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Issue 12 - Friday, January 9, 2004 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Scholar The Rose Thorn Archive Student Newspaper Winter 1-9-2004 Volume 39 - Issue 12 - Friday, January 9, 2004 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 39 - Issue 12 - Friday, January 9, 2004" (2004). The Rose Thorn Archive. 262. https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn/262 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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ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA Friday, January 9, 2004 Volume 39, Issue 12 Campus News Briefs Emergency telephones repaired Laura Kraus Staff Writer Odessa Goedert Staff Writer Fine Art Series Presents When Junior CS Brandi Soggs tried to use the newly-installed Trio Indiana will perform tomorrow (the 10th) at 7:30 in Hat- emergency telephone in the SRC/ fi eld Hall. Trio Indiana is an internationally praised clarinet Triplets parking lot, she found the group. They are three music professors from the IU School system in a state of disrepair. of Music: James Campbell, Eli Eban, and Howard Klug. The Only two months after the concert will be free to all Rose students, faculty, and staff. installation of this emergency telephone pole, the system was non-functional; the strobe at the top of the pole signaled that assistance was needed, but no telephone connection to security was established. When Wayne Spary, Director of the Department of Facilities, was notifi ed of this serious equipment failure, he immediately arranged for the testing of all such systems campus-wide. Public Safety offi cers found that out of the six emergency telephone poles on Rose campus, Carmen DuVall / Rose Thorn only one was fully operational –the one located directly in front The emergency phone shown above is just one of several non-work- ing crisis contact points located on campus. of the Public Safety building. SGA and club funding According to Spary, Public all malfunctioning phones pole will fl ash and the telephone Safety and Facilities currently immediately following their will be automatically connected perform no routine maintenance SGA update - From the Dec. 16 meeting, SGA approved testing the week before Christmas to Public Safety. on the emergency telephone break. “Come hell or high water, During the summer of 2004, RoboCup’s club status. Funds were approved for Robotics systems and have relied on they’ll be done tomorrow,” said three new emergency poles will Team desktop computers, SCUBA club bills, an OVC 16 per- students to report malfunctions. Spary on Tuesday of that week. be erected on campus. Planned son Colorado Ski trip, and a RoboCup trip to New Orleans Gary Flora, Director of Public All phones were, indeed, fi xed by locations are the baseball, for competition. Safety, says that the phones have the end of the week. football, and intramural sports never been used in an emergency The telephones are intended to fi elds. situation, but that no one has be used in an emergency situation, Purchase and installation costs used them inappropriately either. and, when fully operational, the of each emergency telephone Drama Club presents “Proof” Repairs were underway on blue strobe light at the top of the system is approximately $5,000. Begins Thursday, Jan. 15. This award winning play is a fam- ily drama in which a troubled young woman deals with the Flu Season hits hard death of her brilliant mathematician father. Performances A fl u epidemic happens will be on Thursday (7:30), Friday (7:30), Saturday (7:30), Nicole Hartkemeyer when a virus spreads and Sunday (2:30). Tickets are free to Rose students. News Editor quickly through a speci- fi ed population, which Millions of people all over happens every year. A the world have already pandemic, on the other Professor trapped overseas! had to deal with the fl u hand, occurs when a virus this season, making it the spreads across the world. RHIT professor Dr. Calvin Lui is stuck in Hong Kong after a worst outbreak of infl u- The typical fl u season, holiday visit. He was going through the proper security to enza in several years. This from October to March, has many experts fearing return home, when he was asked about his work in engi- strikes as many as eight another fl u pandemic, million people every neering and technology. Lui responed that he taught Fluid which have killed up to 50 year. Outbreaks of the Mechanics and Thermodynamics, and this puts him on a million people worldwide fl u occur every year, but “Technology Alert List.” He is now inelliglable for re-entry in the past. this year they have come due to the export of sensitive goods, or in this case “technol- The fl u, also known as earlier than usual and infl uenza, is an infection the virus is believed to ogy.” Lui’s classes are being picked up by other faculty until of the throat, airways, his return. be a new strain which is and lungs, and can be largely resistant to the caused by a large variety vaccinations given to of viruses. fi ght the fl u season this While the fl u and cold year. Winter Formal 2004 symptoms are similar, With the globalization infl uenza is much more of transportation and If romance is in the air, it’s pretty cold out. Turn up the heat serious as it drastically communications today, and ask your sweetheart to the Winter Formal on Saturday, reduces the body’s abil- a worldwide pandemic Jan. 17, sponsored by SAB. Dinner is at 6 p.m. and is $5 (buy ity to fi ght off other could prove to be as deadly your tickets today, Monday, or Tuesday in the commons). infections. Most deaths as the worst fl u pandemic attributed to the fl u are Dancing in the Main Dining Hall at 7:30 is free. The theme in history, the infamous actually caused by com- Spanish fl u outbreak of this year is “fi esta,” and there are rumors of non-alcoholic plications like a severe 1918 and 1919. Carmen DuVall / Rose Thorn margaritas and wild piñata bashing. case of pneumonia or Cheryl Burgess administers fl u vaccines. bronchitis. Continued on page 3... 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Mostly Sunny 26 Hi / 21 Lo Page 8 Pages 6 Page 7 Provided by www.weather.com The Rose Thorn Edited by Lissa Avery 2 EVVENTSENTS Friday, January 9, 2004 9 10 Campus 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball, at Rhodes College 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Student Activity, Guitarist Jason Calendar LeVasser 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Registration For 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Student Activity, Ski Career Services Work- Career Services’ Re- Spring Quarter Career Services’ Re- Drama Club Play, Indoor Track Meet Trip shop, How to Work The sume Workshop sume Workshop “Proof” Internship/Co-op Fair 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Registration For Spring Registration For Registration For Drama Club Play, Fine Arts Series, Trio Registration For Spring Quarter Spring Quarter Spring Quarter “Proof” Indiana Quarter 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. Drama Club Play, Engineers in Concert Engineers in Concert Engineers in Concert Engineers in Concert Student Activity, Take Student Activities “Proof” tryouts tryouts tryouts tryouts Five Board’s Ski Trip 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Fine Arts Series, Aebersol & Neiweem Pianists The Rose Thorn Classifi eds website, updated Join Us 3 Bedroom Apartments Chevy Cavalier Table Talks for your viewing pleasure: Do you find yourself hungry Two 3 bedroom apartments for 1995 Chevy Cavalier, 2-dr Come to United Campus Minis- on Sunday nights? 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