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Volume 43 - Issue 17 - Friday, February 8, 2008 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Scholar The Rose Thorn Archive Student Newspaper Winter 2-8-2008 Volume 43 - Issue 17 - Friday, February 8, 2008 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 43 - Issue 17 - Friday, February 8, 2008" (2008). The Rose Thorn Archive. 173. https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn/173 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. ANYONE HAVING ACCESS TO THE MATERIAL SHOULD NOT REPRODUCE OR DISTRIBUTE BY ANY MEANS COPIES OF ANY OF THE MATERIAL OR USE THE MATERIAL FOR DIRECT OR INDIRECT COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGE WITHOUT DETERMINING THAT SUCH ACT OR ACTS WILL NOT INFRINGE THE COPYRIGHT RIGHTS OF ANY PERSON OR ENTITY. ANY REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON THIS REPOSITORY IS AT THE SOLE RISK OF THE PARTY THAT DOES SO. 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]. T HE R OSE T HORN R OSE -H ULMAN I NSTITUTE OF T ECHNOLOGY T ERRE H AUTE , I NDIANA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2008 ROSE-HULMAN.EDU/THORN/ VOLUME 43, ISSUE 17 Master Plan lays out change News Briefs By Ryan Schultz Store clerk robbed twice in one evening Tommy Gutierrez is not what you would call lucky. The 31-year-old convenience store clerk was working last Tuesday eve- ning when an armed robber entered the store and demanded money. A little more than two hours later, Gutierrez was robbed again, this time by a different armed rob- ber. Gutierrez said that he gave the rob- bers the money and things they demand- ed and nobody was hurt. The event has not fazed Gutierrez, who says that he will not quit his job because he has a family to support. Telepathic DNA A recent study published in “ACS’s Jour- nal of Physical Chemistry B” shows that DNA molecules have the ability to recog- nize similar sequences from a distance Rachel Howser / Rose Thorn and congregate together. Modern science does not have the ability to describe this Rose-Hulman’s most recently devised Master Plan, planning for the development of new roads, housing, and parking options. behavior. The process happens without the aid of chemical indicators or differ- ences in electric potential between the Rachel Howser large as the City of New York east of Skinner. This plan a rather vast encompassing molecules. “Amazingly, the forces respon- Staff Writer or as small as the campus includes the demolition of project that appears to in- sible for the sequence recognition can at Rose-Hulman. Typically, both BSB and Speed resi- crease the footprint of Rose reach across more than one nanometer of lanners at Rose-Hul- groups such as municipali- dence halls. by about 25%. The question water separating the surfaces of the near- man are currently lay- ties or college campuses Planners are developing may be will these new facili- est neighbor DNA,” said the authors of the Ping out a master plan develop these plans to ac- a new master plan that in- ties be able to be used and fi ll paper, Geoff S. Baldwin, Sergey Leikin, for Rose-Hulman’s campus. commodate future growth. cludes many more changes. successfully by an increased John M. Seddon, and Alexei A. Kornyshev This plan will include the Planners estimate how the A preliminary plan was pre- student body of the same and colleagues. demolition and addition of predicted growth will affect sented in November. This caliber as currently exists.” many buildings and a plan aspects of the built environ- plan included the addition Senior software engineering for new traffic patterns on ment including current land of nearly 20 new buildings or major Bryan Musial pointed Verizon says “no” to campus. This new master use and transportation. building additions and a sig- out, “I really like the balance plan will be presented to the Planners at Rose-Hulman nifi cantly different traffi c fl ow that these plans have. You helping Hollywood Board of Trustees at the end developed a master plan in on campus. The new layout can see Feng Shui-esque in- with anti-piracy fi ght of the month. 2002. This plan shows many has been developed such in a spirations in physical place- A master plan, or compre- changes to campus includ- way that much of the angular- ment and complemented by Verizon recently refused to help Holly- hensive plan, is a tool used ing new academic build- ity found in the current layout gentle arcs or the relation of wood stop online pirates that use the Ve- by land-use planners and ings, a parking garage, new is discarded and the campus the building(s) to physical rizon network. The company’s stance is engineers to describe a set residence halls, and a group is given a more fl uid shape. landmarks.” two-fold, it wishes to protect its custom- of future goals. These plans of fraternity housing to be Nick Corkill, a junior civil en- ers and its own interest. Thomas J. Tauke, are implemented in areas as built in the wooded area just gineering major stated, “It is Continued on Page 3... executive vice president for public affairs at Verizon, said that three main ideas fac- tored in to Verizon’s decision: the slippery slope, liability, and privacy. With the slip- Mens basketball celebrate centennial pery slope, Tauke says, “once you start go- ing down the path of looking at informa- Tim Boyer record of 963-962, one game pionships and has earned eight basketball alumni from years tion going down the network, there are Staff Writer over an even .500. Over the trips to the NCAA Division past. Some notable graduates many that want you to play the role of po- years, Rose-Hulman has had a III Tournament. During the from the basketball program liceman.” As far as liability is concerned he men’s program be- unique collection of players, as 1998-99 season, the Engineers include Bob Bright, retired Tauke says that, “when you look back at gan over 100 years ago nearly every player at the NCAA earned a national top 10 rank- Vice-President of the 3M Cor- the history of copyright legislation, there Tin 1898. However, dur- Division III institution has ma- ing. However, the 1977-78 team poration, Tim Cindric, Presi- has been an effort by Hollywood to pin ing Rose’s history, there were jored in engineering. was perhaps the best team in dent of Penske Racing, and Don the liability for copyright violations on breaks in the program includ- The Engineers have earned engineer history, at least on Ings, the all-time leading scorer the network that transmits the material.” ing 1898-1901, 1932-35 and their reputation on the court paper, fi nishing the season at who served as Vice-President at And, as for privacy, Tauke says, “Anything 1944-47, the latter due to World in addition to off the court. 24-4 and advanced as far as the Caterpillar. we do has to balance the need of copyright War II. Going into tomorrow’s Over the years, Rose has cap- NCAA Quarterfi nals. protection with the desire of the custom- game, Rose has built a program tured nine conference cham- The celebration will bring Continued on Page 3... ers for privacy.” In this issue of the Rose Thorn... Top Ten Ways to Finally Cancel NEWS There Will Be Blood OPINIONS “Think Pink” Class F 3 6 LIPSIDE Picture by Andrew Carlson Know It Alls and Obama Mens Basketball Reaches 100th 8 Season E4NTERTAINMENT 7SPORTS 8 PAGE - NEWS - PAGE 3 ENTERTAINMENT - PAGE 4 LIVING - PAGE 5 OPINIONS - PAGE 6 SPORTS - PAGE 7 FLIPSIDE 2 PUZZLES & CLASSIFIEDS The Rose Thorn Rose- doku by Jim Sedoff Instructions: Solve the puzzle by fill- ing in the blanks but be careful to not re- peat the symbols (E, N, G, I, R, S, W, K and 9) vertically, horizontally Find the answers to all Rose Thorn or within the bold 3x3 puzzles at: sub-grid squares. http://www.rose-hulman.edu/thorn CLASSIFIEDS House for rent Apartment for rent Gibson Apartments 1 - 2 -3 -4 bedroom apts. $390 and up some include all Large, furnished three bedroom apartment available Nice clean house for rent near Collett Park. Two bed- utilities but lights. NO pets. Gibson Apts 234-4884. room, kitchen, living room, dining room, bath. 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