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The Technology has begun a 10- second phase will conclude ENERGY POLICY year, $100 million cam- in 2005 and raise an addi- DIVISION. -- Experimental solar- paign to raise funds to tional $28 million for capi- powered cars from North Ameri- expand its computer sys- tal funds. can colleges and universities will tems, create a curriculum "This ambitious effort will converge on in June for the 21st century, con- fulfill our mission to be the for the start of Sunrayce '95. The struct new facilities, best undergraduate college cross-country competition will enhance laboratory equip- for engineering, mathemat- begin in Indianapolis on June 20 ment and increase scholar- ics and science education," and finish eight days later in ships. said Samuel Hulbert, Rose- Golden, Colo. The Energy Policy The Vision to be the Best Hulman president. Division is coordinating the event campaign will be the largest Hulbert announced that locally. development effort in Rose- $43 million in cash or As many as 40 cars designed and Hulman history. The cam- deferred gifts has already SGA President Ashvin Lad, right, joins Rose-Hulman Presi- built by college engineering stu- paign will be conducted in been committed to the cam- dent Samuel Hulbert and other dignitaries on Monday during dents will participate in the event. two, five-year phases. The paign. The total includes groundbreaking ceremonies for the Hulman Union expansion. A team of race experts has selected phase one goal is $72 mil- pledges or gifts from 96 The groundbreaking followed a press conference announcing 30 teams, with 35 teams still trying lion. It will end in 1999 percent of Rose-Hulman's 'Vision to be the Best', Rose-Hulman's major fundraising to obtain one of the 10 remaining when the college celebrates 280 employees. positions. campaign. See page 3 for details of the campaign. "Sunrayce '95 gives hands-on experience to young engineers Communications who will enter the work force and not 'boring humanities stuff' make a substantial contribution to by Thomas Hill skill. skills, and students are often moving forward in the depart- the strength and competitiveness Thorn Reporter The hiring of a communica- required to submit technical ment and in the institute and of the U.S. auto industry," says The Commission on the Fu- tions expert is another related or laboratory reports to the [the coordinated communica- Secretary of Energy Hazel ture of Rose-Hulman, com- recommendation of this task Learning Center for review. tions program] is just the next O'Leary. -This competition is an prised of ten task forces force. This person would "work Professor Parshall com- logical step. We feel like ideal showcase for advances in appointed by the President to with the technical faculty to in- mented on the institute's we're doing a lot already, but electric vehicle technology and study all aspects of Rose-Hul- crease integration of communi- progress with improving now we want to do even energy-efficient transportation." man, ranked improving com- cations into the curricula." communications skills, more." Two Sunrayces have been held, munications skillS- as its third In reaction to the Commis- "We've been continually See"TECHCOMM", page 3 one in 1990 and the other in 1993. priority. Three of the ten task sion's overwhelming emphasis Both were won by the University forces emphasized the impor- on improving communications of Michigan. In 1993, the Michi- tance of communications skills, a Commission to Develop Rose grad earns health gan entry covered the 1,109-mile skills. an Action Plan to Improve Com- course at an average speed of The Task Force on Arts, Hu- munications Skills was formed. services award 43.91 mph. manities and Social Sciences A planning team including a Teams from , in Science and Engineering faculty member from each de- FORT LEE, VA. -- For Capt. One of his most significant University of Notre Dame, and Education, which included partment was headed by Profes- Scott Wright, 1994 was a big accomplishments was writing a Rose-Hulman Institute of Technol- representatives of Lilly En- sor Andrew Mech and Professor year. He received the Medical technical guide that the Army ogy are expected to enter the 1995 dowment, Valley Bank, Cum- Ronald Artigue. Service Corps Chief's Award now uses to help installations competition. mins Engine and 3M, The team's action plan states of Excellence for Health Sci- ensure compliance with the En- The first leg of this year's jour- recommended improving that "to improve the communi- ences. The award recognizes vironmental Protection Agen- ney will run from Indianapolis to Rose's Communications pro- cations skills of Rose-Hulman three top junior officers each cy's (EPA) rules regarding the Terre Haute. Teams have been gram as their first priority, students, there must be a coordi- year in the areas of health sci- treatment of surface water used asked to "adopt" cities and towns because professional success nated program that has strong ences, health services and as drinking water. Since drink- along the route. Civic organiza- is dependent on the develop- support from all departments health services maintenance. ing water standards for Army tions in these towns will publicize ment of communications, and involves all their faculty. A Wright was nominated for bases overseas are the same as the event, and local schools will leadership and interpersonal full-time coordinator of commu- the health sciences award at those in the U.S., Wright's send classes to attend the race as a skills. nications must be hired. This his last duty station, Fort work supports installations field trip. According to the task person should be charged to Meade, MD. An environmen- around the world. During the week prior to the force's recommendations, promote, coordinate and moni- tal engineer, he worked in the Many of his duties took him race, teams will test their vehicles "Surveys of alumni and other tor this communication action Environmental Health Engi- away from Fort Meade. During and make last-minute qualifying schools suggest that the abili- plan." neering Division at the U.S. the period covered by the attempts at Indianapolis Raceway ty to think and communicate The humanities department Army Environmental Hygiene award, he spent three months at Park in Clermont. Team members clearly is essential for career has had communications skills Agency where his area of ex- the Pentagon, as well as four and guests will attend the kick-off success. The Institute's com- as a high priority, since a curric- pertise was supporting instal- weeks in Kuwait. banquet in Indianapolis on June 19 munications program should ulum review in the 1970s. Hu- lation-level safe drinking At the Pentagon he served in and complete the Indianapolis-to- require a measurable demon- manities course have demanded water, waste water and hazard- the office of the Assistant Sec- Terre Haute run along U.S. 40 on stration of oral and written more writing through short-an- ous waste management pro- retary of the Army for Installa- June 20. sills of every student every swer questions, essays and re- grams at Army and DOD tions, Logistics and Sunrayce '95 is sponsored by the year." The task force also not- ports. In addition, the Learning installations. The nomination Environment, dealing exten- U.S. Department of Energy and ed that working effectively Center devotes much of its re- cites "his consistently superb sively with Army policy and with others was a critical sources to improving writing General Motors. support" to the Agency. See "AWARD", page 3 What's Inside... 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Features and func- etc.--all by Outland 8 using easy com- ternet platform. services will be installed. A tions, such as campus tours, mands. Initially, the Center News will car- line will be maintained direct application, and que- See "INTERNET", page 3 March 10, 1995 Page 2 The Rose Thorn • Campus Events • Mark Twain focus of dramatic show The Rose TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - American novelist and humor- Rose-Hulman Institute of ist. Pinson will wear Twain's Technology offers an adven- trademark white suit, white Bush ture down the Mississippi mustache and white hair. And, Campus News River with Tom Sawyer and like Twain, Pinson entertains Huckleberry Finn when actor as he comments and informs and Information Autry Pinson brings his one- about current events. act show on Mark Twain to A major portion of Pinson's RAILROAD CLUB TO DISPLAY Moench Hall Auditorium on presentation is drawn from The Model Railroad Club will be Saturday, March 11. The Twain's novel, "The Adven- displaying their railroad layout at the show starts at 7:30 p.m. tures of Huckleberry Finn," fifth annual Terre Haute Train Show. Tickets are free to Rose- written more than a century The show will be held at Hulman Hulman students, but are $3 ago, but it still an occasional Center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on for adults and $1.50 for source of controversy. Other Sunday, March 12. Admission is $2 senior citizens and non-Rose- Twain literary works include per person, or $5 per family. Hulman students. Tickets "The Adventures of Tom Saw- Those who wish to help the should be available at the yer," "Life on the Missis- Model Railroad Club transport, set door prior to the perfor- sippi" and "The Innocents up, and operate the layout should call Abroad" -- all recognized should mance. Autry Pinson performs as Mark Twain John Havron at X-8613,or Pinson has spent the past American classics. For more (in the for the Fine Arts Series on Saturday in come to the train room decade perfecting his impres- information, persons can call Admission to Moench Hall Auditorium. gameroom)at 9 a.m. sion of Twain, the famous (812)877-8275. participants is free.

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Mark Twain," Friday, March 10 - Rose-Hulman Conference On Undergraduate Saturday, March 11 - Fine Arts Series,"An Evening With p.m. Mathematics, Crapo Hall Featuring Actor Autry Pinson, Moench Hall Auditorium, 7:30 Saturday, March 11 - Rose-Hulman Conference On March 18 - Fine Arts Series, Engineers In Concert, Moench Hall Auditorium, Undergraduate Mathematics, Crapo Hall 7:30 p.m.(Free Admission) Saturday, March 11 - State Mathcounts Contest, Moench Hall, March 25 - Gun Club, Third Shooting Day All Day April 28-29 - Drama Club Play,"Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Tuesday, March 14- President's Administrative Council, PA Dreamcoat" Lewis Carroli."The Jabberwocky'. Room,8 a.m. —Tema brillig and the slithy toves did gym and gtrnble in Ile 'robe." Tuesday, March 14- SGA Open Discussion, GM Room, 4:20 p.m. Tuesday, March 14 - SGA Senate Meeting, GM Room, 5:15 p.m. March 24 - President's Administrative Council, PA Room,8 a.m. March 25 - Midwest Invitational Programming Contest, All Day Tuesday, March 14- Speech,"Building Bodies: Biology And The Social April 4- Institute Meeting, E-104, 4:20 p.m. Construction Of Race And Gender," Anne Fausto-Sterling, GM Room,8 p.m. Thursday, March 16 - TIAA/CREF Retirement Planning Seminars, E-204, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. March 29 - Seminar,"F-1 And J-1 International Student Status," A-203, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11 - , Rose-Hulman Invitational, Art April 5 - Wellness Talk,"Nutrition: Living In The Fast Food Lane," E-204(10 Nehf Field a.m.) and Hulman Union (2:30 p.m.) * Rose-Hulman vs. Adrian (Mich.), 10 a.m. * Greenville (Ill.) vs. Adrian, 12:30 p.m. * Rose-Hulman vs. Greenville, 3 p.m. Saturday, March 11 - Indoor Track, Little State Invitational, Shook Fieldhouse, 10 a.m. To Add A Class Saturday, March 11 - Tennis, at Greenville & Millikin, 9 a.m. Monday., March 13 - Final Date Drive Sunday, March 12 - Baseball, Rose-Hulman Invitational, Art April 5- Spring Quarter Blood Nehf Field April 8 - EIT Exam * Rose-Hulman vs. Adrian (Mich.), 10 a.m. April 8 - Campus Beautification Day * Adrian vs. DePauw, 12:30 p.m. April 8 - Deadline For Midterm Progress Reports 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. * Rose-Hulman vs. DePauw,3 p.m. April 12 - Army Aviation Day, Front Lawn, Without Penalty Wednesday, March 15 - Baseball, at Earlham College, April 13 - Final Date To Drop Course Richmond, 5 p.m. April 14-23 - Spring Break Wednesday, March 15 - Tennis, at Wabash College, April 29-30 - Parents Weekend Crawfordsville, 3:30 p.m. April 29 - Rose Show March 18 - Tennis, Lakeland Community College & Brescia April 30 - Greek Games Area, All Day College, 11 a.m. May 2 - Class President Elections, Commons a.m. March 19 - Baseball, College of Mount St. Joseph, Art Nehf May 27 - Commencement, Shook Fieldhouse, 11 Held, 1 p.m.(DH) March 22 - Junior Varsity Baseball, at Vincennes University, SUBMISSIONS Vincennes, 1 p.m.(DH) March 25 - Tennis, University of Chicago, Rose-Hulman TO CAMPUS EVENTS or indi- Courts, 1 p.m. Events may be published in Campus Events by any organization submitted to March 25 - Baseball, at Washington University Tournament, St. vidual. Simple announcements of times and locations may be communications, Louis, Mo. Campus Calendar, in care of Dale Long, associate director of plans, agendas, * Rose-Hulman vs. Simpson College (Iowa), 1 p.m. at Box 14 or extension 8418. More detailed articles containing via Karen Per- * Rose-Hulman vs. Washington University, 3:30 p.m. and specific information should be submitted to the Rose Bush, March 25 - Golf, at Hanover Invitational, Madison, Ind. shing in the mailroom. to be pub- March 25 - Track, at University of Indianapolis Invitational, All submissions must be made by Wednesday, at noon, in order Indianapolis lished in Campus Events in the Rose Thorn on Friday. The Rose Thorn• News.March 10, 1995 Page 3 Scholarship support top priority of campaign

The top Vision to be the Best prior- create classrooms and labs designed ity is to increase the annual support for multiple uses of new technolo- Rose-Hulman currently receives for gies, and acquire laboratory equip- Vision to scholarships. The five-year goal is to be the Best ment. Those improvements will be •Total obtain $26 million for financial aid. needed to implement 21st century fundraising goal: $100 mil- "If Rose-Hulman is to be the best, curricula being developed by Rose- lion it must continue to attract the bright- Hulman faculty. The campaign's est students regardless of their finan- second phase includes $4 million for •$26 million sought for scholar- cial resources," Hulbert stated. an undergraduate project facility. ships Nearly $19 Million Sought to En- "Continued educational innova- hance Academic Programs tions are not possible unless we ex- •New classrooms, laboratories to The campaign will seek $14.6 mil- pand our computing systems to take support developing curriculm lion in the next five years to improve advantage of the latest technology," computer hardware and software, Hulbert noted. •Expansion to double size of stu- dent union Expansions include athletic facilities, •60,000 square-foot recreation center plus multipurpose physi- auditorium, and residence hall cal fitness center Construction on new athletic and staff offices. The second-stage con- •Shook Fieldhouse to house natatorium recreation facilities will be complet- struction plans include a multipur- ed in four stages. The first two phas- pose physical fitness center. es will be completed by 1999. The The final two phases will be com- initial two stages will cost $15 mil- pleted by 2005. Shook Fieldhouse Student services improvement through Union expansion lion. Included will be a 60,000- will be remodeled and a natatorium square-foot, multipurpose recreation will be built. Building plans during the first five years of The remodeling will nearly double the size center for intramurals and some var- Other goals in the second phase of the campaign include $25.9 million for expan- of the existing building. New health and sity athletics. A building linking the the campaign will include construc- sion and renovation of the Hulman Memorial counseling centers will be created along with new facility to Shook Fieldhouse will tion of a new auditorium and resi- Union and the college's athletic and recreation renovated dining areas, expanded facilities house an athletic hall of fame and dence hall. facilities. for career services and a new student lounge. Groundbreaking ceremonies were conduct- It will also include new offices for student or- George leads ed today (March 6) to commemorate work on ganizations and the college's student affairs campaign volunteers a $10.9 million expansion of the 30-year-old staff. Hulman Memorial Tony Hulman George, president of Calif.; and Terre Haute business ex- Union. As many as 100 the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ecutive Greg Gibson, president, Re- construction Corp., will serve as honorary cam- Tec. Both are Rose- Hulman -re- lated jobs will be paign chair. He is also a member of graduates. Gibson also serves on created during the Rose-Hulman Board of Manag- the college's Board of Managers. peak periods of ers. The campaign goals were created the renovation, "The Vision to be the Best pro- after a yearlong study of the insti- says Tom Francis, gram will be an exciting and impor- tute's needs by the Commission on president of CDI tant period in Rose-Hulman's the Future of Rose-Hulman, a na- Inc., of Terre development. The campaign will tional group of 424 alumni, busi- Haute. CDI is provide the resources necessary for ness and industrial leaders, faculty, serving as the Rose-Hulman students to receive staff and members of the college's construction man- the education they will need to be administration. The Commission's ager. He said the successful in the 21st century," recommendations were then re- project will gen- George said. viewed and prioritized by the col- erate a $2 million Co-chairs of the campaign are lege's administration, faculty and payroll during the Bernie Vonderschmitt, chief execu- Board of Managers. 16 months con- tive officer of Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, struction period. Artist's model of expanded Hulman Memorial Union

TECHCOMM the importance of making students AWARD thank the key individuals at his last discussions with Medical Service aware of the importance CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 of com- command. Corps leaders. munications CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 skills, noting that, "I was very fortunate to have a su- "It was great meeting so many ca- Too many students seem to think "Students are narrowly focused on In Kuwait, he was on a three-per- pervisor and commander who did pable and competent officers that that writing is something they do gaining technical skills and not son team developing a hazardous their job by providing and encour- work extremely hard at supporting in humanities and social sciences. aware of the range of skills they waste program for U.S. forces at aging me to do challenging assign- the Army," he said. Then they go back and never do it will need in their career." Camp Doha. ments. They really embody the Wright's current work involves in their departments. That's why The students will benefit from "Our team negotiated the removal qualifies of excellence in leadership determining mission needs and op- we recommended this school- the new communications program, of hazardous waste from the coun- and management." erational requirements for field wide commission rather than because they will develop skills try with the Kuwaiti Ministry of One exciting feature of winning drinking water support, and being HSLS trying to spearhead some- that will lead to greater career suc- Public Health, constructed hazard- this award was attending the Medi- the advocate for QM interests with- thing which would just be seen as cess, career enjoyment, market- ous waste storage facilities, and cal Service Corps' Junior Officer in the Army Medical Department. another 'Oh that's boring Hu- ability, professional life and the trained the Kuwaitis in hazardous Conference in Washington, DC. He The words on the medallion that manities stuff." ability to communicate and sell materials storage and handling. It and about 20 other junior officers he was awarded read "Professional- The communications program ideas. was a great team effort and I en- received tours of the Pentagon, the ism, Dedication, Service". Wright planning team also emphasized joyed working with all the folks at White House and Walter Reed Hos- lives up to these words every day, Camp Doha," Wright said. pital, and participated in mock pro- and he's looking forward to another Wright is quick to recognize and motion boards and various big year.

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• • March 10, 1995 Page 4 The Rose Thorn • Opinions • Too many laws and regulations take propriety beyond merely annoying repairs, funerals, tanning salons, George Will one-hour photo finishing, video- detectives, armored Syndicated Columnist C,011aRtS5 RIGIttP tiegleti CARelatiV tape rentals, vie MADE IT car guards, bug exterminators, The Washington Post Pli.Lioti -re cRulie, was Iwo k *30 A MATH PeliALTY laundry, haircuts, day care, shoe WASHINGTON--Perhaps one rtia0 or, mar \mum A repairs and septic tank cleaning-- reason so many New Yorkers are offeliSt To Ici combined. so surly is that they have to go to olARAPeA1D cAriwAlati CORGRe.$51Aktig.,. a of the the bathroom but can't, public toi- Says representative (tisa ACCOMPill$11 put up the lets being scarce. However, at least Kefortl, DT You California bar, "I'll pro- rights are plentiful. social contribution of the legal WertiltiG.?",? fession any day against that of the In 1991 the city proposed test- motion picture industry." As a ing six sidewalk toilet kiosks small defense of the current practices enough not to impede pedestrian that are devised by and benefit traffic. However, wheelchairs lawyers, that illustrates the death would not fit in them and New its Air of common sense. York's anti-discrimination law (et •95t makes it illegal to "withhold or two, (C) 1995, Washington Post deny" from the disabled access to • Writers Group any "public accommodation." The toilets, said the city govemment, ...About George Will be "discrimination in its would George E Will, whose newspa- purest form." How about provid- per column has been syndicated by ing wheelchair-accessible bath- 4440enEre- Ju•,(4 The Washington Post Writers rooms in nearby buildings? "The Howard says that recently posters ica that isn't in violation of at least law." Those rights are shields. The Group since 1974, today appears in law," said a spokesperson for the blunt spotted on Manhattan's Upper one. One requires "poison" signs new rights are bludgeons, more than 475 papers. In 1976, Will disabled, "requires that everyone some people to West Side advertised for someone where sand is stored because sand powers to enable became a regular Newsweek con- go to the bathroom in exactly the coerce others. to share an apartment rent-free. contains silica, which some scien- tributor, providing the back-page same place." The plan, detailed on the posters, tists think might in certain unusual Howard says, "Our hatred of essay twice a month. In the same so was to move in, refuse to pay rent, Rights are non-negotiable, That is government is not caused mainly year, he won a Pulitzer Prize for situations cause cancer. free for the 18 months it two kiosks were tried at three loca- by government's goals, whatever and live commentary for his newspaper col- why OSHA once classified bricks an eviction tions, one for the general public, their wisdom, but by government's takes a landlord to get umn. (a brick, says OSHA helpfully, is and one, with a full-time attendant, techniques." Actually, the tech- users. The regular "a hard ceramic body with no for wheelchair niques express two goals--compas- When law is too dense to Will has also garnered top hon- averaged 3,000 flushes per toilet sion, meaning safety from material known and too ors for his Newsweek columns, week, the other was virtually be Our hatred of govern- or mental distress, and equality, not including a finalist citation in the unused. It is 1995, the sidewalk detailed to be reasonable, meaning treating like cases alike Essays and Criticism category of the toilet proposal is stalled, the proce- ment is not caused but rather treating everyone the why respect it? 1979 National Magazine Awards dural mills grind on, civic rancor mainly by government's same. increases. goals, but by govern- As Howard recognizes, the order. Such scams are one price of This vignette is from Philip ment's techniques. lunatic proliferation of law procedures made rococo in Howard's book "The Death of expresses the urge to produce an attempts to give maximum protec- Common Sense: How Law is Suf- odor") as poisonous because if instruction manual for living the tion to the maximum number of focating America." Howard, a sawed they release small amounts life we have a "right" to--a life "rights." New York lawyer, believes gov- of silica. without risk of injury or injustice. So is this: A disruptive student emment looks increasingly absurd So New York regulations of day a Bronx high school assaulted a because increasingly it tries to use Such maddening meticulous- care centers enjoin caregivers to at guard. The assault was witnessed detailed laws as substitutes for rea- ness results from the casting of "comfort a child when in distress." by another guard, a teacher and a sonable judgments by individuals. every social good as a "right," as in In states without such punctilious dean. But the student was not sus- a worker's "right" to health and regulations, do children go uncom- He says the Occupational pended because, under one fili- safety. As rights multiply, the forted? It is to ensure perfect pro- Safety and Health Administration gree on due process, a student vocabulary and skills of accommo- priety that the task of getting a $50 has more than 4,000 detailed regu- witness is required in a case dation fade. Says Howard, "The lock fixed in a New York school lations (at one point it had 140 per- involving such significant disci- that are the foundation of involves a six-month, 10-step pro- taining to wood ladders), and there rights pline. may not be a workplace in Amer- this country are rights against the cess reviewed by a "supervising too 77te Washington Post Writers Group supervisor." But one result of Law, says Howard, no longer is a scofflaw George Will much such law just facilitates society's enterprises, when law nation. As Howard says, it is one of society's main enter- competition. He was also the recipi- Rose Thorn and too The is too dense to be known prises. The Los Angeles Times ent of a 1978 National Headliners Box 170 why 5500 Wabash Avenue, detailed to be reasonable, reports that in 1992 California law- Award for his "consistently outstand- Terre Haute, Indiana 47803-3999 respect it? yers' fees totaled $16.3 billion, ing special features columns" Phone:(812) 877-8255 Indeed, why not exploit it? more than was spent on auto appearing in the magazine while a he wrote on New York Editor-in-Chief Paid Sigler column a 1980 Features Editor Frank Pfeiffer City's finances earned him News Editor Keith Shoup Silurian Award for Editorial Writing. .1111 ,r1M, -NMI II I I3 P S NAU 1985, The Washington Sports Editor Chip Bradway In January Campus Editor Scott Allen Journalism Review named Will Photo Editor James Mann MEDIUM LARGE "Best Writer, Any Subject" Advertising Manager Edward Hatfield PIZZA PIZZA and Business Manager Doug Ihrig WITH 1-TOPPING WITH 1-TOPPING In addition to his magazine Advisor David Piker newspaper writing, Will is also an author and network-television News Reporters David Hile, Jeff Nord, Timothy Boyd, broadcast commentator. 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CS937 2 The Rose Thorn Features, March 10, 1995 Page 5 Discrimination not easy to define, deal with Truant studentsjust wanted to get away by Greg Hawkins dent leader, I am a Baptist, and I sarcastic to incite anger. I answer it by Paul Sigler am a good public speaker. Thorn Columnist because it is a very valid question. Editor-in-Chief "If blacks and other want to have an The reason that there is As a senior who is supposed to know things of staggering and profound Discrimination is an issue equal opportunity at get- no white ting a job history course is importance. I have found that I spend much of my time educating my juniors that, personally, I try very hard to why is there a need for that the history that affirmative on some of the facts of life that Rose students are avoid because of several reasons. action? Don't they we learn in class is primarily white often just expected to know. contradict Some of these The most important reason one another? history. If we analyze the question simple tidbits that I am often asked to demonstrate include the even proper posture to be used while groveling at the feet of prospective esthete I am black. When I There is a need for Affirmative further there are white history a employer or the correct knuckle applied to Rose-Hulman I was Action because without it no one courses but they are not called -dragging, round-shouldered, stumbling gait fully aware that I would be one of would have an equal opportunity. White History. There is German that Rose students are expected to adopt after a long night of playing Civiliza- a very few minorities on campus. Although we'd all like to believe History, English History, Russian tion. I also thought that because the that discrimination does not occur History, Swedish History, Greek But with spring coming, bringing with it longer, lazier, sunnier days filled school in a rural southwestern in the nineties, we need to wake History, etc. There were very few Indiana city, that there would be a with joy, happiness, squirrels, robins, frisbees, beer, and cleavage-enhancing up, because it does. There are blacks and other minorities, if any, large amount of blatant racism countless bathing suits, I find that it is my duty to warn those who may not know: By stories of how someone who were important parts of the his- that I would have to deal with. is denied mid-April, you probably won't want to go to class employment or fired tories of these countries. very often. That happened In Gary, Indiana, the city because they were a minority, to a lot of us my freshman year. where I am from, the saying goes, were handicapped, female, had "Why are groups like the That was when "The further south in Indiana that HIV, or were even past convicts. the Institute got serious. Although it is fairly common National Society ofBlack Engineers you go (as an African-Amencan) Yes, convicts. Who is to say that knowledge that Rose-HuIrnan has had a policy for several years of detaining (NSBE) needed, the less likely you will be they cannot be reformed by our If we had a group and flogging any student found guilty of making fun of guys in plaid jackets called accepted." I am elated to report justice system. Included in that the "National Society of and beanies at Homecoming, it is still a well-kept secret that, during spring that the statement is an untruth, list are also white males. White Engineers" wouldn't we be quarter, 1992, Rose began retaining the services of a shady Newark truancy but due to the fact that I called bigots? This is just another firm with the am in a Yes, Affirmative Action works motto: "Get to class, or sleep with the fishes." place where I thought discrimina- example of the double standards set for them too. Affirmative Action tion would by minorities. So Some may find this hard to believe. I admit that it does seem a bit shocking. be very prevalent, I works this way: If a person feels can Ijoin?" decided that But by the end of April, most of us who I wouldn't rustle any that they have been discriminated were spending more time at Deming leaves by stating how I actually park evaluating swimwear against for some reason, they It really bothers me when people than in class had received a letter that looked feel on very many issues that must take their claim to the Equal make a mockery of an organization something like this: concern blacks or minorities in Employment Opportunity Com- that is very important to me, such as general. To the truant student, SIGLER: mission (EEOC). At this point NSBE. Ignorant people initially In light of a recent article that you can take legal action against look at the name and figure they Attendance records received by our office have shown that your presence appeared in The Rose Thorn, that corporation if you deem it know the entire purpose of the orga- has been missed by several of your professors at several of your classes at "Reverse discrimination alien- necessary. Now that we know nization, having never asked a several different points in your lifetime. We at the Office of Tardy, Truant and ates white males", and talking this, we can go tell our white male member what the organization is Exceptionally Reticulated Students (OTTERS) with several of my really good uncles, cousins, dads, and friends have been keeping up with about. NSBE is an organization your friends on campus, I believe that that we bring up every attendance records even if you, apparently, have not. In short, MR. time affir- whose it was time to start rustling. The purpose is to assist blacks in SIGLER, we are not amused. questions that I have chosen to obtaining careers in engineering and It is the responsibility of each ROSE-HULMAN discuss have come up several Although we'd like the applied sciences. student to inform his/her times in conversation, so I am professors before missing any scheduled class session. Special cases such as sure they will be of concern to to believe that dis- Why is there a need for that? hangnails, runny noses, poison ivy, yeast infections or appendicitis are NOT others who are not as comfortable crimination Looking at the student body of causefor truancy. Car trouble, hairballs, achy bellies, split ends or skin blem- enough with blacks or other does not Rose-Hulman there is definitely a ishes are also common excuses that are not acceptable. minorities to simply ask them need for it. white male engineers In recent years more students have been proffering excuses such severed what are their thoughts on why occur in the nineties, as: dominate the engineering workforce limbs, broken bones, extensive mutilation these situations occur. of the skin and tissues, cerebral we need to wake up, so there is obviously no need for a hemorrhaging, HIV infection, or mononucleosis. Some have even had the "Why are there scholarships National Society of White Engi- temerity to claim (through their next ofkin) that they could not attend class for blacks or other specific races, because it does. neers that has a similar purpose to because they were a POW in a small Asian country, or because they were in a yet if there was a scholarship that that of NSBE. NSBE does not dis- coma, dead, or both. These excuses are unacceptable. This is the nineties. was specifically for the white criminate. Anyone who agrees with That whining, acid-rock seventies crap doesn't cut it anymore, MR.SIGLER. male it would be considered rac- mative action comes out that if they really have a valid claim then its goal and is willing to assist in ist?" There are a few bona fide excuses for absence frorn classes, and they need to take it to the EEOC achieving it is urged to join. Con- among I these are: hangovers (somebody invariably has to clean the vomit off the consider this to be a very so that can get reparation for the sider this an invitation to all those valid question Naugahyde), post-traumatic stress disorder, leprosy, PMS (studies for those who have terrible discrimination that they who are concerned. have not done research into looking for have suffered. shown that students experiencing PMS are generally less receptive to con- scholarships. Scholarship criteria structive criticism and are often armed), and really big zits(yuk!). Ifyou are "Why do you have black his- I hope that this clears up many of are decided upon by the people able to provide documentation of any of the aforementioned maladies, tory courses, isn't this just the misconceptions that the white who are supplying it because they including: feel that they are satisfying a another way for blacks to sepa- male has if he feels that he is dis- need. Looking at the figures for rate themselves? If we had a criminated against. If you feel this - a notefrom your physician enrollment at Rose-Hulman for white history course wouldn't it way, that is unfortunate because we with an undergraduate population be considered racist?" live in world where not everything - a notefrom our physician of 1242, 3.1% is Asian-Ameri- Blacks played a very important is equal. Believe me, I understand - (in case of really big zits fyuk.]1) a note from somebody that was really can, 1.7% is Black, 0.96% is His- role in the development of this that fact very well. also We have to grossed out when they saw you panic, 0.32% is Native/ nation. History courses overlook realize that when laws, statutes, and American, 1.45% is International, many of the very important black programs are put in place to help - a notefrom Bill Moykinowsla, who lives in between two tenements on 67th 0.72% is female, and the other people who were instrumental in others they were put there because and Crawford on Chicago's Lower East side. Bill is illiterate 91.75% is white male. Those fig- this development. Hence the and doesn't the majority felt that have a ures were taken from winter necessity of a black history there was a pen, so you will need to bring a tape recorder and have his text tran- quarter enrollment for the 9495 course. Black history courses are need for them. The programs that scribed and verified by three notary publics and a district magistrate. You school year. not only for black people. When we have now will most likely be may then send the letter certified mail to our Albuquerque address, where it here as long as there is discrimina- will It is not very difficult to see people approach me with the stay for a few weeks unopened before they send it to Portland,from that there is not a need, in refer- white history/racist question tion and a need for them, and though which it is sent to ow- people in Lake Tahoe, who would send it along to us, ence to enrollment, for scholar- most of the time I blow it off I am very hesitant to say this, that except that the Portland guy is a loser and has the wrong addressfor Lake ships for white males. Those who because it is generally said to be may very well be forever. Tahoe and ends up sending everything to Fresno, so we'll probably never get say that a scholarship for white it, but if we do, we'll call up Bill and verify everything, then we'll have a meet- males would be racist are totally ing to discuss whether or not your excuse is valid. The process normally takes misinformed. If getting money is from three to six years. You're welcome. such a big issue for them, the problem is that they are at the Life Savers Needed! Ifyou cannot proffer one ofthese forms ofdocumentation, you will be ter- wrong institution. You have to minated.., as a student. attend a school where there is a New donors earn $25 your first need to help you fmancially to Thank you. stay there. visit & donors who haven't Rumor has it that several students disappeared soon afterwards. They were There are several historically donated months later found in a Hardees restaurant in Kokomo, wearing huge, silly grins and black colleges throughout the in 6 or more. showing an incredible aptitude for working the shake machine. nation that offer excellent engi- Two went on neering curricula such as Hamp- BE A PLASMA DONOR...BECAUSE to become Employees of the Month, and one was reported to have subse- ton University of Hampton, LIFE IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS quently opted for a career as a regular panelist on the Ricki Lake Show. Virginia. At this school they offer Of course, these are still just rumors. I was planning on minority scholarships to white going out to Dem- Bio-Medical Center ing Park later on today males. There are also scholar- to find out if anyone had dug up anything new. ships for students who are Jew- 417 Wabash Ave. ish, handicapped, Catholic, and Terre Haute, IN 47808 have parents that are veterans. Ar and elhelia'es Many of them I don't qualify for because I don't fit the criteria. I Open Monday thru Friday 9a.m.-6p.m. barber and city knit? don't consider it reverse Make an appointment by calling discrimi- 1919 Maple Avenue, Terre Haute, Indiana nation. Out of the billions of dol- (812) 234-4828 Open 6 Days a Week 8 a.m. to lars that are put away for 5 p.m. scholarships, there are hundreds Please bring in ad Closed Sunday and Holidays that I qualify for. Not because I am black, but because I am a stu- HAIR CUTS $3.00 10, 1995 The Rose Thorn • • March Page 6 Sports Engineers return from Florida 4-4, Basketball season ends with host tournament this weekend first-round tourney loss and by Joel Gillespie secure the victory. by Joel Gillespie in last season, was dominant, allow- Sports Reporter Sports Reporter Sophomore forward Troy ing no earned runs in 15 innings, Rose-Hulman Engineer It's been said that it's tough Halt came off the bench to lead The striking out 15. He was saddled team kicked off its sea- to beat a team three straight the team in scoring with 16 baseball with a loss in the first game of a a trip to Panama City, times in a season, and Franklin son with against Augustana points. Junior center Jason over quarter break. The College proved it in the ICAC Florida, (Ill.), though, as the Vikings Kear also cracked double fig- Engineers squeezed in eight postseason basketball tourna- scored two unearned runs in the ures, notching 10 counters. games over a six-day period, win- ment. 2-1 loss. ning four and losing four. Zack Johnson and Kiley Rose combined for a The Grizzlies, who fin- The Engineers, defending Gwaltney combined for only 2.95 ERA in the eight games, ished three games behind Rose ICAC co-champions, will host which is below last year's figure in the final conference stand- 13 points, whereas they had the Rose-Hulman Invitational this of 3.33. ings and were swept by the been averaging a total of 31 a weekend. The Invite is expected The staff is expected to con- Engineers during the regular game. Gwaltney finished with to be a tough test for Rose, bring- ail: Eric Tryon was a rwst-team - tinue to improve once senior Alan season, were victorious in the 10 assists. ing together the Engineers, set- ICAC as a freshman, Eller is all the way back from an the tournament, Greenville, Adrian, and DePauw first round of ting a league record for strikeouts. arm injury. Tryon, Garrett, Doug Rose spent most of the sea- for six games Saturday and Sun- 66-59. Meyne, and Jimmy Costa each son ranked in the Division III day. dered 15 unearned runs during the Although the game was picked up a victory on the trip. Midwest Region poll, but Adrian was Rose's opponent trip. played in Shook Fieldhouse, Clinton Hiatt their 15-10 final mark wasn't in the fifth game of the road trip, The Engineers have new play- the home-court advantage and center fielder Nate Warfel enough to earn them a national and Rose won, 3-1, on a complete ers at four of the five infield posi- didn't seem to do Rose much tions, and that keyed the Engineer offense down Manchester game three-hitter good, as they were held to tournament berth. inexperience south, combining for 26 hits over by freshman Brad "Our defense made some 40% shooting and made only and Hanover both qualified will cause prob- the eight games. Garrett. great plays, but they -pointers. from the ICAC, and the Spar- lems for awhile. Hiatt, who was an outfielder one of eight three DePauw the tour- muffed some routine ones. been making Franklin made their free tans are still alive in shared the confer- "Our de- last season, has There's going to be a period to Jen- throws down the stretch to nament. ence title with the fense made "great plays," according adjustment there. with a Engineers last of some great kins. He leads the team while ICAC Basketball Final Standings season, and They'll get better every plays, but they .480 batting average, at Greenville is de- time out." muffed some Warfel follows closely behind team's leadoff scribed as "out- -Coach Jenkins routine ones," .467. Warfel, the ICAC Overall hitter, has been getting on base a standing" by Jenkins com- Team W L W L Engineer head coach Jeff Jen- mented. "There's going to be a lot, and he leads the team in sto- Manchester 12 0 26 0 kins. period of adjustment there. len bases with three. 21 6 Rose plays Adrian at 10 a.m. They'll get better every time Tryon began the year hot at Hanover 8 4 both Saturday and Sunday. Rose out." the plate, hitting homers in each Rose-Hulman 7 5 15 10 two games. He has will play Greenville at 3 p.m. on The Engineer pitching staff, of the first DePauw 5 7 14 12 Saturday, and will meet DePauw which returned only three players cooled off considerably since Anderson 4 8 11 14 Sunday at 3 p.m. with any varsity experience, was then, but he still leads the team in 4 8 11 13 Defense emerged as the main surprisingly effective in Florida. RBIs with 7. Franklin concern for Rose, as the team Sophomore southpaw hurler Jenkins remarked, "I'm not Wabash 2 10 6 18 committed 20 errors and surren- Eric Tryon, who set team records worried. His hitting will come." Two No. 1 teams at UConn prepare for NCAA finals Sports Briefs STORRS, Conn. -- Although the dis- Today poll. tinction was short-lived, the University of setback, Huskie Swimmers' Season Comes To An End But despite the recent Connecticut became the first school in his- "This is a great Rose-Hulman closed out the 1994-95 swimming season with its seventh place fans are still optimistic. tory to have both their women's and men's that's for finish at the twelve-team Liberal Arts Invitational in DePauw."We had some good year to be a student at UConn, basketball teams ranked No. 1 at the same at the didn't show up in the standings, and a couple of school records sure," said Tony Miller, a freshmen performances that time. said head coach Randy Jensen. university. "If we end up celebrating two that fell," The Huskies earned the double No. 1 Freshman Eric Panhorst also had a strong performance, placing seventh in the national championships in April, this rankings during the second week of Feb- 200 backstroke (2:10.42) and eighth in the 100 backstroke (58.56). place will go nuts." ruary. UConn's men's team was able jump The NCAA Final Four teams will play Yenaloza Leads Tennis Team from No. 3 to No. 1 after both top-ranked the first weekend in April -- in Seattle for Jose Penaloza was 3-0 at last weekend's Thomas More Invitational, giving him North Carolina and second-ranked the men, Minneapolis for the women. the Invitational's No. 1 singles title for the second-straight year. Penaloza didn't lose UConn women each lost. The undefeated Lew Perkins, UConn's athletic direc- a set on his way to the title. Janu- have been No. 1 since the middle of members of the two teams often Head coach Dan Hopkins's team was fifth overall, and also got a good perfor- tor, said ary, after upsetting Tennessee. each other's games and appear mance from the No. 2 doubles team of Karl Ammerman and Jason Reese. Ammer- attend This year, the UC women's per-game events. Fans have asked man and Reese won their first match, 6-2, 6-3. together at school scoring totals tops the men, 91.7 to 86.3. teams play each other for Other Rose-Hulman results were — Ryan Easterhaus, 0-2 at No. 2 singles; Ryo that the two UConn's women are the only undefeated prevent that 0-2 at No. 1 singles. charity, but NCAA rules will Fuchinoue, 1-2 at No. 3 singles; and Brian Brown and Jeff Nord, team in Division I and are winning their back out on the road to take from happening, Perkins said. The tennis team will take the week off before going games by an average of 35 points. on March 11. on Greenville (III.) and Millikin A few days after being voted No. 1, Although the men's games have sold UConn's men's team was defeated by Vil- out for years, the women's team now is Williams 55-Meter Record Highlights Busy Week lanova 96-73. The Huskies fell to fourth in filling the 8,241-seat Gampel Pavilion on Jerome Williams crossed the finish line in 6.62 seconds at Friday's Indiana Inter- the AP poll and fifth in the CNN/USA a regular basis as well. collegiate Meet in Bloomington to tie a school record shared by Brian Bartley (1990) in the 55-meter dash. Williams, a junior, teamed up with Arvant Hill. Chris Seawood MSU athletic director announces resignation and Mike Riley to post a season-best time in the mile relay at the same meet. The Engineers dropped a home dual meet to Vincennes earlier in the week, 93-56. EAST LANSING, Mich.--Michigan "The sole basis for our decision is a Senior pole vaulter Mike Brown competed for only the second time this season, win- State University athletic director Merrily shared commitment to doing what is best ning the pole vault with a height of 15-6. Brown has already qualified for the NCAA Dean Baker, the first female athletic direc- for the university and for Merrily," Indoor Championship. Rose-Hulman has this week off. tor in the Big Ten conference, announced McPherson said. "She has been an articu- "Jerome (Williams) continues to improve as a sprinter and did a real nice job this her resignation earlier this month. late spokesperson for MSU and for inter- collegiate athletics on and off the week," said head coach Bill Welch. "It was good to have Mike (Brown) back as the "I have mixed feelings about leaving pole campus." vaulters came through with a sweep against Vincennes." Michigan State University, but I believe that the time is right for me to do so," Prior to her hiring at MSU. Baker was Labbes Bow Out At NCAA Regional Baker said at a press conference. "I leave assistant executive director of the NCAA. Joe and Jim Labbe made their final appearance on a wrestling mat for Rose-Hul- comfortable in the knowledge that the ath- Her role of leadership in athletics began in man at the NCAA Division III Regional meet in Wheaton, , each placing, but letics program is poised to make quantum 1970, when she was hired as associate not advancing to the national tournament. leaps in the months and years ahead." director of athletics at Princeton Univer- Joe placed fifth at 134 lbs., compiling a 4-2 record at Saturday's regional and a sity. Although many have speculated that 22-9 record for the year. Brother Jim placed sixth at 142 lbs., with a 3-3 regional director of she was forced out, MSU President Peter In 1982, she was named record and 23-8 season mark. The Labbes were the only Engineers to win a match at McPherson said Baker's resignation was a women's athletics at the University of the regional, and led Rose-Hulman to a 13th place finish out of 18 teams. decision which was mutual. Minnesota. The Rose Thorn • SPOrtS• March 10, 1995 Page 7

Female pitcher earns place in Hall of Fame's "Women in Baseball" exhibit By Marco Buscaglia daughter, offering advice on his College Press Service daughter's pitching and fielding. COSTA MESA, Calif. -- If "My dad taught me everything I owners are know. He's like a coach to me," serious about hiring replacement says Borders. But he's never players for the upcoming season, made me feel uncomfortable or they might want to look to South- pushed me to get into it. He's just ern California College's baseball really excited for me and always team for a Hall of Fame pitcher. really supportive." Sophomore Ila Borders re- Her father also helps control cently joined baseball legends the barrage of reporters his Babe Ruth, Ernie Banks, and daughter has attracted recently. "I Willie Mays in Cooperstown. knew I would have some people She will be honored in a new ex- calling me, but I never thought it hibit as the first woman to offi- would be as bad as it was," says cially pitch in a college baseball Borders, recalling a three-day game. span in which she gave 73 inter- "When I found out, I couldn't views."My GPA went down to a stop jumping up and down," says 2.6, so my dad started helping me Borders. "It's like a dream come set up times to talk to people, and true, even more than a dream my GPA went back up to 3.3." come true. It's something I didn't After mowing down batters in expect." Little League, Borders decided to But for many college hitters, give high school baseball a shot Borders herself is something they at Whittier Christian. And after don't expect: a female pitcher in impressing coaches and fans with what has traditionally been an all- her skills on the mound, she be- male sport. gan searching for a college. Borders, 19, says she's been "I sent tapes to college coach- viving previous inductions into "By the middle of the season, While Borders still is a Dodg- playing baseball since she was 10 es because I was afraid that if all-male teams, the Southern Cal- I was just a pitcher on the team, er fan, she has developed a new years old. She switched to the people heard a girl was pitching, ifornia native knew what to ex- not the girl pitcher," she says. affinity for the San Francisco Gi- sport a few years after she began they would think it was just a pect. "That's the way I want it." ants as well. "I threw the first playing softball. -It just seemed novelty," Borders says."I wanted "The first practice is always Although she has hopes of pitch for them at a game last year, like it was more of a challenge," them to see what I could do." rough because people want to playing professionally, she and they treated me and my fam- Borders says. "It seemed like it Borders says she heard a lot know what you're trying to knows she may have to take the ily like royalty," she says. "It's a was a lot more fun." of good things about Southern prove, like you're trying to make long road to the major leagues. classy organization." During her childhood, Bor- California College, and after she some statement," she says. "I "I'm willing to start in Japan if Borders will be part of the ders spent dozens of afternoons visited the campus, she knew it knew that I had to show that I was that's what has to happen," she Hall of Fame's "Women in Base- with her father at Dodger Stadi- was the school for her. "I was just another ball player out there says. "But this is something I re- ball" exhibit, which will feature um, watching the game they both looking for a Christian school because I love the game." ally want to see through." the various roles women have loved. "I really learned to appre- where I could play baseball that As a freshmen, Borders made Borders may get her chance. played in the history of the game. ciate the game from my dad," she was close to the beach," she says. seven starts and had two appear- When Dodger manager Tommy The exhibit will include Bor- says. "When I was younger, we "When I visited the campus and ances in relief. In her first game, Lasorda learned of Border's ac- ders' glove, hat, jersey, baseball were always watching games on talked to the coach, I knew it was she held Claremont-Mudd- compiishments, he told The New shoes, baseball and photograph, TV, going to the ballpark or play- the school." Scripps to one run and five hits. York Times that he just might be along with a summary ing catch." of her life When the time came for the The left-hander finished the sea- interested. "If I can get somebody and a list of her accomplish- Phil Borders still plays a big first day of practice, Borders says son with a record of 2-4 with a to win 20 games for me," he said, ments. If Borders has her way, part in the development of his she was nervous. But after sur- 2.92 ERA. 'I'll take her." that list is far from complete.

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