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Volume 44 - Issue 02 - Friday, September 19, 2008 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Scholar The Rose Thorn Archive Student Newspaper Fall 9-19-2008 Volume 44 - Issue 02 - Friday, September 19, 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 44 - Issue 02 - Friday, September 19, 2008" (2008). The Rose Thorn Archive. 131. https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn/131 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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T HE R OSE T HORN R OSE -H ULMAN I NSTITUTE OF T ECHNOLOGY T ERRE H AUTE , I NDIANA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 ROSE-HULMAN.EDU/THORN/ VOLUME 44, ISSUE 2 VX is gone for good News Briefs Noel Spurgeon p r o c e s s e s By Andrew Klusman Guest Writer like these are chal- n August 8, 2008, lenging be- Original Mozart music the US Army con- cause of the Ofirmed that the last need to pro- found in France ton container of nerve agent vide maxi- An original piece of music written by VX had been destroyed at mum pro- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the famous the Newport Chemical De- tection for Classical composer, was found in a library pot in Newport, Ind. This the workers, at Nantes, France. Ulrich Leisinger, the event marked the comple- the com- head of research at the International Mo- tion of a process which be- munity, and zarteum Foundation in Salzburg, Austria, gan in May 2005, with the the environ- which is Mozart’s birthplace, states that beginning of agent disposal ment. Also, there is no doubt the piece was handwrit- operations. This process was the selected ten by Mozart himself. The sheet itself is a also a larger part of the effort technology melody sketch, according to Leisinger, and to completely de-militarize for dispos- it is missing only the harmony and instru- the Newport facility, which ing of the mentation, but the tune is complete. The included the destruction VX, neutral- piece of music was discovered while the of the chemical production ization, had library was going through its archives. The plant located on the prem- not been sheet was given to the library by an auto- ises, which had not been in previously graph collector in the 19th Century, and use since the 1960’s. used. This File photo curteosy Global Security then placed in the library’s collection. It For the past forty years, r e q u i r e d Newport Chemical Depot circa 1997, location of recent demilitarization project was then forgotten by scholars for more the Newport Chemical De- the con- taken on by the federal government in compliance with international doctrine. than one hundred years. If sold, the piece pot has stored 1,269 tons of s t r u c t i o n Demilitarization was completed August 8, 2008. could sell for around $100,000. nerve agent VX in 1,960 steel of a plant containers. Nerve agent specifically Transformer shuts VX is an odorless, tasteless d e s i g n e d destruction when the caustic port community lived for more liquid that is classified as a for the neutralization pro- wastewater is removed from than 40 years with 1,269.3 tons down Large persistent agent, a chemical cess. In this process, the VX the shipping containers at Veo- of one of the deadliest chemi- that can remain on clothes is mixed with heated sodium lia, after which the Army will cals created by man, and now Hadron Collider and other surfaces for ex- hydroxide and water in a re- apply to the Organization for it’s gone.” The 30-ton transformer that cools part tended periods. It interferes actor. The resulting product the Prohibition of Chemical Doubtless, the elimination of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) broke with the proper operation of of caustic wastewater is then Weapons for a final inspection of the chemical stockpile at last week, forcing the stoppage of the LHC. the enzyme that acts as the shipped to Veolia Environ- to certify complete destruction Newport without incident is When the transformer broke down, the op- body’s ‘off switch’ for glands mental Services in Port Ar- of the stockpile at the Newport a great relief for its citizens. erating temperature rose from below two and muscles, effectively thur, Texas for final disposal. facility. However, the process is not degrees Kelvin to four and a half Kelvin, over-stimulating them un- Despite these intricacies, the Despite the international im- completely finished: it will which is warmer than the normal operating til they can no longer func- process was an overwhelm- plications of the end of the neu- now enter a closure phase in temperature. The transformer failed within tion. Exposure to VX can ing success, being complet- tralization process, the most which buildings and equip- hours of its launch, but an operator did not build up in the body, and it is ed in three years and three important effect of completion ment will be dismantled, and report the problem for over a week. The especially toxic if absorbed months without any agent- is the impact on the citizens of various wastes related to the transformer failed on September 11, and through the skin. related injuries or illnesses. Newport. According to Terry neutralization process will be the system was shut down. The faulty trans- Because of the danger of The impact of this historic Arthur, Public Affairs Officer of disposed of. It is expected to former has been replaced, and the LHC is this chemical, disposing of undertaking is twofold. First, the Newport Chemical Depot, take another 18 to 20 months back to normal operating temperatures. It such quantities of it was a the Army will receive Chemi- “The risk of continued storage before the de-militarization of will still be several weeks before the first sig- difficult undertaking. In cal Weapons Convention of the Newport stockpile has the Newport Chemical Depot nificant collisions are attempted. general, de-militarization treaty credit for the chemical been eliminated… The New- is complete. Texting more Rush & recruitment at Rose dangerous than Hoby Tam cause college life is much generations on how the hous- far from media attention. Guest Writer more than just books and es are the breeding grounds Many of us are familiar with drugs, alcohol reports. It’s about getting for alcoholic, sex–addicted media spin on Greek life with A study in Great Britain on seventeen driv- he age old ques- to know real life and tak- heathens and brutes, but then, films such as American Pie - ers aged 17-24 was carried out by the Trans- tion of “to be or ing in all that it has to offer. there are those that have claim Beta House, Old School, and port Research Laboratory (TRL) on behalf Tnot to be” exists in One such non-academic that their house was a place of – of course – Animal House. of the Royal Automobile Club Foundation its most intense form during decision that every college brother/sisterhood, breeding The depiction of wild parties found that the reaction time for the drivers our “golden years” as col- student must endure is to ground for scholars and good (Toga! Toga! Toga!) and glam- was slowed 35% when writing or reading lege students because it is be or not to be involved in citizens, and a place to chill orous girls, and for the gals, text messages. TRL also found that reaction the period in which we truly Greek life. and have some fun. Both sides guys galore mixed with mass time only deteriorated 12% for those at the start to identify ourselves Whether or not to go Greek are bolstered by statistics; sta- amounts of alcohol makes legal alcohol limit, and 21% by those un- for the rest of our lives is a fickle question that many tistics show elevated levels of the decision of going Greek an der the influence of cannabis. In addition — and let’s not lie to our- ponder about. There are underage drinking at frater- even tougher one – a decision to that, steering control decreased by 91% selves — social circles are — just like every other issue nities nationwide, but there based upon ethics – should we while being distracted by text messages, and forming and we do not want — proponents and opponents are also statistics correlating abide by our super ego - our only 35% when under the influence of can- to be left out. Despite our presenting the pros and cons, higher GPAs and community angel on our left shoulder - or nabis. Texters were also prone to maintain presence here as individuals respectively, presenting ratio- service with Greek life.
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