the day season at their chapter house. game of musical chairs and their new toys, confident that propulsion powered by a crank This year, the party was held with shaft. The MoonWalker II is fun and mentally stimulating enjoyed cookies, candy canes, they had been able to give a bit of the help of the Indiana State Uni- more difficult to construct than activities. All of the students and punch while telling jokes and Christmas cheer to a group of are local, but some are home- versity chapter of Delta Gamma stories with everyone. children who otherwise might not the Sumo robot. sorority. Members of both chap- Primarily, sixth and seventh schooled. Often Rose-Hulman As soon as the name Santa was have had the chance. ters purchased and wrapped gifts grade students built Sumo students are involved with the mentioned, the children made a Ryves Hall is a no-cost daycare project meetings. for the children, ranging from mad dash for the Christmas tree, center located in Terre Haute that robots. The Sumo features a Barbie dolls to toy cars. The sturdy frame complete with a Upcoming Explore Engi- where all of the presents sat wait- provides after school care to local children arrived at the house on treaded tank-like wheel sys- neering meetings in the month ing for them. Santa's helper had children. Volunteers are needed of January include a K'nex Saturday and immediately began to restrain kids and make sure all year round to help with pro- tem. Infrared systems search playing with the students, laugh- for other Sumo robots in the bridge building session and a they waited their turn while Santa grams, ranging from computer ing and screaming as they tackled area. Once a target has been Delta Dart Airplane Flying sat each child on his lap and education to bicycle repair to the "big kids" in the leaves and acquired, the robots charge at Contest. handed them their present. After- hanging out with the kids.
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However, you Efficency, 1-2 Bedroom Apartments opportunities for study abroad in guage. need to figure out where you Japan. There are two basic pro- John Gardner concluded with want to go, what you want to $330 to $495 plus $200 Security Deposit grams offered through Rose, the the study abroad programs study, can you afford it, and how first is an intensive language offered for Spanish-Speaking long you want to be there keep- Available 2nd Semester study and the second a cultural countries. There are many pro- ing in mind things like money, Other Units Available study. The intensive language grams offered through Rose-Hul- the time the program permits, study is six weeks of learning man and ISU these can be viewed and if you want to go during the Japanese communication, Japa- further by visiting the Spanish summer or during the school 232-5083 nese for science and technology, department's website. Programs year. and language and society. This are available for several countries Other things interested stu- program includes 12 hours or including Spain, Mexico, Costa dents should be looking into transfer credit and it is required Rica, etc. Courses in engineering include questions on getting ADARE that you have at least one year of are available at several universi- credit, and figuring out if you Japanese college courses. The ties. For additional information will graduate on time or be set STUDIOS cultural study trip is available on these programs, contact John back. A "Transfer of Credit" spring quarter as the courses Gardner or Victor Rivas in the form, which is available in the (812) 878-HAIR GL399 or JP399. The course Spanish department. registrar's office, needs to be ( 4 2 4 7 ) 2940 S. 7th includes class work and a short All of these tremendously chal- filled out and signed by your study trip during the first and lenging and wonderful programs department head and advisor. 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Weekend Box Office Summary This Week’s Releases: Title Weekend Total Gross 1 Die Another Day 12.8m 120.0m Star Trek: Nemesis 2 Analyze That 11.0m 11.0m 3 Harry Potter 10.0m 213.7m About Schmidt 4 Empire 6.2m 6.2m 5 Treasure Planet 5.5m 23.6m The Hot Chick BMW hires great talent
Bob Schulein newest car, high pro- Scott and his younger duction values and the brother Tony. Entertainment Editor finest Hollywood talent Famous actors such make the viewing expe- as Don Cheadle and BMWFilms.com presents rience a blast. Gary Oldman star in “The Hire” Clive Owen (“Gos- many of the films. Oth- A series of short films ford Park,” “The er less famous actors Bourne Identity”) stars also are featured in in each of the short many of the films, and Clive Owen Executive producers: Ridley films as a driver as- do a great job. Owen Scott, Tony Scott, and David signed to do jobs rang- continually steals the ing from driving Madonna to a show with his cool demeanor Fincher concert to transporting a king’s and piercing gaze, and is actually http://www.bmwfilms.com new heart across enemy territo- more enjoyable to watch than his Available to download or ry. Owen fits the cool driver more famous co-stars. The new Z4 graces the second season of BMW films. Mmm.... Z4 stream for free at: character perfectly - always re- Besides Owen, the other stars http://www.bmwfilms.com maining calm, always in control. of these films are the directors. exciting action and a story that rected the most challenging and Owen’s skill as the driver is Some of Hollywood’s most elite doesn’t live up to its potential. movie of the series, “Powder Bavarian Motor Works is matched by the talent behind the have directed movies for the se- The late John Frankenheimer Keg,” and it is also reviewed be- known for a few select things series. David Fincher (“Fight ries, and most of them are excep- even made a film for the series low. Guy Ritchie came up with like world-class sportscars, mo- Club”) is the executive producer tional. John Woo’s film (and it is reviewed below). a funny short with a self-parody- torcycles, and now... films? Yes, of the series, and according the “Hostage” kicked off the second Some of the best films in the ing Madonna starring. it’s true, BMW has been in the the BMWFilms website, was in- season earlier in the year and series are directed by relatively These films are definitely short film business for a little strumental in getting the films features his usual invigorating new talent. Joe Carnahan direct- worth the price of admission. over two years now. While most started. Current talent on the camera movements. Ang Lee’s ed “Ticker,” one of the most ac- Hey, they are even worth paying of their films serve to be little production end is Academy venture into the series is slightly tion packed in the series. for. Definitely go to BMW- more than showpieces for their award winning directot Ridley less satisfying because of less Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu di- Films.com and check these out!
Bob Schulein (Entertainment Editor) Brandon Hathaway (Opinions Editor) s “Powder Keg” by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu “Ambush” by John Frankenheimer
k Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s “Powder If there’s one thing that John Frankenheimer knows how to do, it’s a car chase. “Ambush”
c Keg” short goes above and beyond the other BMW is almost exclusively a car chase between a i shorts to hit an emotional vain. Clive Owen, as the driver, is ordered to pick up an injured photojour- van full of goons and driver Clive Owen with P nalist who has just shot film of a massacre in Nuevo his passenger in a 740iL. It starts out as the Colon and get him safely out of the country. The beautful Bemmer it is, but ends up just as you’d expect from a slick car chase. f photographer regrets his life of shooting pictures and wishes he could have done more to help people. This movie reminded me a little of “Ronin,” f The film achieves its emotional payoff at the end, which I also thorougly enjoyed. The circum- stances of the “Ambush” car chase was an es- a when the photographer gets a Pulitzer for his work. The short is filmed with noticeable grain, giving it pionage style hold up, and the film featured a t a gritty style that makes it seem like you are there. humorous twist in its only plot point. I recom- Of course, given that this is a BMW film, the car mend “Ambush.” BMW’s got a good thing S chase is amazing going with these films.
True Romance Study Break DVD of the week The Thorn’s weekly guide to contemporary and classic films worthy of your precious time Available on Warner Bros. 2-disc special Romance” hoping to make it into a Having a fresh start in a life of era. Unfortunately, Tony Scott edition DVD movie, eventually. Unfortunately, crime, Clarence and Alabama drive does not have the same directorial he needed money for the produc- off to Hollywood--the perfect place ethos. This movie, written with the Online: $16 - $24 tion of “Reservoir Dogs,” so he to push their recently-acquired nose Tarantino violence, directed by sold the script for thirty thousand candy. There they get in touch with someone other than Tarantino, por- dollars. It was later made into a people who wish to purchase. Back trays the violence on screen. This Writer: movie directed by Tony Scott, the home, in the Motor City, Sicilian can get disturbing for the viewer if Quentin Tarantino brother of Ridley Scott. gangsters are angered with the re- one is not accustomed to graphic The story goes as such: In De- cent doings of Clarence. They pur- violence (which one really should Director: troit, an Elvis-man, Clarence, sue him to California, and search not be). Tony Scott played by Christian Slater, falls in for him, in hopes of repaying his act Though it does have it’s short- love with a novice call-girl, Ala- of drug-thievery with some well- comings (or what I saw as short- Starring: Christian bama (Patricia Arquette). The feel- placed bullets. comings), this movie is definitely Slater, Patricia ing is mutual and they immediately Meanwhile, the FBI receives worth watching at least once, if Arquette, Val marry. wind of a particularly large drug you’re a fan of Tarantino’s work. Kilmer, Brad Pitt After discovering how shady a sale. They make sure that this busi- The story is definitely in line with character Alabama’s former pimp ness transaction does not happen Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and is (even by pimp standards), Clar- without some trouble. All of these Jackie Brown, and was actually in- Supplements: DTS, Jacob P. Silvia ence decides to get vengeance on opposing powers counterbalancing tended as a precursor to Reservoir Dolby Digital 5.1, his new bride’s past. This he does one another shouts of movie script- Dogs (which is a sort of precursor Staff Writer Commentaries with a handgun, all at the sugges- ing genius, and a quasi-mastery of to Pulp Fiction, if you accept that galore, DVD-ROM fea- If any of you enjoyed Quentin tion of his own personal, halluci- entertainment. Vince and Vic Vega are brothers). tures, Deleted Tarantino’s directorial debut, “Res- nated Elvis, played by Val Kilmer. Quentin Tarantino is not the The all-star cast was well-chosen, Scenes, Alternate ervoir Dogs,” you should appreci- He kills the pimp, then flees, tak- world’s greatest actor, but he is a and each actor/actress seems right Ending, Fea- ate “True Romance.” In fact, ing some of Alabama’s belongings great writer, and an even better di- for his or her role. It has just about turettes, Trailers, “Reservoir Dogs” might have not with him. Unwarily, he snags a rector. Though most of his movies everything to satisfy any person en- TV Spots, and Film been possible if it were not for large allotment of cocaine con- are violent (both those he writes joying movies about people versus Highlights. Wow. “True Romance.” tained inside the suitcase ironically and those he directs), he manages drug lords. An Elvis man should You see, Tarantino wrote “True bearing a DARE sticker on the side. to make all of the violence off-cam- love this. The Rose Thorn Friday, December 13, 2002 ENTERTAINMENT Page 5 Album of the week
ty. Not afraid to throw caution manages to stay afloat, thanks to Drew Wright to the wind or disturb listeners to the subtle modifications in the Staff Writer achieve their vision, the music background that keep you aware of Oneida comes across as an ee- and at the edge of your seat. Oneida rie mix of almost gleeful synth The meat of the album itself laden garage pop and a tripped (disc two) is a raucous experi- Each One Teach One out low end psychedelic grind ment in controlled noise and guaranteed to get you moving. mind expanding rock and roll. On their latest effort, the dou- From the start, the boys from Jagjaguwar Records ble album, “Each One Teach NYC work thick slabs of One,” the band explores more of crunchy, static ridden guitars “A raucous experiment in the hazy landscape put forth in under expanding keyboards and controlled noise and mind their previous releases. Original- muffled vocals. Even on the expanding rock and roll” ly only put out as a limited edition slower tracks, the music remains vinyl earlier this year, Blooming- anxiously tense and bombastic; One of the great things about ton, Indiana’s Jagjaguwar label a credit to the songwriting skills “independent” music is that, for recently stepped in to distribute of the quartet. the most part, it exists without the opus as a two disk set. Perhaps the most intriguing limits, removing the creative The first disk contains only part of the performance on the and content restrictions en- two tracks, but still manages to album is that, while all of this is forced by a majority of major la- stretch to nearly half an hour in accomplished, the band comes bels these days. As a result, you length. While it is fairly clear off as svelte as ever, conveying get all manners of experimental that this first disk is to serve an image of willowy casualness music, running the gamut from merely as an appetizer for the as they work their magic. This the slightly off kilter to the main course, the first track of- aspect of their sound instantly downright bizarre. The latest fers quite the tasty morsel, pum- brings to mind comparisons to offering from Brooklyn, NY’s meling the listener with roughly Girls Against Boys, whose un- Oneida seems to veer more to- fifteen minutes of tense, rhyth- touchable coolness all but de- player. This is an album that until then, good listening!! wards the latter. mic riffing coupled with sporad- fines their impeccable lounge- should definitely be checked If you liked this Oneida re- With the success of their third ic barks and wails. The only like groove. out; it’s a win-win situation as lease, check out this other album, 2001’s “Anthem of the three bridges in the entire song, A big thank you goes out to you get great music and the goody: Moon,” these fuzz rock vision- placed roughly five minutes Jagjaguwar for bringing this re- pleasure of helping out a local Owen - No Good for No One aries firmly established them- apart, might cause a lesser lease to compact disk format for label. Now (yet another project from selves as a serious force in the band’s composition to crash and those of us whose mom has per- Stay tuned to The Thorn for former American Football main underground music communi- burn, but the track somehow manently borrowed their record more music information and, man Mike Kinsella) ‘Towers’ makes journey I take it from your lack of response that you don’t like from text to screen music, games, or movies. By Andy Taylor-Fabe Battle of Helm's Deep, just as they If you decide to change your opinion, e-mail Michigan Daily (U. Michigan) would be in a history textbook. 12/11/2002 This structure actually makes [email protected] to review for the Thorn. sense, since Tolkien was a scholar (U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, at Oxford before he wrote the Remember, it’s FUN! Mich. - With the opening of Peter three-part fantasy story. Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings: "The Two Towers" is divided The Two Towers" just a week into two parts: Since the Fellow- away, many are starting to wonder ship has been broken and its com- how the film will differ from pany scattered across Middle J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy classic. Earth, it becomes increasingly dif- BALLYHOO Last year's "The Fellowship of the ficult to keep track of the various Ring" was met with mostly posi- characters, who do not encounter tive criticism regarding its adapta- each other often. tion, a surprising reaction The two storylines are complete- considering the almost biblical sta- ly separated in the book, and since PIZZA KING tus of the books in the realm of fan- there is no overlap between the two tasy literature. groups in their adventures, they are Despite some omissions for basically two different stories. length, "Fellowship" the film was However, this format would not faithful to the book. "Towers" does work in a movie. After all, no one 232-3423 an equally fine job of bringing the wants to see the harrowing climax magic of the book to the screen, de- of the battle of Helm's Deep fol- spite the added challenge of having lowed by the quiet and slow-paced to overcome some decidedly un- beginning of Frodo's and Sam's in- Rose-Hulman Special cinematic aspects of the novel. teractions with Gollum. "The Two Towers" picks up ex- Jackson and his team of screen- actly where "The Fellowship of the writers had to adapt the rigidly Ring" left off. Frodo, the ring bear- structured book to a cohesive and er, and his trusty companion Sam flowing film. Their solution was to Large 1 Item Pizza continue their quest into Mordor to splice the storylines together, mov- destroy the ring of power; Ara- ing back and forth from Rohan to Everyday!! gorn, Legolas and Gimli are in hot Mordor with ease and smooth tran- pursuit of a band of Orcs and Uruk- sitions. hai who captured Merry and Pippin As in the first film, characters Only during the final battle in "Fellow- are expanded, and some are dimin- ship." The traitorous wizard Saru- ished completely. In a further at- man continues his plot to destroy tempt to create more romantic the world of men and join forces tension (and add some female with the dark lord Sauron. All over characters to a movie full of guys), Middle Earth, the battle between Arwen is given more screen time $5.00 good and evil rages on. in scenes that did not appear in the The biggest difference between book. Tolkien's novel and Jackson's film The most important change that is the narrative structure. This Jackson et al made, however, is the EXPIRES 12-30-02 sounds like a minor detail, but it ending. Without giving anything Price is for on campus delivery only. profoundly affects the action and away, they chose to end "The Two the pace of the story. Towers" much in the same way When Tolkien wrote "The Lord they ended "Fellowship," with sub- price does not include sales tax of the Rings," he wrote it as one dued but cautious hopefulness in- would write a historical account of stead of cliff-hanging suspense and real events, with chapters listed by uncertainty, leaving the true end- Please visit us on the web at topic instead of strict chronology. ing of "Towers" for "The Return of www.ballyhoo.ws The adventures of Frodo and Sam the King," due in Dec. 2003. are dealt with separately from the The Rose Thorn Page 6 OPINIONS Friday, December 13, 2002 Pop goes the weasel
“I’m the Saturday Night Live became a some high art; I have friends which in centerpiece of American Cul- who post poetry in their away turn came opinions ture, spring-boarding talent, messages. from the both musical and comedic, into The away message is blues, a editor and world fame. Some of the music pretty pervasive at this point: form of mu- you’re that has been generated as a re- there has been pop music record- sic that is sult of exposure from appearing ed about it, there have been nu- uniquely not.” on these shows will endure for- merous commercials with American, ever. The Beatles' appearance reference to it, and somewhat and origi- Brandon Hathaway on the Ed Sullivan Show on Feb- limited references in television nally non- wants to hold your hand ruary 9th, 1964, appears in his- shows. It even seems to be re- commer- tory books. placing the telephone number as cial. Reali- It's interesting to see the vari- Other things are also on the the key objective for a cute ty television ous media that pop culture tends forefront of pop culture icons member of the opposite sex. has sprung to elevate to the station of art. these days. Video games are ex- The mass media always takes up where The fine arts are really timeless, erting incredible influence on a long while to incorporate tech- once cre- in the sense that the material people in today's generation, nology into their jokes and con- ative televi- they cover will resonate through even to the point of being com- versations appropriately. Every sion, like the ages and that the styles in parable to movies. joke I've ever heard on main- Sports E-mail is affecting the way stream TV involving a computer Night and Cheers once con- are many bad jazzmen. Just be- which they are portrayed will cause classics are classics also people speak and write. Does has made no sense. I guess trolled the airwaves. Saturday probably be around for some does not mean you must like time as well. For example, I am ne1 even kno how to write a let- that's what happens when En- Night Live has fallen from its ter ne more? No? LOL! AOL de- glish majors write television bastion of brilliance. them, either. I personally don't confident that people will be like Charles Dickens, but I guess veloped a number of new shows with a science education There is still cultured music painting landscapes and still some other people do. Whatev- lifes pretty much until the end of concepts with its communica- from Star Trek. and writing out there, you just tions techniques, among them: These forces that propel qual- have to look for it. There are er. time. I doubt, however, that we I do think there's a limit to the Instant Message and its an- ities like the away message and jazz masters who still play their will see much resurgence in the what you can take, though. I variety show as a medium for swering machine counterpart, the Pop Princess to the forefront trumpets; there are blues greats the away message. of American culture are the very who still tear up the fret board. think we're about due for a cul- expressing creativity. tural revolution before too long. For folks our age and younger, same that hold back the more "Andy Richter Controls the Uni- For the latter half of the 20th The 90s had a small expansion century, variety shows were a the away message has become a important and productive as- verse" is the freshest television very serious medium of expres- pects of society. Carrot Top gets show I've seen in years. I am with Nirvana, Guns and Roses, critical vehicle for bringing and Pearl Jam, among many oth- sion. By "serious," I obviously on television and the players in not saying that things that the comedy acts and musical acts to ers, after the creative quagmire the public. Elvis and the Beatles don't mean "serious," I mean Major League Baseball have the commercial aspects of art and something more along the lines brazen leverage to strike while media are necessarily bad just of the 80s. So next time you were introduced to America and hear the Gap commercial with of "not so much serious." A lot more sophisticated cultural acts because they are commercial, The Doors achieved superstar- John Lee Hooker's "Boom dom as a result of appearances, of people do pay attention to it, never make it to public atten- mind you. though, and frequently it is a tion. Likewise, some of this isn't Boom" or Hank Williams' or in the Doors' case, just one "Move it Over," check out the good way to express witty com- Modern popular music today necessarily good because it's not appearance, on the Ed Sullivan original. There's a reason why ments, or in some cases, even has its roots in rock and roll, famous. Jazz is hard, and there Show. they're using 50 year old songs.
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By Fances Carr and passing them off as local The vast majority of radio sta- large-market on air talent to de- of your head? FYI, 91.1 FM. Massachusetts shows, inserting traffic and tions nationwide have been liver premium programming to It is up to us, fellow conscien- Daily Collegian weather for each respective city. bought out by mega corporations smaller towns. Hugely popular tious college students. Tune in (U. Massachusetts-Amherst) If one DJ in San Diego can do the like Clear Channel, which cur- shows can be broadcast all over and support the underdogs who 12/11/2002 job of one thousand DJs nation- rently owns more than 1,200 ra- the country giving listeners the are desperately trying to stay wide, what are big business' in- dio stations across all 50 states programming and diversity they afloat for your sake or suffer the "As we celebrate mediocrity centives to keep them around, and Washington, D.C. Its website crave no matter where they are." generic mainstream consequenc- All the boys upstairs wanna see besides ... hmm ... I don't know ... boasts that they reach more than They go on to conclude, "Re- es. How much you'll pay for what perhaps, quality and the unique 110 million listeners each week, sult: Greater value for both ad- Today, our state's capital city you used to get for free." -Tom local flavor that prepackaged 54 percent of all people ages 18- vertisers and listeners." Glenn only has three independent radio Petty shows lack? 49 in the U.S. daily, and that ad- Siegel, advisor at WMUA says, stations left! The only Boston sta- These lyrics come from Tom Another method of cutting vertisers spend almost 20 percent Result: "Good for business, bad tions that have been able to resist Petty's recent release entitled costs is voice tracking. This pro- of their radio advertising dollars for culture, music and radio." the temptation of selling out are "The Last DJ." cess allows a DJ to prerecord with them alone. Well, You can't turn him into a WFNX 101.7 FM, which plays On Feb. 8, 1996, then-presi- their show in the studio and up- In essence, this company and company man, And you can't turn alternative rock, WCRB 102.5 dent Bill Clinton signed the Tele- load it onto computer, a great others like it are growing expo- him into a whore. And the boys FM, a classical music station, and communications Act into law. way to cut corners and save some nentially because we are all lis- upstairs just don't understand WILD 1090 AM, an urban outlet. The law, combined with advanc- green. The station is anymore. Well, the top If stations continue to give in, es in technology and increased only paying talent for brass don't like him and listeners keep lapping up emphasis on ratings promoted by one hour instead of “The boys upstairs just don’t talking so much, And what is being spoon-fed to them, corporate greed, would change three or four of actual he won't play what this will continue. The rich will the face of radio broadcasting live airtime. Then understand anymore.” they say to play. And get richer as jobs are cut and sal- forever. It loosened restrictions during the show's he don't wanna aries are compressed. And ulti- of ownership in markets from slot, an underpaid tening, thus encouraging the change what don't need mately, stations will become four stations to eight and gross board operator plays the voice homogenization of the airwaves. to change. -Tom Petty more and more disconnected national ownership restrictions tracks and the predetermined Soon the only choice on your ra- Living in the valley we are from the public that they are sup- became limitless. Before, no one play lists, which feature songs dio dial will be the interchange- spoiled rotten, we have the posed to be serving. company could own more than chosen based upon research and able mix stations that refuse to choice of tuning into independent Siegel told me how sad it is forty stations nationwide. top 40 lists. play any thing but Pink, No stations that feature real live when kids come to him and say In the six years since the bill Voice tracking boasts the elim- Doubt and Creed. I don't know community voices with a person- they want to work in radio. He slinked its way into law, 4,000 ination of surprises. But isn't a lot about anyone else, but if that's al stake in the local issues, play- has to tell them, "You're about out of 10,000 commercial radio of the appeal of live radio those what the future of radio holds in ing music freely based upon thirty years late, buddy." stations have changed hands. surprises? The pockets of dead store for me, I am going to take a personal and listener predilec- There goes the last DJ Who And as a result, many live, local air. The little mistakes and the sledgehammer to every radio in tion. But here's the big question: plays what he wants to play And DJs are being replaced by more DJ's apologetic explanations. It sight. How many of you actually listen says what he wants to say, hey cost efficient methods since all grants the listener the comfort of To an untrained ear their pro- to said stations? How many of hey hey And there goes your free- the "boys upstairs" care about is knowing that the DJ is a flawed posal sounds intriguing, even you can, without looking, recall dom of choice, There goes the the bottom line. human too. But wait, DJs aren't beneficial. "Clear Channel Ra- the frequency of WMUA, (the ra- last human voice There goes the One such way is broadcasting necessarily human anymore, so dio's size allows it to leverage dio voice of UMass, for those of last DJ. -Tom Petty generic shows across the country strike that. state-of-the-art technology and you who don't know) off the top Have an opinion? Sure, we all do. Write Opinions for the Thorn. E-mail [email protected] The Rose Thorn Friday, December 13, 2002 SPORTS Page 7 Three-point, free-throw shooting lifts Rose-Hulman women over Rose-Hulman Institute of Freshman Anna Hall (Martins- featured 11 lead changes, with Technology buried 10 three-point ville) rounded out the double-fig- Rose-Hulman closing the stanza field goals and finished 16-18 ure scoring with 11 points, while on a 10-2 run. from the free-throw line to earn senior Cari Hasselbring (Skokie, In the second half, Rose-Hul- an 82-73 victory over Greenville Ill./Niles North) contributed man methodically built a 10- College on Tuesday night. eight points, nine rebounds and point lead at 71-61 with 3:24 re- Freshman Karyn Kost (Avon) four blocked shots. maining on a layup by Hall. led the Engineers with 22 points Amy Brinkerhoff led Green- Greenville closed within five and buried five three-point field ville with 21 points, while Julie points in the final minute on a goals, while sophomore Carrie Kaufmann (the daughter of 1973 layup by Julie Kauffmann, but Wiley (Vevay/ Switzerland Rose-Hulman alumnus Bob the Engineers secured the victory County) added 20 points and four Kaufmann) added 15 points and a by finishing 9-10 from the foul three-pointers. team-high six assists for the Pan- line in the final 59 seconds. Junior Kiley Wallace (Mun- thers. Rose-Hulman improved to 2-6 ster) added to the well-rounded The Engineers shot 40% from on the season, while Greenville attack with 19 points and a ca- the field and were outrebounded dropped to 4-2. The Engineers reer-high eight assists. Wiley and 18-12 in the first half but led 36- return to action on Saturday at Wallace all established career- 35 at the break due to five three- Earlham College at 1 p.m. Photo Courtesy Rose-Hulman highs for points in the victory. point field goals. The first-half Sophomore Carrie Wiley Earlham holds off Engineers, retains Mutchner Cup Earlham College retained the points and nine rebounds, while break. John Mutchner Cup for the third senior Jon Query (Petersburg/ The Quakers opened the second consecutive year with a 73-63 vic- Pike Central) added 12 points and half on an 17-8 run to take a 50-40 tory over Rose-Hulman Institute four assists. Freshman Munchie advantage with 13:08 remaining. of Technology on Wednesday Muskeyvalley (Rock Island, Ill.) Rose-Hulman battled to within evening. contributed five assists and six four points at 61-57 on a pair of Earlham shot 59% from the steals in 29 minutes with two free throws and a three-pointer by field in the second half to hold off points. senior Rashad Gold (Evansville/ a late charge by the Engineers and Freshman Markous Jewett led Harrison) and a layup by sopho- improve to 5-3 on the season. four Quakers in double figures more Jason Ludwig (Effingham, The game featured the battle for with 21 points, with junior Sean Ill./St. Anthony). the John Mutchner Cup, named O’Reilley just behind at 19 points. Earlham answered with five for the standout Earlham student- Rose-Hulman jumped out to a consecutive points to regain a 66- athlete who later served as men’s 22-16 lead late in the first half on 57 lead and secure the victory on a basketball coach for 25 years at field goals by freshman Kareem three-point play by freshman Rose-Hulman. Mutchner was in Lee (Indianapolis/Warren Cen- Brandon Miller and a layup by se- attendance at Wednesday tral) and Griffith. A three-pointer nior Nathan Stoops. evening’s game. by Query pushed the Engineer ad- Rose-Hulman dropped to 1-5 on The evening also marked a re- vantage to 31-27 and a pair of free the season and returns to action on turn to campus for 1978 Rose- throws by freshman Brian Bibb Sunday afternoon at Robert Mor- Hulman graduate Jeff Justus, the (Hoopeston, Ill.) gave Rose-Hul- ris College-Springfield. The ti- fifth-year head coach at Earlham man another four-point lead at 33- poff occurs at 4 p.m. Indiana time College. 29. (3 p.m. Illinois time) at Lincoln Rose-Hulman sophomore Phil- Jewett closed the first half with Land Community College in ip Griffith (Mooreland/Blue River a conventional three-point play to Springfield. Valley) led the Engineers with 18 bring Earlham within 33-32 at the Rifle team results
Michael Ray Rose-Hulman Rifle Coach Photo Courtesy Rose-Hulman Senior Rashad Gold The Rose-Hulman rifle team came up short against the University of Ak- Individual scores ron, losing 6017-5950. Jason LaBella Brad Hauter named men’s led the team in smallbore with 1124. soccer head coach; Rose did better overall in air rifle and Jennifer Lowe led the team for the third will retain women’s head time this season, tying her personal best of 379. Jarrod Sands and Bryan Shaw coaching duties also shot personal bests of 369 and 377, Brad Hauter has been named school’s program with a record respectively. head men’s soccer coach at of 57-41-6 in six seasons. The team is off until Jan 18-19 when Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech- Hauter played professional Morehead State University and Xavier nology, effective immediately. soccer in the United States from University come to town to take on the Hauter has coached the Rose- 1988-1998 after enjoying a stel- Engineers. Hulman women’s soccer pro- lar career at DePauw University gram for the past two seasons and from 1983-87. The psychology will retain his duties as head major earned a United States women’s coach. He helped lead Soccer Federation National Upcoming athletic events the women’s team to a 13-6 Coaching License in 1995, and record in 2002, including the first completed a course in media Friday, Dec. 13 regional ranking in the history of training at Edelman Public Rela- ·WR hosts December Duels, TBA Wednesday, Dec. 18 women’s athletics at the college. tions in 1998. The Engineers also compiled the Off the field, Hauter was the ·WBB hosts College of Mount St. highest winning percentage in founder and director of “Off the Saturday, Dec. 14 Joseph, 6 pm the eight-year history of wom- Streets”, a non-profit organiza- ·WBB at Earlham College, 1 pm ·MBB hosts Hanover College, 8 pm en’s athletics at Rose-Hulman. tion formed in Chicago to help ·WR hosts December Duels, TBA Hauter, who has a record of the homeless. He authored a soc- 21-16 in two years as women’s cer coaching manual entitled The soccer coach, has also served as Invisible Game in 1994, and has Sunday, Dec. 15 (Games in bold denote home games) the men’s assistant at Rose-Hul- directed camps at various levels ·MBB at Robert Morris College, 4 pm man for the last two seasons. Pre- for 10 years. Key viously, he was the head men’s Prior to accepting the head po- MBB = Men’s Basketball soccer coach at Saint Mary’s sition at Saint Mary’s Universi- Monday, Dec. 16 WBB = Women’s Basketball University (Minn.). He compiled ty, Hauter served as assistant ·WBB hosts California Institute of SWIM = Swim Team the highest winning percentage soccer coach at Gustavus Adol- Technology, 7 pm in the 28-year history of the phus, Judson and DePauw. WR = Wrestling Volume 38, Issue 10 “Living in a vacuum sucks.” -Adrienne E. Gusoff Friday, December 13th, 2002 Top Ten Ways to Get a Boyfriend Wacky Prof Quotes 10 Be hotter. 9 Be Asian and frequent Speed 3. “So, if I’m just sitting here, and I tweak myself, 8 Look for guys that hang out with Hertz…they’ve gotta be single. where does it go?” 7 Slip a roofie in your own drink. --Dr. Graves, talking about direction fields in DE 6 Stop being so fat, Fatty. or something else mathematically kinky 5 Avoid Ron. Nobody likes Ron. 4 Grab your ankles a lot. “If you have insomnia, think about physics.” 3 Try authority figures such as counselors. --Dr. Nahm, in Physics 2, on sleeping in class 2 IM tj9582 if you want to be his girlfriend. 1 Send a photo and get in line. ([email protected]) “Just pretend like I’m talking.” This week’s Top Ten brought to you by Skinner guys with no girlfriends. And
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