Tech Games | Page 8 Greek Carnival | Page 4 Dead Island Review | Page 10 9/11 Tribute | Page 16 Freshmen Duel It Out Knowing Your Letters Zombie Killing We Will Always Remember Volume LXXXVII, Issue 02 With Magnitude and Direction Since 1924 Tuesday, September 13, 2011 A depiction of the New York City skyline after the construction is completed. Photo Courtesy of Silverstein Properties 9/11 Memorial: A Somber Remembrance and Noble Project A look at the 9/11 Memorial and the Ground Zero, and the en- tects behind each project sign of One World Trade gineering and design deci- are David Childs, and Mi- Center are covered, like work on One World Trade Center sions being made on site. chael Arad, respectively. its 776 foot height and After the presentation of David Childs, a con- concrete materials made John Fostek ten years later. To also many different contend- sulting design partner at to withstand 14,000 psi. Editor-In-Chief honor the 9/11 Memorial, ing plans for Ground Zero Skidmore, Owings, and NOVA clearly de- the PBS program NOVA over the years, construc- Merill, is the lead architect picts the many difficult aired the “Engineering tion has begun and made of the new tower being decisions made in build- With the opening of Ground Zero” documen- considerable progress. built at Ground Zero, the ing the One World Trade the 9/11 Memorial this past tary, sponsored by NJIT. The NOVA video One World Trade Center. Center to be secure and Sunday came an emotional “Engineering Ground mainly covers the con- Childs seeks in his design stunning by using great and solemn occasion to re- Zero” first aired on PBS struction of two of the ma- to find a balance between visuals and interesting member the tragic events on September 7th of last jor structures at Ground security and beauty in the concepts. While the tow- of ten years ago. So rarely week, and has since aired Zero, the new tower be- new tower while making er is meant to be elegant in a generation does such two more times. The pro- ing built to hold numerous great use of common ma- and stylish, it must be a terrible event occur that gram took an emotional workers and visitors and terials like concrete and bonds a nation and still and inventive look at the 9/11 Memorial built glass. In the NOVA pro- Continued on Page 3 leaves the feel of its pangs the work being done at alongside it. The two archi- gram, specifics on the de- Hey NJIT! What’s the Deal With Math? now ranked into their math tors and their professors. ing the math common will Changes in Math has students classes according to their Potential changes to stu- result in demotion to Pre- arguing it’s benefits. placement test scores and dents’ course placements Calculus, this is entirely high school credentials; after the common will not untrue. “NJIT has never Danielle Judka meant to help students who they are placed either into affect their scheduling. As had the intention of inhib- Contributing Writer might be struggling and are Math 111 or Math 110. stated by Dr. Jonathan iting a student’s ability,” in need of a stronger foun- Math 111 students that Luke of the Mathemat- says Provost Dr. Ian Gat- dation in mathematics. As believe they escaped the ics Department, “The first ley, “we only intend to help A heated debate has engineering is founded Pre-calculus requirement common exam will have no students further their edu- recently arisen among on mathematics, building are now hit with a new effect on the course sched- cation at their own pace.” students and staff regard- these skills is the core to task: the first common uling of students in Math Dr. Gatley also mentioned ing how the math depart- most students’ success. exam. Those in Math 111 110, except some students that a student must put ment is situating incoming The basis of the curriculum must pass this hurdle to will be assigned a tutoring out the same effort to students into their intro- changes follows a detailed continue in the class; oth- group. The reorganization succeed as they would ductory classes. The de- set of guidelines to set stu- erwise, they are put into of Math 111 will result in in any subject matter. partment has put forth a dents on the right path. a three semester calculus a change in course sec- Homework can easily number of changes in their NJIT formerly had Pre-cal- sequence. Students that tion (into another Calcu- put a student on the right curriculum to satisfy the culus courses below Math pass but are still perform- lus class [Math 131]) and track, but this does not requirements of most ma- 110, which now have been ing poorly must take man- instructor, with tutoring for mean hitting the books for jors, in addition to evening eliminated, with many ad- datory tutoring sessions, some students. Class hours straight either. By out the work load across justments being made to where they must prove times, however, will remain using the tutoring center, the various sections. the remaining courses. they are making significant the same in all cases.” Continued on Page 7 These changes are Incoming freshmen are progress to both their tu- Though some say that fail- Freshmen Weekend and Highlander Games - More Pictures on Pages 8, 9 and the back cover! Page 2 NJIT’s Newspaper, The Vector Editorial The Vector Volume LXXXVII, Issue 01 Editorial As the days steadily the news calmly as we lis- The Vector is published weekly move on from the Sep- tened on the radio to what during the Fall and Spring se- The Vector tember 11th Memorial, I happened in New York. mesters by the students of New Then my experience at Jersey Institute of Technology, 150 cannot help but think how Bleeker Street, Newark, NJ 07102. meets every much time has passed school made more sense The Vector Office is located in since I first heard the to me. That was why the Room 466 of the Campus Center. tragic news, and felt the teachers seemed quiet Friday painful misery everyone and perplexed. I then spent The Vector is dedicated to the did that day. As far as a good portion of my day memory of Dr. Herman A. Estrin current day tragedies go, over at my friend’s house and Roger Hernandez. at 9/11 is among the worst discussing what had hap- and most strikingly hor- pened, and having random Executive Board rific. Not a soul in America, patriotic musings as to how 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM we could be helpful to oth- Editor in Chief and likely many citizens of John Fostek foreign nations, can for- ers at this time. Yes, may- [email protected] All students welcome! get how devastating an be that’s a little strange for impact that day has had. kids to be doing in sixth Executive Editor I almost feel ashamed grade, but we were a little Romer Jed Medina to say that the story of my nerdy, and that’s why I [email protected] day on September 11th find myself at NJIT work- The editorial board would 2001 is not nearly as odd, ing on the newspaper now. Managing Editor sad, or unique as oth- Truly, the most dis- Monica Pajdak ers. I was in sixth grade turbing thought I had that [email protected] like to say Thank You at the time and may day day was when I think back Business Manager to was surprisingly normal. to what I was doing the Lori-Ann Sciachitano The only major difference exact moment the first [email protected] I noticed was the behavior tower was hit. In my mid- of the teachers for all of dle school, the first things Senior Staff my classes. It seemed as done in the day were at- if they had all gone into a tendance and the pre- Associate Editor A.J. Polanco for deep depression, and their sentation of school news A.J. Polanco focus was not entirely on to the students through the class. It wasn’t easily tv’s in every classroom. Layout Associate designing this issue’s The very moment the first Nic Thibodeaux noticed, but I caught on to it after a while. It didn’t tower was hit, the class Distribution Manager 9/11 Section change my day greatly and myself were saying Jon Kim though; school went on the pledge of allegiance. pretty much as usual. I sometimes find my- Staff Perhaps unlike the ex- self worried by this, but at Charles Bell perience of kids in other the same time I can take Daniel Ovale schools, not very many comfort in thinking that at Louis Gonzalez and students left school at their the very moment my coun- Marie Zoghbi parent’s behest, and there try was at its most vulner- able, I was pledging my Photo Staff was no announcement Greg Wysoczanski made to the entire stu- commitment to it no matter Leonard Angelo Valenzuela dent body telling us what what. Everyday we would Steven Resche Nic Thibodeaux for happened. It wasn’t until I say the pledge of alle- was to get picked up from giance, and it was more Distribution Staff school that day that I real- of a chore than something Dennis Moore designing this issue’s ized something was off. that had meaning. I’ve had Michael Lipinski Instead of my mom being heated debates with oth- there as usual, my best ers as to whether or not Contributors Entertainment friend’s mom picked me.