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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Scholar The Rose Thorn Archive Student Newspaper Winter 2-10-2012 Volume 47 - Issue 17 - Friday, February 10, 2012 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 47 - Issue 17 - Friday, February 10, 2012" (2012). The Rose Thorn Archive. 66. https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn/66 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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He was followed by tion with a time of 5 pancakes be used outside of contests. ing contest. Colin Ringwood with a time of in 20 seconds,” he said. “I am “This is a very bad habit for Hundreds of students filed “Behind the scenes we try 1:18 and Garret Roecker with hoping this year to get a chef people to do. Chewing your into the Aramark to eat at to have four girls making pan- 1:24. Deschaine, a veteran of hat.” food is good for proper di- Delta Delta Delta’s third an- cakes about Prior to gestion, and I am in no way nual Tri-Hop pancake fun- an hour be- Tri Hop, De- encouraging this,” Deschaine draiser Saturday. The event fore start schaine had said. “Also, there is a high risk raised $2,000 through ticket time on the never partici- in choking, so please don’t at- sales for St. Jude Children’s two griddles pated in com- tempt this.” Research Hospital, Tri Delta’s that are vis- petitive eat- Contests aside, the mission national philanthropy. Sen- ible to the ing. In fact, he of Tri Delta’s annual event is ior chemical engineer Kristi students. We doesn’t even clear: to help their national Telljohann, the philanthropy have about train. The se- sorority meet its goal to help chair for the chapter, was six girls serv- cret, he said, is hospitalized children. in charge of organizing Tri- ing pan- in the way you “We currently have a goal Hop. cakes and eat. as a national organization to “I would say it was success- sausages,” ”I don’t ac- raise $15 million in 5 years, ful. Lots of people had great Telljohann tually chew and the group is well on the pancakes, and the event ran said. “We will my pancakes. way to achieving that,” Tell- much smoother than last year usually have I take one bite johann said. “We are happy with the lines never going out about six girls mid-pancake to be a part of something so the ARA door,” Telljohann manning the so that half of large and meaningful.” said. washing ma- it can be swal- Deschaine is more than The task of cooking pan- chine for the lowed and then willing to help Tri Delta meet cakes for hundreds of hungry dishes in the the other half that goal. engineers required consider- back. It is Proceeds from the Tri-Hop event benefit Tri Delta’s inserted, and “Tri-Hop is one of my fa- able teamwork and planning, always a fa- national philanthropy, St. Jude Research Hospital. repeat until vorite events every year. I re- including advertising and vorite job.” http://stjude.org there’s a clean ally think the ladies do a fan- selling tickets beforehand, The cham- plate in front tastic job running it,” he said. making plenty of pancakes pion of the eating contest was the event, sported a victory of me,” Deschaine said. How- “What’s better than all you throughout the night, wash- junior biomedical engineer apron that he won from last ever, despite the fame it has can eat pancakes? Answer: ing dishes, and most impor- Ben Deschaine, who scarfed year’s competition. earned him, Deschaine warns Eating all you can eat pan- tantly, deciding on the rules down eight pancakes in 42 “I won last year’s competi- that this strategy should not cakes to help people!” Library offers e-book alternative with ebrary Alayna McNamara • staff writer upwards of $300 individually. The literature currently available is on the new ebrary were held; those who E-books can be downloaded from the mainly academic in nature, but not eve- were unable to attend these sessions or With the advent of paperless reading library’s website at http://library.rose- rything is scientific. Popular texts on have any questions regarding the use of technology, online “e-books,” as they’re hulman.edu/ebrary, and each book is leadership styles, business management, the ebrary can contact Bernier at berni- called, have become extremely popular. available for a two-week download pe- and other relevant topics are also avail- [email protected]. The Logan Library has had e-books for riod. This time period is in place to com- able. When asked about the pos- about 11 years. However, until now, view- ply with the legal issues associated with sibility of recreational literature, ing had to be accompanied by a live in- lending intellectual property. However, interim library director Richard ternet connection. Thanks to the work of an unlimited amount of people are al- Bernier mentioned that increas- the Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI), lowed to access a single book at one time, ing the availability of this type of though, students are now able to down- and the number of books you can have literature is one of the library’s load e-books and then view them with- lent to you at any given time is capped at goals. Currently, this section is out an internet connection. ALI works 25. Texts can be read on several popular small and located in the middle of to secure better prices on books for aca- e-readers, such as Barnes and Noble’s upstairs library shelves; Bernier demic libraries. This past summer, they Nook and Sony’s Reader. They can also would like the existing recrea- set up a deal with Academic Complete, be read through iPads/iPhones and An- tional reading to be moved to the an e-book company, which offers over droid Devices. Amazon’s Kindle, how- first floor of the library sometime 70,000 e-books at a little over $1 per ever, is a little bit more complicated. For before this upcoming summer. book. This puts the entire package price standard Kindles, sections of books (60 The addition of these genres to the at $2500. In comparison, the Logan Li- pages max) can be downloaded in PDF ebrary, however, is currently still brary only hosts about 25,000 hard-copy format only. However, entire books can in progress. books, some of which retail from $150 to be downloaded to the Kindle Fire. This week, several workshops http://ebrary.com InsIde tHIs Issue Chevelle’s “Hats Eat what you An alum address- Lady Engineers Learn how to stuff your Off to the Bull” re- want and es the campus park- upset No. 12 loins on Flipside! ;) ceives me- stay in ing issue. Franklin. diocre re- shape? Get the views. The secret details on is revealed on Sports! 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