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News Briefs Having fun shooting guns By Kyle Kamischke Fred Webber point of the shoot is to have Staff Writer a good time; you shouldn’t have to wonder if the person DVD format aturday morning, Sep- next to you is doing some- tember 23, about ninety thing that could endanger breakthrough SEngineers gathered at himself or you,” Clawson said. Brannan’s gun range to partic- “By definition, anyone that New Medium Enterprises (NME), ipate in the first of four open wants to can come to our based in Britain, has developed a shoots being hosted by the Gun open shoots,” said Ethan Mur- new next generation DVD that can Club this year. About 12,000 nahan, Gun Club president support both Blu-Ray and HD- rounds were fired during the and senior applied biology DVD formats on a single DVD. shoot, which was ended early major. All of the open shoots A disk with multiple formats in sepa- at 1:30 due to a coming storm. are on the school calendar. rate layers is not a new idea. NME has The shoots aren’t unsu- The gun club also runs developed a production process that pervised – they are closely small shoots for any group lets them produce the DVDs for about monitored and run by range that asks. “If any RAs or Frater- nine cents per disk. Current manufac- officers [RO], who are in turn nities want to do a shoot just turing techniques for multilayer disks supervised by the owner of the contact me,” said Murnahan. can cost from three to five times the six range, Don Brannan. Range In addition to the club shoots cents it costs to make single layer disks. officers instruct shooters at and the four open shoots, the the beginning on gun safety club generally runs one for and about shooting safely. both the Army and Air Force Jackson signs “We teach four main rules,” ROTC detachments, one for Fred Webber / Rose Thorn explained Ryan Clawson, a Pan-Hellenic, and two ladies’ Rose-Hulman students participate in the first of four open junior mechanical engineer. shoots. SGA pays for the big shoots sponsored by Gun Club. for Halo game “Treat all guns as if they were shoots and the .22 shoots that seven shotguns, two AR-15s, ways have been,” remarked Peter Jackson recently joined with Mi- loaded at all times, keep your occur in the on-campus range one Mini-14, two bolt ac- Brannan. In addition to the crosoft to launch a new game develop- finger off the trigger until the under the stadium seating. tion rifles, and three .22 rifles. administration, Public Safety ment studio named Wingnut Interactive. gun is on the target, be sure of Smaller groups generally pay The Gun Club has been a has been quite helpful. “Gary The studio, along with Jackson, will pro- the target, and keep the gun for some or all of the shoots. part of Rose-Hulman since Flora has been a very good vide collaboration on a new Halo game. pointed in a safe direction.” The gun club has several 1914, with a lapse in the late supporter. … He’s been a real The studio will also work with Micro- For those who have never different kinds of guns avail- 70’s until around 1989. Bran- asset to the club.” Brannan soft to create an original game that will shot before, Brannan or an able for students to shoot. nan has been associated has been happy to be asso- focus on attracting people who don’t officer provides instruction. They own three .45s, three with the club since its reac- ciated with the school, men- traditionally play video games. Jack- “We also watch over the line .40s, four 9mm, two 44 mag tivation. “Right off the bat, tioning that he wanted his son’s collaboration with the company to make sure that there are revolvers and three .22 pis- Rose was good to the club. children to grow up around will also extend to their new HD-DVD no shooters behaving in an tols. If larger guns are more …The administration was Rose-Hulman students. peripheral. When the peripheral is re- unsafe manner. After all, the your thing, there are roughly very good to work with. Al- “You’re good role models.” leased in the fall, it will come with an HD-DVD version of Jackson’s King Kong. Zero-G surgery A “Smash”ingly good time French surgeons recently carried Chris Casillas John Bernhard, a senior out the first ever zero-gravity surgery. Staff Writer mathematics major, was They performed it on a plane specially the champion of the tour- outfitted to simulate the zero gravity n Saturday, September nament, followed by Chris- conditions. The surgery to remove a be- 23, over 70 students topher Halvorson, a senior nign tumor from the forearm of a 46- Ogathered to watch computer science major, and year-old volunteer took approximately and play in the Super Smash Michael Turpyn, a senior op- three hours. The surgeons kept their Brothers Tournament hosted tical engineering major. The instruments in place by using magnets. in Chauncey’s in the Union. first prize was a 50-dollar After the surgery was completed, the The tournament began at 4 GameStop gift certificate with scientists were overjoyed when they p.m. and students from differ- second and third getting 30 found out their instruments were ca- ent dormitories could be seen and 20-dollar gift certificates. pable of being used on the International carrying their Nintendo Game- Junior Scott Ward, a computer Space Station. The forearm surgery was cube controllers with them on science major, was out to have deliberately chosen because of the lack their way to the tournament. some fun. “I like Smash Broth- of large-scale bleeding associated with The tournament was host- ers. I want to see if I can beat it. The next phase of experimentation ed on all five televisions, and anybody. This is a measure of is expected to involve the use of robots. the tournament was one-on- my own skill.” Ward was one of one competition. The tourna- the many students to have a bye Joseph Barlan / Rose Thorn ment consisted of 64 entries, the first round, which meant Fans of “Super Smash Brothers: Melee” for Gamecube in- Weather compared to the 40 entries he had to wait over 45 minutes tently watch a heated match at this past week’s Super Smash Friday last year, double elimination, just to play for his first time. Brothers Tournament, hosted by RHA. Sunny 85 Hi / 65 Lo and the following rules: a 10- Patrick Caffarel, a junior Saturday minute time limit per match, electrical engineering ma- just here to eat some food which character was bet- Mostly Sunny 93 Hi / 70 Lo five lives per player, no items, jor, had similar feelings. “[I and hopefully make some ter. “My favorite character is Sunday certain maps, but all charac- am] here to just have fun. [I money.” There was no food Sheik, or Captain Falcon, but ters were viable. The matches am] not here to be serious.” available for the seventy plus mostly Sheik,” said Caffarel. Sunny 95 Hi / 70 Lo varied in length, depending Ryan Kinney, sophomore students attending the event. The tournament was a suc- Provided by www.weather.com on the skill of the opponents, computer engineering ma- The competition was pret- cess, as Chauncey’s was full of Weather for Rhome, Texas but all matches finished with- jor, had different feelings to- ty serious, as many of the people smashing each other in the 10-minute time limit. wards the tournament. “I am students were busy arguing for hours into the evening. News Entertainment Opinions Sports Flipside

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Andrew Carlson Rose Thorn Erratum: Mud Volleyball Flipbooks! The pictures of Deborah Wal- ter and Carlotta Berry which appeared in last week’s “New Professor Tradin’ Cards” were exchanged. The picture on 1 2 3 4 Walter’s card was really Ber- ry and should have appeared on her card and vice versa.

Carlotta Berry

Deborah Walter

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The Guardian Starring Ashton Kutcher Straight Outta Lynwood Directed by Andrew Davis Rated PG-13 Ryan Schultz News Editor Open Season Starring Ashton Kutcher They see me strollin’…they Directed by Roger Allers laughin’ Rated PG And rollin’ their eyes ‘cause I’m so white & nerdy. School for Scoundrels Starring Jon Heder Weird Al, the parody-and-sa- Directed by Todd Phillips tiric-mastermind responsible for Rated PG-13 “Eat It,” “Smells like Nirvana,” and “Amish Paradise,” released a Out on DVD new full-featured album, Straight Outta Lynwood, this past Tuesday. The Lake House The DualDisc album is fi lled with 12 new songs, a full half of them “Brotherhood” parodies of popular tunes from 1st season artists ranging from the rock of Green Day to the R&B of Usher. “One Tree Hill” Fans will be happy to hear that 3rd season Weird Al’s trademark and best- in-the-business parodies are just “Spongebob Squarepants” as good as ever. From “Canadian 4th season, Volume 1 Idiot,” to “White and Nerdy,” (a parody of Chamillionaire’s “Ri- ocolly.com Box Offi ce Tops din”) all of the parodies on the al- Straight Outta Lynwood is Weird Al Yankovic’s twelfth album, and features his usual mix of parody and orig- bum are excellent in quality and inal comedy. For a preview of the album, check out the “White and Nerdy” music video at YouTube.com. 1. Jackass Number Two genuinely fun music. The songs $29M are mind-bogglingly detailed; holiday songs to grunge rock. treated to 5.1 DVD-audio mixes skipping them and just using the many rhyme not only line-to-line Though the technical qual- of all the songs on the CD side of DVD side for the sweet 5.1 mix. 2. Fearless within the song, but line-to-line ity is excellent and I thoroughly the disc. If you’re used to stereo, I fi nd that as time goes on Weird $10.6M with the original, and many even enjoyed all of the songs, I found listening in 5.1 is a completely Al’s overall sound becomes more last for the same duration. myself a little disappointed the different experience — one that intricate and mature while his 3. Gridiron Gang Weird Al’s originals on this al- end of the album. Compared with adds another level to the depth of songs go from brilliant to OK. $9.5M bum are solid fi ller material be- the sheer freshness and genius of the music. Nevertheless, I have found myself tween the parodies. I laughed Running With Scissors, this album Also included on the DVD are laughing, guffawing, and genu- 4. Flyboys out loud more than once drawing seemed a little duller. Perhaps it animations for each of Weird inely enjoying each new release. $6.0M concerned glances from my suit- was the abundance of rap and Al’s unique songs. These are not Straight Outta Lynwood is no ex- emates. Weird Al here manages R&B (my two least favorite genres) good. Four out of six of them ception; it is a solid album and a 5. Everyone’s Hero to satirize many of the more friv- or the melodies that seemed a tad sucked so much that they almost great addition to any collection. I $4.7M olous aspects of popular culture, rehashed. If you like rap or R&B, I ruined some of the songs for me. also recommend buying this one in while simultaneously imitating imagine you will get more out of If I were you, I would look at them the real world (it’s a steal at $12.99 6. Black Dahlia and parodying many other bands this album than I did. more as easter eggs than any- from Wal-Mart), as the iTunes ver- $4.5M and genres ranging from “Styx” to Flip the album over, and you’re thing legitimate. I recommend sion does not include the 5.1 mix. “The Tick” turns back the clock of fun. Philip Becker However, many of the episodes Staff Writer do fall a little fl at, and I think the nostalgia factor is what carried “The Tick cartoon is on DVD!” those episodes. And the DVD it- When my friend told me this, the self does nothing to compensate. rest of the world melted away. The video quality is cheap and “Are you serious?!” was my only untouched, which left me asking response. As much as he, and myself, “How could I watch such others, tried cheap an- to convince imation me, such a as a child? thing had Did I have fi rmly been no taste? placed under No class?” the “fantasy” However, category in the big- my mind. gest trav- My fantasy esty of it came true. all was “The Tick there were VS Season no extras! One” is now Noth- on DVD. It’s ing. Sure 12 episodes you could of the Tick. watch in Nothing geocities.com/cypress877can/TICK.HTM French, could ever SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO but there be better. wasn’t any Or could it? commentary, still frame galleries, I will never regret the purchase, or anything! as $3 an episode is a price I was Although, the DVD did contain gladly going to pay for nostalgia a slip of paper that said, “Be on alone, which is where this DVD the lookout for ‘The Tick VS Sea- carried most of its weight. Three son Two’.” I will be. Just because of the episodes made me laugh there are many more amusing heartily and the rest just gave me episodes I remember, and they a laugh, with the exception of one weren’t on this disc. The most that barely got a chuckle. encouraging part was that the The characters are all very in- last two episodes were by far the teresting and they really get your most hilarious, which has me imagination going. Dinosaur convinced the next season will be museum experts who turn into much funnier. And if all you “The dinosaurs, snot monsters, ge- Tick” fans get out there and buy netically engineered clowns… this DVD, maybe we’ll get some The list goes on. These are a lot extras next time! Friday, September 29, 2006 ENTERTAINMENT 5 The Rapture’s second coming

Mike Jones tendencies completely. What re- Entertainment Editor Emeritus sults is an album that doesn’t feel as fresh on the first listen, but I For years, many concert goers think will end up just as well re- were stuck in one place, feigning garded as Echoes. apathy to even the very bands Lead single “Get Myself Into It” they had come to see. These brings back that excellent saxo- cmj.com droopy fans – fans that seemed phone from “I Need Your Love”. After the Rapture released the dance-punk album Echoes, the dance-punk genre quickly died off. The band incapable of having a good time The beat feels almost identical adjusted by moving away from punk and toward a softer dance sound with some new wave elements. at any show – grew exponentially to “Sister Savior”, so if you’re into

in the 90s, encouraged by their hand-clapping then you’d prob- U U favorite bands ably love this Join us at the Game!!! ( N i r v a n a , Although there’s dance track. The Pearl Jam, refrain can get s Pa v e m e n t . ) no cowbell solo a little irritating in Rock concerts with Luke Jenner m Help Cheer the Fighting had become quite like that repeating “Gon- um entirely self- na get myself C serious. in “Echoes”, the into it!” at least 6 Engineers to victory over Back in cowbell plays times each time 2002 there through. Despite the Yellow Jackets! was a signifi- prominently in that, it’s difficult cant change to listen while ® taking place “Don Gon Do It”. sitting down. t h r o u g h o u t Opening the many rock album is “Don music scenes. People were start- Gon Do It”, which wastes no time Homecoming Tent sponsored by Cummins, Inc. ing to move and groove with the bringing back their famed cow- music. It quickly became fashion- bell work. Although there’s not able to dance. A lot people point a bell solo quite like “Echoes”, it Free food and beverages! to the Rapture as the group that plays a very prominent role in caused the drastic change. Pin- the song. Jenner’s vocals are ac- October 7th at Cook Stadium pointing one primary cause is of tually very harmonic, in place of course impossible, but the band’s his previous wail. This could be 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM influence in ’02 and ’03 is pretty a good or bad thing, depending much undeniable. Their 2003 re- on your taste. His off-kilter vocal cord Echoes still sounds just as style can have the tendency to fresh and exciting to me as it did turn people off. then. But much like the Strokes, The Rapture do lean a bit more there was simply too much hype toward new wave on Pieces. Es- and weight placed on a band that pecially notable is “The Devil” just seems to be content on hav- with its synthesizers and robotic ing a good time, and helping you guitar work. I found myself imag- Engenius Solutions have one too. ining Like A Virgin era Madonna Too bad for the Rapture. They pulling off this tune without any Design Competition 2006 got bunched up in a hip genre problem. Even stranger is “Call- that was quickly abandoned ing Me” which oddly reminds me (dance-punk), and were, with of U2 every time I hear it. With Liars, pretty much the figure- the focus on big guitars and bass Got a product idea? heads. Along with every band in place of vocals and rhythm, initially lumped in, they were this song might feel a little out of forced to make a choice: stay place. After spending more time The contest: in a potentially dead genre, or with it though, I would actually change their music drastically say it’s one of the best tracks on -Develop an original product idea and risk the same fate as Liars’ the album. -Submit your idea in written or visual format via the sophomore release. After the Pieces of the People We Love isn’t Engenius Solutions website Rapture’s peers were brutally groundbreaking like Echoes by by 10.16.2006 trashed for becoming noisier, any means. In fact, it’s not really -repeat these NY guys decided to go the groundbreaking at all. Despite other direction. that, I’m still really enjoying this So after a short-but-storied album. The Rapture just have a history, the Rapture finally re- way of making experimental mu- The goods: leases a follow up. It’s not exactly sic fun, which is not something st a huge jump from their debut, many bands can do. If you’re 1 = up to $2500.00 in product development support + a but Pieces of the People We Love looking for a fun, dancy record Slingbox is much more melodic. They’ve then this is exactly what you need nd pretty much ditched the punk to pick up. 2 = up to $1500.00 in product development support + 2gb iPod Nano rd 3 = up to $1000 in product development support

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villagevoice.com The Rapture’s second album, Pieces of the People We Love, doesn’t sound as fresh as Echoes, but is still a fun, experimental dance album. 6 OPINIONS The Rose Thorn Lighting up... courteously it more often in public places, or ready are) to realize that others else shouldn’t have to deal with Just don’t be surprised if you see some twisted combination of all haven’t made the same decision the second hand smoke. Is there people blasting past you on the Here’s three. Either way, I wish I could and shouldn’t be forced to accept any way we can live in harmony? sidewalk or strategically walking go back to not noticing it again. theirs. How about this: Smokers can upwind of you all the time. your new I’ve run into clouds of ciga- In some of these instances, the walk a little bit farther away from Smokers and non-smokers can rette smoke on several occasions location is not even the smok- the academic buildings (read: live harmoniously if we each go opinion since the beginning of fall quar- ers’ fault: there are ashtrays and not in the quad) and residence a little out of our way to respect ter and found that the most likely cigarette disposals outside of the halls or pick a spot that people each other’s desired level of air locations for this are outside entrance to almost every build- probably aren’t going to have to quality. If the smokers on Aaron Meles of residence halls or academic ing – meaning that if you want to walk. It’s pretty obvious where campus show enough cour- Opinions Editor buildings. Sometimes I even get go outside for a smoke break, you the high-traffi c areas are on cam- tesy to keep second-hand caught walking behind someone can easily do it less than ten feet pus, and it’s easy to get a vague smoke away from pass- Recently, it seems like there are lighting up on the way to or from outside the entrance. idea as to about how far cloud ers-by, then I’m sure non- more cigarette smokers on cam- class, meaning I can’t just plow Unfortunately, these ashtrays of cigarette smoke will spread. smokers will be willing to pus than there have been in past through the affected area like I are meant to stop people from Take these things into account, grant them a little forbear- years. I guess the only reason I can with a stationary smoker; I littering the ground with their and I think you’ll fi nd that there ance when they inevitably say that is that I’ve noticed an have to travel with the cloud all cigarette butts before entering a are ideal places to smoke all over run into it from time to upswing in the number of times I the way to wherever I’m going. building, not as an invitation for campus that don’t interfere with time. have run into a cloud of cigarette I don’t have a problem with smokers to hang out there as oth- most people’s travel to and from smoke on the way to and from smoking or smokers – it’s your er students have to walk through class. class. So there are more smokers, personal choice whether you a cancer cloud on their way to In exchange, if you decide to the old ones have picked up the do or not. I just wish all smok- class. light up on the way to class, non- rate at which they tear through ers would be courteous enough So smokers deserve to be able smokers can learn to deal with (Image courtesy of news. adven- packs of cigarettes, they are doing (I know a lot of them who al- to smoke outside, yet everyone it if we get stuck behind you. tist.org) The rising sun? Not voting: it’s apathetic Andrew Klusman ton and Tokyo. During President Jon Ogilvie You may not know it, but we These forms are due on or be- Staff Writer Bush’s fi rst phone conversation Staff Writer in Terre Haute sit in the middle fore Monday, October 9. We’re in with Abe as the chair of the LDP, of the fourth biggest congressio- Vigo County, so if you use Rose as Japan, a country with a robust Abe promised President Bush to Republicans and Democrats nal race in the country, and the your primary address, send these and more liberal economy, chal- meet him at the November re- can agree on one thing: if you largest race with a challenger to forms to: lenging the militaristic growth of gional conference. He has also don’t vote, your voice will not be an incumbent. In Indiana’s 8th China and the wild aspirations declared the military alliance the heard. For the past eight years district, of which Terre Haute sits Vigo Co. Board of of a guy with bad glasses and a US has with Japan as the basis for there has been a surge in the us- right in the middle, Brad Ells- Voter Registration need for a haircut. This is the im- Japan’s national security. Abe has age of the word “un-American”, in worth (D) is challenging incum- Courthouse, Room 3 age that has begun to form under also said he wants to revise the every context imaginable. I don’t bent John Hostettler (R). Millions 33 South 3rd Street the leadership of Prime Minister US-imposed constitution, which care what your political leanings of dollars are being spent by both Terre Haute, IN 47808 - 3472 Junichiro Koizumi, and hope- stresses pacifi sm and denies Ja- are. The most un-American thing parties, just on our little district fully will follow with the recent pan the ability to have a standing of all is to sit at home on Election in Indiana. Or, alternatively, you can ask election of Shinzo Abe as chair of army. This, along with the break- Day. There are hundreds of things a member of one of the college the Liberal Democratic Party in up of the Japan Post, was one of November 7 is the true Patriots’ you can do to make your voice political groups for a form, and Japan. Koizumi’s main goals as prime Day, because on that day Ameri- heard. But the one they’ll even turn it On September 26, Abe received minister. Should Abe be able to cans of every background come that will have the Indiana voter in for you. If you 464 votes out of the 702 counted revise the constitution, Japan will out to the polls to make their most effect is regis- still don’t consider in his party’s elections. He will be able to expand its small Japa- mark on America’s government. tering to vote if you registration yourself “from” In- assume the prime minister posi- nese Defense Force and be able In 2004, 60.3% of the eligible vot- haven’t already, and diana, you can cast tion once Koizumi steps down at to deploy troops abroad. ing population turned out (about casting your vote forms: an absentee bal- the end of the month, following a In addition to nationalism and 55.3% of all persons over 18 in on Election Day. www.in.gov/ lot in your home wildly popular term of fi ve years. the building up of a military, Abe America). While that’s an increase If you don’t have a state. Either of the Koizumi cast his is poised to of over 6% from 2000, the number ride, fi nd one. Ask sos/elections/ above groups can support behind continue his is still staggeringly low. a member of the help you with that Abe, saying that predecessor’s This begs the question: why? College Democrats pdfs/50504.pdf as well. he “has been goal of break- Do Americans just not care? Or or College Repub- And, fi nally, on closest to me ing up party do they care, but like neither ma- licans. Election Day, you’ll need to bring and helped me politics and big jor candidate? Either way, just six Everyone at Rose is technically your Indiana photo ID when you push through money control in ten Americans who can vote an Indiana resident; we live here go to vote. If you don’t have an reforms,” ac- in Japan. Abe on Election Day do so. Six in ten nine months of the year. You can Indiana ID but would like to vote cording to the has said he is care to have their say in America’s fi nd the form at www.in.gov/ in Indiana, you can still cast an public broad- committed to future. sos/elections/pdfs/50504.pdf. Indiana absentee ballot. casting group further deregu- NHK. This lation of indus- shines through tries to foster Letter to the editor as a beacon for growth, which I believe that last week’s “Re- Wiccans who place their faith in For her final paragraph, the Japan to leave is a good thing, ligion: Defi ned” article does the Mother Goddess. Each only author leaves us with the idea behind its lega- considering hold some truth. I agree that a trusts the works he performs. that science is in a battle against cy of weakness, the stagnation person’s religion can be anything This is true in many cases. religion. Return to her pri- isolation, and and decline www.cbsnews.com that is important to him or her. Many people place faith in their mary assertion for a moment: dependency. Japan experi- New Japanese Prime Minister Cars, money, work, or anything faith, in the religious experiences “religious experiences can be Abe is a known enced after the Shinzo Abe. at all that takes precedence in a they practice. This, however, is anything that is of utmost im- nationalist, and real estate bust person’s life could be considered not what the Bible teaches. The portance to a person.” Could follows in the reformist ways of in the 1980s. Should Abe be able that person’s religion. Bible tells us that salvation is of science not also fall under the Koizumi. Abe has shown signs of to break up Japan Post, he will I also agree that “people fi nd God alone. It is a gift. classification of “religious ex- being stronger on international have broken up the relationship meaning to life by placing trust in Even our faith is a gift from him. perience”? Using the same logic politics, wanting to exert more between Japan’s politicians, bu- the self and developing through Nothing we can do will help us to applied to the Catholic and the pressure on North Korea over the reaucrats, and interest groups. individuation”. Where I begin reach heaven. According to the Wiccan, the scientist who trusts abductions of Japanese citizens. This is so because Japan Post to have trouble is the combina- Bible, we, as humans, are inca- “the facts, the data, [and] the Abe also has been visiting, and is also the world’s largest bank, tion of these two statements, pable of any good deed. “All of us studies” is actually only placing plans on continuing these visits, having $2.8 trillion in its vaults. the claim that all religious expe- have become like one who is un- trust in himself, his intellect, at the Yasukuni war memorial This has laid at the heart of cor- riences lead to a greater trust in clean, and all our righteous acts and his ability to determine shrine, where the Japanese be- ruption and party politics for the self and a greater distinction are like fi lthy rags.” (Isaiah 64:6) truth from falsehood. lieve their fallen soldiers’ souls to quite some time, and to break of the self from society. The ar- Only by God working through us Science is not in some kind of be enshrined. This is a hot-button this up would be to stimulate the gument presented in “Religion: can we be saved. epic struggle with religion. Re- issue to China and South Korea, economy. Defi ned” is that “a Catholic who This is the difference between ligion is the starting point of sci- because to them it symbolizes a All in all, should Abe continue places trust in Christ is truly plac- the faith described in the Bible ence. If people had not believed glorifi cation of Japan’s imperial- to follow in his predecessor’s ing trust in himself by maintain- and that of the Wiccan. Where there to be some order to the ism and the conquest of East Asia ways, Japan has a bright future. ing the faith and beliefs that are the Wiccan places all faith on universe, they would never have in the fi rst half of the 20th Cen- Even if Abe is unsuccessful in his taught by the scripture, and thus practices he or she carries out, attempted to quantify it. If any- tury. He has, however, called for revision of the constitution, Ja- he is developing individuation by the faith of the Bible gives all thing, science should be viewed as talks with China and South Korea pan will be headed on the right unifying his trust in Christ with the credit to God. When carried the rebellious, teenage child of re- the day after his election. This path to growth and a more stable his personal integrity.” What this out according to Scripture, hu- ligion. God does not fear science. has been anticipated as a move future. Hopefully, Abe will have implies – it took me a little while mans play only a minor role, if He ordained it as a means for us to help normalize relations with the power and the will to contin- to unravel it – is that Catholics are any at all, compared to the role to discover and understand more these two countries, and to help ue on the reforms. actually placing faith in their own of God. Humans do not work of His creation; thereby, giving us put down notions of a militaristic faith and works. They trust that, for God, presenting to Him our further reason to worship Him. Japan, bent on imperialism. by following the rules set forth in gifts at the end of the day and Abe has, however, also praised email: opinions@ the Bible, they will reach heaven. hoping He likes them enough to Caleb LeNoir the United States and has reaf- Thus, according to the author, not strike us down. God works Computer Engineering fi rmed the ties between Washing- rose-hulman.edu Catholics are no different than through us. Class of 2008 Friday, September 29, 2006 SPORTS 7 Sports Briefs Demoralizing by Mike Ferguson Owens Hospitalized Dallas Cowboys wide receiver plements that he takes daily. He not Owens would make the trip a Team Terrell Owens was hospitalized was released from the hospital to Tennessee for the Cowboy’s Tuesday night due to an appar- Wednesday morning and prac- game against the Titans until From ther. He was joined by equally ent drug overdose. The all-star ticed with the team on Thursday. possibly as late as Saturday. Ow- effective rushers in the talented wideout allegedly mistook the Cowboys head coach Bill Par- ens claims the incident was the the Tim Schrock and the always ad- painkillers that he had been tak- cells said that he would wait to result of an allergic reaction he ept Cameron Hummel. Schrock ing for his broken hand for sup- make a decision on whether or had to the medicine. sidelines had the only two touchdowns of the game but the most notable Alvin Anassi of all offensive performances Staff Writer was that of Jeremy Sharp. He’s not just the “only kicker” we’ve “Homecoming 06 baby!” got, he’s becoming a deadly of- These are the only words nec- fensive weapon and a necessary essary to get a team ready for a “kick start” to our morale when big game. The difference is the the offense stalls. team it means something to. As Defensively, I truly don’t know a visiting team, it angers you to where to begin. Week in and Extra Large 1234 WABASH AVE. One Large be scheduled as a homecom- week out the eleven that take ing game because it means that the fi eld do such a job defend- One-Topping Store Hours... One-Topping your opponent doesn’t respect ing our endzone that it’s hard Mon-Wed: 9am - 1am Thurs-Sat: 9am - 2am you as a worthy foe. Unfortu- to individualize their perfor- Sunday: 12pm - 12am nately for North Park Univer- mance. But in the interest of 99 99 Campus Only Campus Only sity, it meant more to us. Just keeping the peace, I’d say that 9 232-PAPA ONLY 7 so you’re clear on our sched- the specifi c performances of ule, this year we will play three Austin Hastings, Steve Hawkins, homecomings in a row; North Kyle Stevens, and Mike Alto fu- Park’s last week, Hanover’s eled the defensive frenzy more THBCo. Brewhaus Openhaus Fridays on Saturday, and ours a week than most others. Demoralizing Brewhaus Now Open to the Public Fridays Only from now. So it’s apparent that a team also means demonstrat- 401-03 South 9th St. we will be wrecking Hanover’s ing strength. Your Engineer de- plans this week. fense enjoys nothing more than Champagne Velvet Beer Tasting 5 - 7pm You should also know that knocking an opponent’s ball Tour TH’s own Microbrewery/Banquest facility nothing is more demoralizing carrier down on his back and to a team than beating them celebrating after big plays and Open Stage 6 - 8pm (bring your instrument) and keeping them scoreless; es- big hits. These celebrations are LIVE MUSIC 8:30pm - Midnight($4 cover after 7:30pm) pecially when it’s supposed to becoming more frequent as the be their day to shine in front of year persists. Sept 29 - Shoes and Strings Brewhaus October schedule their fans. What’s more is beat- All in all, last week’s win was A great party band with a very eclectic musical available online @ ing a team who truly feels that fi nalized with a simple and arsenal. Five talented players that deliver the covers of www.cvbeer.com they have a chance at victory. short conversation between one big sound classic rock to current chart hits. Check out Some of the notables include of our players and one of theirs. THBCO Brewhaus an impressive day on the ground “Hey” “You talking to me?” their website for tunes and pics. for Bryan Wong. “It was the fi rst “Yeah, you ruined my Home- www.shoesandstrings.com (812) 234-2800 time an Engineer running back coming!” “Sorry”. had more than 100 yards whose We’re on the road this week, last name wasn’t Key,” coach but keep this in mind; when we Englehart stated, expressing his get back, we’ll be closer to our new confi dence in a solid ground goals and gearing up for a win to One of these things is not like the other. attack. Wong wasn’t the only one explain the preparation of talent to get it done on the ground ei- and coaching in recent years. Women’s soccer falls late One of these things does not quite agaist Transylvania Andrew Klusman ball forward to help the offensive Staff Writer attack,” said Coan. On the defensive side, Rose- belong... Entering the game with a 6-1 Hulman held the line in the fi rst overall record and having won half, allowing only two shots their lone HCAC game this sea- to be fi red off by Transylvania. son, the women’s soccer team Goalkeeper Katie Benner said faced favorites Transylvania Uni- this about the game: “I think our versity Saturday. Battling through defense did a good job at holding a nearly two-hour rain delay, the them off. They had really athletic Engineers fell to Transylvania 1-0 forwards, however, and we tried in the last six minutes of the sec- to stop them.” ond half. The fi rst half was broken up The Engineers are continuing for nearly two hours due to a their drive to success with the thunderstorm. The second half, 6-2 record, and are on track for however, was undisturbed by the a fi fth consecutive winning sea- weather, and the Engineers led We’re coming son, having gone 10-5-3 last year. shooting 5-4. In the second half In the preseason HCAC coaches’ it was also apparent that both to campus on poll released in August, the Engi- teams came out a bit slower than neers were predicted to take third the fi rst. “I think [the rain] had October 18 & 19 place this year, behind Transylva- an effect on both teams’ perfor- nia and Mount St. Joseph, both mance.” said coach Hauter, “ We and want to previous conference champions. came out with great energy, but “It was a fairly accurate ranking. the uncertainty about the game, meet YOU! St. Joe’s and Transylvania both and how long we had to wait, fac- have strong teams. Rose only re- tored into both teams’ pace in the cently has started to make noise second half.” Please submit your [in the league],” remarked Head But, as time wound down and Your smarts belong at Epic! resume through Coach Brad Hauter. According to a draw seemed imminent, the Coach Hauter, “There was merit Transylvania Pioneers put a shot eRecruiting by to put us at fourth, and merit for on goal in the top right corner, October 5. second, but third is a good place giving Transylvania the victory. to start.” “It was a hard-fought battle. But Rose-Hulman came out strong when it came down to fi nishing Epic Systems Corporation in the fi rst half, outshooting the it, Transylvania was the team that 1979 Milky Way, Verona, WI 53593 Pioneers 8-2. Sophomore Mor- did it,” said junior Julie Roebel. gan Coan led the offense against The team has their next game www.epicsystems.com Transylvania with three shots on at Manchester College, this Sat- goal. “I was able to help move the urday at noon. Volume 42, Issue 4 Got a real special one for you today. Real special. Friday, September 29, 2006

This Day in History In 1547, author Miguel de Cer- vantes is born near Madrid. Cervantes is famous for writ- ing Don Quixote, the fi rst Eu- ropean novel, although some scholars claim it was actually the fi rst European giant.

In Addition All syllogisms are useful. All useful things are desirable. Some desirable things are infeasible. Some syllogisms are infeasible. All infeasible things which are ineffable are not advisable. Infer.

Top Ten Reasons You’re at the Right Place Matthew Melton Inside the Rose Thorn Pop tabs of doom! Staff Writer James Zhou Philip Becker Then there’s the guy so ridicu- Staff Writer Staff Writer lously wealthy that he goes crazy. 10.You were hired by Microsoft so you would quit hacking them. He exchanges cash and pizza 9. You’ve ever tried heating a plastic bottle using the Ideal Gas Law. Microbial Life Banned During All the dorm fl oors are having parties for pop tabs so he can fi ll 8. You know a formula for calculating π, or you know π or e past Calculus Exams a “pop tab drive.” Puns about us- up an Olympic sized pool and do fi fteen digits, or you’ve written the fi rst 5139 digits of it all over Professor protests: “They ing pop tabs as vehicles aside, I the Scrooge McDuck thing. I can campus. multiply and divide at rates don’t get it. No, I understand that just see his crazy smile and crazy 7. Your room is commonly mistaken for a Mountain Dew storage far beyond human capabilities the pop tabs will earn money for eyes shining in the refl ection of facility. and students with microbial charity… the question that boils his glorious pool of pop tabs as 6. You fi rmly believe that six hours is an amazing night of sleep. life have an unfair advantage in my mind is “how?” he backstrokes through it all. 5. Your backyard creations have been investigated by the FAA, NASA, over their peers.” As I understand capitalist so- The last kind of crazy guy is the SPUR, or the local PTA. Page 279 ciety, money is exchanged for most dangerous. Monetarily, he 4. Your personal computer’s storage space is described using goods and services. falls somewhere be- Petabytes. Helpful New Students I don’t see the good I can only tween the fi rst two... 3. You cite Wikipedia.org in all your research papers. Straighten the “Bent” or service of a pop and that’s the prob- 2. You’re suing Weird Al because “White and Nerdy” is an Deans become bent out of tab that compels think of a lem. He’s got enough unauthorized biography of your life. shape. someone to donate few types of money to want more, 1. You can explain the fundamental theorem of calculus, the loop Page &$@#! money to charity for but not enough mon- quantum gravity theorem, and Electromagnetakinetistatical it! My only notion is crazy guys. ey to fulfi ll his dream fi elds, but you don’t know what an illegal procedure is in football. Biology Labs Become recycling, but if they of world domina- Contaminated with Exotic were recycling the pop tabs, why tion. So he’s got this plan. A plan Elements wouldn’t they want the whole where he’ll use pop tabs – loads Do you know where they keep the funny? Are you prepared to Biology department restruc- can? and loads of pop tabs – to make undertake a dangerous quest to unearth the hidden secrets of hu- tured to become the Cryptozo- There has to be something the world succumb to his domi- mor? Do you have a “magic” “sword” that you use to “slay” “ogres”? ology Department. more. I think there’s some crazy neering will. I don’t know how Write for the Flipside! Contact fl [email protected]. Page ψ guy out there. Well, there are he’ll do it, but these guys always some crazy guys out there, but have some other less crazy guy, Free Snakes on a Plane: New York City bans Republican the hypothetical (or actual?) one who is very naïve but brilliant the RPG campaign! I’m talking about loves pop tabs. in pop tab sciences, who’s got a from restaurant dishes But what does he do with them? gimmicky idea to help the world Gregory Weir Aaron Meles to the city’s recent ban on trans I can only think of a few types that our crazy guy is going to turn Humor Editor Opinions Editor fat in local restaurants. “How can of crazy guys. There’s the one around and use for evil! someone live in a society where who wanders around mumbling You can’t do it anymore! Don’t Note: This campaign requires The New York City Council one can’t sit down and enjoy a suspiciously. So surely this guy donate your pop tabs to evil! the base SOAP: RPG rules, avail- passed an ordinance yester- nice, steaming plate of Republi- would wander the public places Sure, charity might make a few able by Googling “Snakes on a day banning Republicans from can cooked to perfection?” of the world looking for nickels, bucks, but at what cost‽ The fate Plane RPG.” menus in all local restaurants, New York senator Hillary Clin- so he can trade them to schools of the world is in your hands and outraging many locals. The ban ton supported the ordinance. “It for pop tabs. He probably wears attached to your can of that bub- Recommended rules modifi - would charge local health inspec- has been scientifi cally proven them like a necklace and tries to bly, sugary drink! What will you cation: Instead of rolling a bunch tors with ensuring that no eatery that regular consumption of feed them to squirrels. do? of six-sided dice for an action, with the city limits would serve Republicans can cause heart roll one ten-sided die. If it is less any dish containing Republican disease, in-grown toenails, and than or equal to the stat’s rank, or any ingredient derived from a Congressional ineffectiveness. Wacky Prof Quotes you succeed. If it’s greater than Republican. The citizens of New York need “What’s the smallest out of 3, 7, the stat’s rank, it’s a snake! The “First they take away my my protection from this growing and 5? Obviously it’s 5.” “We’re doing it at the speed of probability works better this way. doughnuts, now this?” com- health threat.” -- Prof. Merkle being creative light... even though I can’t plained Jimmy Hoporker, the Many restaurateurs have had with math draw that fast.” Setting: A Boeing 737 bound president of New York’s Obesity a hard time adjusting to the -- Prof. Hoover, who can’t from the Bahamas to Florida. The Anonymous chapter, referring change. “The rack of Republican “Then my TV started acting up, draw waves in real-time fl ight is short. One of the tourists and GOP poppers were my hot- and I had to spend hours aboard is an accountant for a ma- test menu items,” claimed Elijah on my roof. Which is pretty “Oh! Bigger is better!” jor gasoline company. The com- “Joe” Joseph, owner of the Con- bad, since I have cable.” -- Prof. Inlow on sample size pany, afraid of an investigation servative Café and Tax Prepara- -- Prof. Hoover on by the FCC, have replaced all the tion Center. “What do they ex- sunbathing neighbors “If you use this syntax, you will luggage in the plane with snakes pect me to do, start grilling up burn in Hell.” by hiring dishonorable ninja. Democrats? No way! Have you “I’m sorry I don’t have your -- Prof. Merkle getting Biblical One of the ninja is still aboard. ever tried to fi llet something with exams graded yet. Some no spine? And don’t even get me people decided to be “I really think ‘Nuke ‘em from Special Rules: The ninja is a started on those leafy Green Par- creative and that has slowed space’ are good words to non-player-character who moves ty candidates.” me down.” live by.” through the cabin, dealing dou- Experts are still divided as to -- Prof. Miller on mistakes -- Prof. Stienstra being ble-bladed death to all he en- the long term effects of a dra- magnanimous counters. He starts with all stats matic decrease in Republican “A frozen chicken patty is like a at 9, but rolls to perform actions consumption would have on the unicorn.” Send your prof quotes and experiences snakes as player public health in such a hungry -- Prof. House, who knows NASA or other humor material characters do. The game master and politically charged atmo- his animals The affected area from space. to fl [email protected] controls the ninja. sphere as New York.

The Little Line o’ Litigious Lard: The content of the Flipside is intended to be purely humorous, and it does not represent the opinions of the Rose Thorn or Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. It doesn’t represent anybody’s opinions. No, really, how do they get the chocolate on without melting the ice cream? Facts in “This Day in History” courtesy of historychannel.com. All material is copyright of its owner. Any unattributed material was created by Gregory Weir.