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Rose-HRulman Institute ofose Technology • Terre Haute, IN • h ttp://Tthorn.rose-hulmanho.edu • Friday, September 10, r2010 • Volumen 46 • Issue 1 Rose renovates Logan Library

Top, secured zone around Logan Library during contruction work. Bottom, proposed floor plan of the first floor of the newly renovated Logan Library. Tim Ekl • The Rose Thorn Stock Photo • Rose-Hulman Tim Ekl • editor-in-chief work on the main and upper floors of this significantly enhanced and is to update the aesthetics of the li- the library is now scheduled to last functional space,” Jerrell said in a brary,” said Rachel Crowley, Direc- Ed. note: an earlier version of through September 20, according to campus-wide email. tor of the Logan Library. She notes this article ran in the freshman is- Jan Jerrell, circulation coordinator. The renovation project began in that “the Reference area and the sue of The Rose Thorn. That article While the entire book collection is June and lasted the summer. New [Digital Resource Center] will still was written by Alex Mullans, edi- being held in storage, library staff will features to the reconstructed library be available for use, but in a more tor-in-chief. attempt to retrieve books on request. are to include a café, additional indi- inviting atmosphere.” The renovation of Logan Library In addition, inter-library loans are vidual and group workspaces, and ex- During the renovation, several stu- stretched into the first weeks of the still available. tra seating for students. dent employees worked to place books 2010-2011 academic year as work “We feel confident that these mi- “There are several reasons [why in storage and, along with library crews rushed to complete the rebuild. nor inconveniences will be worth the library is being renovated]. The staff, evaluate the existing collection Though originally slated to be com- the effort and that students, faculty main one is to provide more learn- and discard materials as necessary to plete by the start of the school year, and staff will be very pleased with ing space for students and the other make room for newer items.

Inside this issue Summer comics review Good eats Religious apathy Volleyball’s best start SharePoint fallout

Market Bel- In all the furor over the Girls’ vol- The Flipside gives The Rose la Rossa on Quran-burning, leyball gets a humor- Thorn reviews Wabash of- is there really off to a phe- ous take on summer news fers tasty and that much to nomenal 5-0 Wednesday’s in the world of economical get upset start — the SharePoint comics. food - includ- over ? best in RHIT disaster and ing vegetarian history. official re- options. actions.

Page 4: Entertainment Page 5: Living Page 6: Opinions Page 7: Sports Page 8: Flipside 2 Puzzles Sep 10, 2010

To play, fill in the grid with the numbers 1-5. No number can be repeated in the same row, column, or “stream.” A steam Strimko is a group of 5 circles that are connected by lines.

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Tim Ekl • editor-in-chief Eli Baca • writer CM 5037, 5500 Wabash Ave. Alex Mullans • editor-in-chief Annie Bullock • writer Terre Haute, IN 47803-3999 Scott Gallmeier • news Michael Ishmael • writer Phone:(812) 877-8255 Colin DeClue • entertainment Matt Melton • writer Fax: (812) 877-8166 Melissa Schwenk • living Will Mruzek • writer [email protected] Carly Baehr • opinions Elliot Simon • writer http://thorn.rose-hulman.edu Andrew Klusman • sports Hobey Tam • writer Noël Spurgeon • flipside Kurtis Zimmerman • writer Emily Asman • copy Luke Woolley • photo

Andrew Klusman • business Mike Reis • photographer Kurtis Zimmerman • web Matt Vargo • photographer Richard House • adviser Carly Baehr • cartoonist The Rose Thorn is a weekly publication pro- toons, and letters to the editor for publication. accept content changes submitted after deadline. Material submitted for use in the print edi- duced by the members of the community of All submissions must contain the writer’s signa- tion may also be included in the online edi- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology pub- We request that all letters to the editor be less ture (electronic form is acceptable) and contact tion located at http://thorn.rose-hulman.edu. lished on Fridays first through ninth week than 600 words in length, and the deadline for information. The editors reserve the right to re- each quarter. All students, faculty, and staff content submission is 5:00 p.m. two days prior to ject submissions deemed inappropriate for print. The views expressed in The Rose Thorn are those are welcome to attend weekly meetings, held publication. The editors reserve the right to edit of their respective authors and, with the exception at 5:15pm on Wednesdays in Olin Hall. We submissions for clarity, grammar, length, and fac- All content should be submitted to thorn@ of the weekly Staff View published in the Opin- also welcome and encourage all community tual errors, while preserving the original intent of rose-hulman.edu or to the office of The Rose ions section, do not necessarily represent the views members to submit articles, photographs, car- the submission. The editors reserve the right to Thorn in Hulman Memorial Union room 249. of the staff or the Rose-Hulman community. Sep 10, 2010 News 3 News Briefs IAIT implements new bandwidth By Alex Mullans Koran burning and wireless policies

plans on hold Alex Mullans • editor-in-chief Installation of the system are still allowed for students mense slowdown of the cam- cost around $200,000. who wish to hard-wire mul- pus network), this academic After a week’s worth of heat- Returning upperclass- Along with the new system tiple devices into the campus year a middle ground was ed debate, Florida pastor Terry men were greeted with a came new restrictions for network. However, the wire- bridged between the restric- Jones has cancelled plans to burn pleasant surprise the first student-owned wireless rout- less component of the router tions of years past and com- copies of the Islamic holy book time the laptops kicked ers. Students are no longer al- must be turned off or the port plete freedom. IAIT sums up on the ninth anniversary of the back to life. RHIT-1X, aka lowed to run their own wire- connecting the router to the the policy as follows: “There September 11 terrorist attacks. the ‘official’ campus wireless networks. IAIT’s website campus network will be disa- are no email notifications, the Criticism for the pastor’s plan less network, now extends notes that “Personal wireless bled by IAIT. transfer limits are higher, and came from ranking politicians to all ten residence halls on routers interfere with the The second major change bandwidth rates will recover including President Obama, who campus. For the first time campus wireless infrastruc- to campus computing policy over time if Internet usage is warned that the attacks could last year, a campus survey ture in the academic and ad- lies in bandwidth restric- reduced.” In addition, heavy provoke more suicide bombings found that more than 50% ministrative buildings [and] tions. After an attempt sever- users get a ‘discount’ of sorts from al-Qaeda and possibly put of students surveyed want- can allow unauthorized ac- al years ago to completely re- by downloading large files US forces in Afghanistan and ed institute-provided wire- cess to individuals sitting in a move bandwidth restrictions late at night or during the Iraq at risk of retaliation. How- less in the residence halls. parking lot.” Personal routers (which resulted in an im- weekend. ever, in his press conference, Jones linked his decision to a rumored agreement by Muslim leaders in New York City to re- locate the proposed Islamic cul- tural center near Ground Zero. Those leaders have denied any such agreement. Antivirus-on-a- chip?

Last Thursday, chip behemoth Intel purchased security software maker McAfee for more than $7.5bn. Intel touts the purchase as the next step in computer security, suggesting that it wants to Above, an example of an email students across campus with wireless routers have been receiving. move antivirus protection from Alex Mullans • editor-in-chief software to hardware. The long- term implications are still somewhat vague, but Intel president Paul Otellini says, “Everywhere we sell a microprocessor, there’s In Photos: Freshman Oriention an opportunity for a security suite.” In addition to McAfee’s strengths in antivirus software, Intel gained technologies like encryption and data loss preven- tion from the acquisition. Some in the industry have predicted that a string of industry acquisi- tions may be on the way.

Iran to free detained Ameri- can citizen

The Iranian government has announced that they are releas- ing Sarah Shourd, an American hiker who has been in the government’s custody since July 2009 after being detained with two others while hiking near the Iraq-Iran border. The release is scheduled to occur on Saturday. While White House spokes- man Robert Gibbs has said that all three Americans had “com- mited no crime,” Iranian Intel- ligence Minister Haidar Moslehi claimed that the three had links to American intelligence services and that a full investigation would be finished soon. Some pundits have speculated that the announcement is a show of clem- ency to mark Eid ul-Fitr - the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Left, freshman prepare to catch fellow students in trust fall activities. Top right, freshman assist each other through orientation team building exercises as part of orientation week. Bottom right, freshman attended major related seminars to prepare for the year. Tim Ekl • The Rose Thorn Dale Long • Rose-Hulman 4 Entertainment Sep 10, 2010 Plenty of action this summer with comics Eli Baca • staff writer ing with their “Gauntlet” and the “Brightest Day” crossover of Dark Horse Comics, “Second Coming” storylines, event. accidentally leaked the The comic world was abuzz respectively. Independent comic pub- return of a comic series this summer with new and DC let loose some movie lishers saw TV shows, and to Dark Horse on the old faces, publishing faux pas, news with Batman 3 getting a some musicians, getting the back cover of a comic— and teams being assembled. date and Superman 2 getting comic light—True Blood got instead of letting the Let’s do a recap of what may a production team, but the a mini-series and Charmed other publisher, IDW, have missed and what’s still major comic arc, possibly of got an ongoing series. Ameri- make the announce- brewing. the summer, was (and still is) can Vampire from Vertigo re- ment when they were For Marvel, this summer the Return of Bruce Wayne. leased to major thumbs up, ready to. Oops. Leaked was more about movies then Batman’s back, and look to and Star Wars: Legacy ended in the Buffy the Vam- it was about comics, though October to see some MAJOR with a bang (only to be com- pire Slayer one-shot the comics were still breath- movement from the Bat- ing back for more). Seren- “Riley”, it said that An- taking. The major news was man guys. And if that wasn’t ity fans got a little heart beat gel was coming back to the naming of The Avengers enough Batman, DC finally FI- with the lovely Float Out story Dark Horse, therefore team and cult classic Joss NALLY gave Batman Beyond about fan fav Wash (just wait, bringing the Buffyverse Whedon being named the di- a comic run. DC’s trinity (Bat- the Shepherd Book graphic finally all back together http://bleedingcool.com rector. Even though we’ll have man, Superman, and Won- novel is on its way!), and vam- under the same publish- to wait a couple summers, this der Woman) also celebrated pire fans got something to ing roof. “Season Eight” rug. Conan’s getting a movie. was the biggest part of San major series milestones with sink their teeth into with 30 of BtVS wraps up within the X-Men’s getting a movie re- Diego Comic-Con and is still Batman and Superman get- Days of Night/X-Files crosso- year, as does IDW’s Angel tooling. Spider-Man got a being talked about all over the ting to #700 and Wonder ver. Felicia Day also took her (and Spike) series. new man. The Walking Dead net. Comic-wise, the “Heroic Woman getting jumped to witty writing into the comic For other movies, Mark is getting a TV show. Green Age” saw new series created #600—and having a complete world penning her first comic Millar’s Nemesis got picked Lantern’s suit is CGI. And and old ones cancelled as well extreme makeover. Love it or (and subsequently two more) up to be made into a movie, there’s still so many comic as some of the Avengers com- hate it but Wonder Woman about the back story of her and Kick Ass 2 is already movies coming out in theat- ing together as team-mates. finally has some pants on! In web series, The Guild. ready to go. Thor looks ers. Look for more comic Major plot twists abounded other news, people came back There was also a major pub- amazing. Captain America wackiness and movie awe- for everyone, but Spider-Man to life and those Black Rings lishing flub when Scott Al- is ready to start. Jonah Hex someness coming in the fall and the X-Men are still deal- stopped killing everyone in lie, senior managing editor needs to be swept under the and winter! Scott Pilgrim rocks the world Bennie Waters • guest writer braces its 8-bit roots, and is up with Knives, he and Ra- piece, with each of all the better for it. mona begin openly dating, the special effects It has been well-estab- This film tells the tale of under one small condition: feeling like some- lished that Edgar Wright Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera Scott must fight and defeat thing out of an old knows how to make an ex- from “Juno”), the twenty- Ramona’s evil exes, her sev- school video game. cellent movie, as he’s proven two year old bass player for en jilted former lovers who The cast did a per- with “Shaun of the Dead” the band Sex Bob-omb. He have joined forces to forever fect job portraying and “Hot Fuzz.” Once again, has no direction in his life, control the future of Ramo- their counterparts he exceeds expectations and shares a bed with his gay na’s love life. These exes’ at- from the comic delivers a great film in the roommate, Wallace (Kier- tacks on Scott are the main books, and the form of Scott Pilgrim vs the an Culkin), and is dating a driving force of the film, and soundtrack by Beck World. seventeen year old named each of them is, in a word, was superb. There Scott Pilgrim, while be- Knives Chau “because it’s epic. were times, how- ing based off a series of just simple.” Simply put, Each of these encounters ever that the film graphic novels, is more eas- he’s not the kind of hero is visually breathtaking and felt pretty rushed. ily described as a video game we’ve come to expect in exhilarating, from the Bolly- This is largely due movie, due to the sheer level movies these days, and he’s wood-inspired fight against to the fact that the of ridiculosity of everything certainly not the type of guy the first ex-boyfriend and film is based off of in it. Throughout the film, anyone would peg for an ac- his demon hipster chicks, a six-book series, characters level up, collect tion hero. to the Guitar Hero-esque and there was sim- extra lives, and get in ri- While Scott is “dating” his “bass battle” between Scott ply too much story diculous “boss battles” that seventeen year old fling, he and the vegan, psychic, to try to cram into result in people bursting happens to meet Ramona bass-playing mega-douche a two-hour movie. http://moviebase.net into coins. On paper, it may Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Todd Ingram (played by the Despite the feeling that the seem like a strange thing for Winstead from “Live Free or always delightful Brandon end was slightly rushed, this a movie to be so deeply en- Die Hard”), a mysterious de- Routh). was still an excellent flick Review rating: 4.5 elephants grained in video game cul- livery girl for Amazon.com. As a lifelong gamer, this that may live on to be a true ture, but Scott Pilgrim em- After reluctantly breaking film felt like a visual master- cult classic.

Zander Huff • monkey writer instead channeled Prince here. Ironically, their opening track Movies: Music: Things which get their start is aptly titled “WTF.” The best on the internet usually don’t analogy I can make is like when last much longer than the ini- Beck made his Sea Change al- Scott Pilgrim vs. The The Thermals tial obsession. This being said, bum, looking inward rather World Personal Life the fact that OK Go is still pull- than beaming poppy goodness ing out hits after their famous like with OK Go’s first two al- Machete Interpol treadmill-filled video for “Here bums. Sadly, the two hookiest It Goes Again” back in 2006 is tracks “This Too Shall Pass” Interpol impressive. Rather than imme- and “All is Not Lost,” with a http://clevescene.com Resident Evil: After- diately pushing on their tidal special mention for “White Suggested Tracks: This Too Life Games: wave of popularity, they decid- Knuckles,” are mostly obscured Shall Pass, All Is Not Lost, ed to wait for a few years, to the by the meandering of the rest White Knuckles I’m Still Here NHL 11 less than ideal result of Of the of the album. This album just Review rating: 3 elephants Blue Color of the Sky. Stray- doesn’t go anywhere, and, de- (PS3, 360) ing away from their previous spite a few shining moments, is The Romantics Weezer-esque sound they’ve disappointing. Sep 10, 2010 Living 5 Haute Food: Market Bella Rossa Melissa Schwenk • living editor Italian deli meats. These offerings of a café. They offer sandwiches come in large a different soup every day, as Having spent two full years portions, even if you only well as pasta salads and fruit in Terre Haute, I’ve had order the half. In fact, most salads. The fruit is fresh, plenty of meals to explore people only order half of a not from a can, just like eve- the fine Hautian cuisine. Un- sandwich so they can get a rything else in the café. To fortunately, I haven’t taken bag of chips as well. wash down your meal, there advantage of that as much as While most sandwich is a large selection of bever- I should, which seems to be shops tend to be vegetar- ages. You can enjoy a Nan- the case with most Rose-Hul- ian unfriendly and Italians tucket Nectar, San Pellegrino man students. Downtown aren’t known for their meat- water, or many other options Terre Haute has more to of- less dishes, Market Bella not found in your average fer than streets full of bars, Rossa offers several vegetar- restaurant. and this series will hopefully ian options. Everything on Market Bella Rossa is only open up new eatery options the menu is labeled as con- open for lunch, so most Rose besides Buffalo Wild Wings taining meat, nuts, or as a students will have to wait for and Steak ‘n Shake. vegetarian option. Having their weekend Wednesday Market Bella Rossa is a been introduced to the café before trying this sandwich locally owned café located by a vegetarian, I can assure shop. Believe me, though, downtown on Wabash Ave you that Market Bella Ros- this restaurant is well worth between Sixth and Seventh sa’s vegetarian options are the wait. Get out there and Streets. Its owners were in- not your everyday offerings; enjoy some Haute Food. spired by a trip they took to they are tasty without being Italy; their sandwich offer- higher priced than the other If you want to review a Visit the Market Bella Rossa for a tasty Italian lunch. Indoor ings exhibit this Italian in- options. restaurant for Haute Food, and outside seating is available for your dining pleasure. fluence with the use of moz- Besides sandwiches, Mar- send me an e-mail at thorn- zarella cheese, olive oil, and ket Bella Rossa has the usual [email protected]. Tim Ekl • editor-in-chief How to: Become instantly known at Rose-Hulman Melissa Schwenk • living editor number of things. Admittedly, new level. While my freshman forever be known by that nick- Remember kids, it’s a long four it feels good to have people say year boys were banned from name. years at Rose-Hulman. Your With a campus as small as hi to you as you walk from class the girl floors for simply walk- Personal Ad Kid isn’t the only reputation is your most impor- ours, it’s pretty easy to know to class, but there are definitely ing around endlessly past our notorious kid on campus and tant possession, right after your most people by name and almost a few ways to become notorious rooms, now we are sought out I’m not saying there is anything laptop, of course. Before you do every one by face. It’s also pretty rather than well-known. by Personal Ad Kid. The poor wrong with being eccentric. anything stupid, don’t ask “Is it easy to become well-known in If this week’s SharePoint war freshman obviously did not re- However, don’t be offended illegal?” Ask, “Is this the Inter- your department for your class has taught us anything, it’s that alize the caliber of boredom he when you become your own In- net meme I want to have for the work and on campus for a given lady creeping has gone to a whole was dealing with and he will now ternet meme. rest of my life?” 6 Opinions Sep 10, 2010 Tear down this wall Kurtis Zimmerman fice and get some sort of work but I didn’t dare move close staff writer finished (where work may enough to be sure. What I do at times include Facebook know is that putting up walls “So what do you guys do stalking and writing articles can only destroy the sense around here for fun?” for the Thorn). The tables of community that Rose has, “MATH!” are evenly spaced to provide the openness and freedom to If you went to see the co- a great open feel, the chairs feel together and trust one median, J.T. Thomas, at provide comfortable seating, another. Now it feels as if Hatfield Hall last Friday and plenty of it, and the brass we are being separated and A Florida pastor has come under fire for planning a Koran-burn- night, you surely heard this elephant in the middle works thrust into privacy when it ing event for September 11. exchange. It was a running both as art and a source of was never really desired. watchman.typepad.com gag throughout the show and inspiration some days. Also, And that very thought en- caused laughter among the I—along with hundreds of compasses the bulk of the crowd. But, as is usually true, others—use this room and problem: are the changes Burn the Quran the hilarity came not from its twin just upstairs to pass really desirable? So many any degree of ridiculousness through the academic build- people use that space al- but rather from the truth of ings, to and from Moench, ready and I have never heard the answer. We do, in fact, during the school day. Es- a bad word about any of the do a lot of math, among other pecially in the winter or one study areas. Then why the Day? So? disciplines, here at Rose-Hul- of Indiana’s sudden down- change? My only thought Andrew Klusman who are environmentalists). man, and it takes a lot of hard pours, these rooms provide (one a friend mentioned to business manager Another question about the work and studying to succeed shelter while moving to my me) was that the school was whole event is why does the me- and go on to do well. next class. trying to make the space look The International Burn a dia get into a frenzy about this So it comes as no surprise So what would happen if more trendy. But functional- Quran Day is an event planned certain type of desecration? Yes, that some of the most impor- these study rooms were to ity should come first. We are for September 11, 2010 (the Muslims believe the Quran is tant—and most frequented— suddenly change, if one day a school of the twenty-first nine-year anniversary of the a holy object. However, there rooms on campus are the you were to be shuffling to century, employing technol- terrorist attacks on the United are numerous YouTube videos study rooms and common your favorite quiet spot to sit ogy a lot of other schools lack States of America), and is organ- showcasing (proudly, might I and being the first to try out ized to protest militant Islamic add) the desecration of the Most new gadgets and technical aggression. Pastor Terry Jones, Holy Eucharist, the bread that equipment, but this doesn’t leader of a non-denominational is transfigured into the Body, mean our style has to reflect Christian assembly and author Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Our that. One thing I loved about of the book “Islam is of the Lord Jesus Christ by the Catho- Rose-Hulman when visit- Devil,” announced the event. He lic priest at Mass. This is Our ing was its visual appeal. A has come under fire from poli- Lord being desecrated! Yet, no lot of the buildings are over ticians and religious groups but one from the media bats an eye- a hundred years old, and in has also received some support, lash at this (with a Google News many ways this makes it feel as well as two hundred copies of search at print time for “des- more lived-in and comfort- the Quran. My biggest question ecration of Eucharist” there was able. Stylizing the areas we’ve about the whole event is, “Why one related story about a priest all come to love in ways can is this a bigger deal than any- slapping a young man for des- make a favorite place feel thing else right now?” ecrating the Eucharist from the President Reagan would appreciate a return to the previous new and uncomfortable, stiff First, in all practicality, book National Catholic Register, and style of interior decoration. and off-putting, and that’s burning is nothing more than a “desecration of Quran” returned scholarsandrogues.com how I felt walking into the symbolic waste of time. Did it 310 results, not to mention the areas where students can be and read or work on home- study room. go over really well in the 1500s other coverage it’s been given). found morning and night work? Well I’ll tell you all I don’t want to seem un- with Martin Luther’s writings? Why is it that Quran desecration working on their latest as- about it, because that hap- grateful, like I don’t appre- Sadly, no. Why? Well, for one yields so much media spotlight signment or confirming the pened to me just yesterday. I ciate the changes the school the Catholic Church clearly and attention, while the des- details of their project with a was walking down to my usu- makes. I’m sure the renova- failed to burn all the texts, and ecration of the Eucharist yields professor that happens to be al spot and found students tions to the library will bring besides, the invention of the none? Would the situation be passing through. Even when not only confused but a little a cold building to life, and printing press made it a whole different if Catholics blew up you wait in line at the Sub- turned off. The green matches the new study lounge in the lot easier to print books, as op- buildings or murdered people way on campus, over half the the unattractive stripe on the math department only makes posed to the old way of printing who blasphemed against the students waiting are typically wall and several of the tables sense. But the aesthetic reno- them by hand. So, pre-printing Catholic Faith? reading something assigned have a definite lack of seat- vations in the study rooms press, book burnings made As the “International Burn or working on their laptops ing. I found myself looking seem unnecessary and de- sense. When you burned a book, a Quran Day” comes and goes, while constantly shifting upon several students stand- grading to the character of it was no longer around, and it if people are truly “outraged” seats. ing at the taller workspace those rooms. couldn’t be re-created easily. at a desecration of the Quran, The study lounges are a crammed together trying to So I ask, much like Reagan Nowadays, if you burn a book, maybe they can also look at why fantastic place to work be- finish their homework before did during the harsh times of it can be burned, and someone they don’t have such a large and tween classes. Having a jaunting off to class, and the the Cold War, that you tear can just get an e-book or buy it emotional reaction to any other break between my seventh whole situation just looked down those walls, that we online. So, really, all this fellow desecration of other religious and ninth hour class, I find uncomfortable. On top of all bring back the sense of com- in Florida is doing is wasting items, especially when the dese- it handy and comfortable to of that, these short divider munity and openness to the time, doing something point- cration of the Most Holy Eucha- drag my books and materials walls were erected to sepa- study rooms, and that for lessly symbolic (at best), and rist, truly God present among down to the study room just rate the four tables with what once, can a good thing just putting a lot more paper ash man, garners merely one story outside the Financial Aid Of- look like dry erase boards, remain a good thing? into the air (for those readers in a Catholic publication. Why people should still care about campaign finance Carly Baehr • opinions editor their money away on donations as much as they like, job (if his donors were the only thing keeping him in Money is not the same thing as free speech. since it won’t make a difference. Right? office). One person, one vote; not one dollar, one vote. Well, no. Here’s the problem: when a corporation Politicians should be accountable to the people, not Does money buy elections? It has been shown that donates a huge amount of money to a candidate’s beholden solely to their donors, and should look out the candidate who spends more on their campaign campaign, it isn’t trying to buy the election. It’s buy- for their constituents’ interests, not those of corpora- usually wins—but it has also been shown that this ing the politician. tions. The interests of large corporations are too of- isn’t necessarily a causal relationship. Usually the Congressmen represent their home districts, their ten in conflict with the interests of the country. Do candidate who is obviously going to lose will at some individual supporters, their parties, their voting you want your congressmen to be in favor of pollu- point bail out and quit buying ads that won’t mat- base, and the country at large. But they also repre- tion? Monopolies? Irresponsible business practices? ter. And usually a candidate who has enough sup- sent the people and organizations to which they are Treating employees poorly? Falsified documenta- port to actually raise a winning amount of money has indebted—not just their voters, but their donors, too. tion? Rejecting valid insurance claims? Overcharging enough support to win the election anyway. If a member of Congress receives a massive dona- for services? Okay, so if money doesn’t buy elections, we don’t tion from, say, the petroleum industry, he will have a I know that not all corporations are giant evil hip- need campaign finance reform, because the best can- fairly compelling motivation to support policies that pie killers, but I still don’t want my Congressmen to didate will win no matter how much the candidates favor petroleum—if he makes the oil companies mad, put their corporate donors’ interests above those of spend. Giant corporations should be able to throw he’ll lose a lot of campaign money, and possibly his their constituents. Sep 10, 2010 Sports 7 Sports Briefs Volleyball’s best start ever By Kurtis Zimmerman Rose-Hulman News digs. Junior Leah Pelzel and freshman NFL begins The Rose-Hulman Institute of Kira Boswell provided passing sup- Technology volleyball team has re- port with 17 and 12 assists, respec- regular season corded its best start to a season in tively. Pelzel also tallied seven digs program history with a 5-0 record af- and two aces. The Minnesota Vikings trav- ter earning two three-set victories on Freshman Kate Dangel led the de- eled to the home of the reigning Sunday. fensive effort with 15 digs. Super Bowl champs to face the Rose-Hulman defeated Stephens In the Robert Morris-Springfield New Orleans Saints last night, College 25-11, 25-12, 25-12 in the victory, junior Morgan Williams led and the regular NFL season has opener, then topped Robert Morris- the offensive effort with 10 kills. Pel- officially begun. This Sunday, Springfield 25-23, 25-15, 25-17 in the zel recorded 17 assists and eight digs, several games will be played nightcap. with Dangel providing eight digs and across the country as fans of the Against Stephens, sophomore Anna a team-high four service aces. pigskin go crazy rooting for their Lewer led a balanced Rose-Hulman The Engineers improved to 5-0 on favorite team. The Indianapolis attack with seven kills, 10 digs and the season and will host the Rose- Colts will be taking on the Hous- three service aces. Lewer was also Hulman Invitational at Hulbert ton Texans, a team they’ve had chosen to the all-tournament team Arena on Friday night and Saturday. consistent success against in the for her efforts. Matchups include Rose-Hulman pass, Sunday afternoon, and the Junior Karah Hickman also had hosting Wilmington and Eureka to- Cowboys at Redskins game will Women’s volleyball holds a perfect 5-0 record. seven kills, with freshman Casey Lev- night, then battling DePauw and officially kick off Sunday Night Rose-Hulman News itt contributing six kills and seven Principia tomorrow. Football. The following night the Baltimore Ravens kick off regular season Monday Night Football The Engineers vs. the Sycamores... again! when they travel a short dis- tance to challenge the New York Rose-Hulman News Nets. For football fans, the road to Cowboy Stadium is underway. For the second consecutive year, the men's basketball teams from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Indi- ana State University will square off in an exhibition contest. Clemens trial The two squads will square off on Tuesday Nov. 2 at 7:05 p.m. at Hulman Center in downtown Terre Haute. Informa- date set tion regarding ticket availability will be released when avail- Seven-time Cy Young award win- able. ner Roger Clemens returned to The matchup will be the 55th in series history, with Indi- the U.S. District Court in Wash- ana State holding a slight 31-23 series edge. The Sycamores ington, D.C. with just four words defeated Rose-Hulman in last year's exhibition matchup. to say this time: “Not guilty, your Rose-Hulman finished 7-18 last season and placed eighth honor.” Charged with six counts in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. Juniors Ja- of making false statements, person Haslag and junior Blake Knotts tied for team-high scoring jury, and obstruction of Congress honors at 9.0 points per game last season, and Rose-Hulman by the government which claims returns four starters from last season's squad. it has “voluminous” evidence Indiana State compiled a 17-15 mark for its first winning against the man. Statements season since 2001 last winter, highlighted by a 9-9 mark in from his former trainer, Brian Missouri Valley Conference play to earn the No. 6 seed for the McNamee, and former team- league tournament. The Sycamores return two starters from Austin Weatherford, sophomore civil engineering major, will play mate Andy Pettitte conflict with last season's squad. Indiana State University in November in an exhibition game. his testimony. His trial date Rose-Hulman News has been set for April 5, 2011, 90th minute goal lifts men’s soccer near the very spot where Clem- Rose-Hulman News Engineers to their first victory Morgan Williams named HCAC ens originally testified that he of the season. had never used performance-en- Rose-Hulman Institute of Junior Eric Davenport re- volleyball player of the week hancing drugs before the House Technology snapped a score- corded his third career shut- Rose-Hulman News Oversight and Government Re- less tie with the game win- out to earn the win. Daven- form Committee. Conviction for ning goal in the final minute port tallied four saves in the The Rose-Hulman Clemens would mean a term of to earn a 1-0 men’s soccer vic- match. Institute of Technolo- 15 to 21 months in federal prison. tory over Wabash College on Rose-Hulman outshot gy junior Morgan Wil- Wednesday night. Wabash 12-8 in the evenly liams has been named American loss Senior Paul Bouagnon bat- contested matchup and also Heartland Collegiate tled through a contested play earned an 8-4 edge on corner Athletic Conference at U.S. Open that feature a touch from kicks. Sophomore Zane En- Volleyball Player of junior Clint Vatterrodt. The glert led the Engineers with the Week for her ef- Sam Querrey, the last Ameri- scoring chance began with three shots. forts in helping the can man remaining in the U.S. a half-field pass from junior For Wabash, Dylan Andrew Engineers finish un- Open after No. 19-seeded Mardy Tim Hollingshead. led the offensive performance beaten last week. Fish lost to third-seeded Novak Bouagnon won the contest- with four shots. Rose-Hulman Djokovic fell to No. 25 Stanis- ed ball in the box and scored Rose-Hulman improved to stands 5-0 on the sea- las Wawrinka to lose his spot with 32 seconds left in regu- 1-3 on the season, while Wa- son after sweeping in the semifinals. Djokovic has lation time to lift the Fightin’ bash fell to 3-1. four matches at the reached his third straight U.S. Eureka College Invi- Open semifinal and will face tational on Saturday. Roger Federer in the semifinal The start marks the match. Meanwhile, Querrey re- best opening to a sea- mains the only hope to break son in Rose-Hulman the seven-year stretch without volleyball history. an American U.S. Open winner. For the week, Wil- Morgan Williams, junior biomedical Meanwhile, the women played liams smashed 39 engineering major, jumps for a spike. late into the night as No. 5 Sam kills with just three Williams was recently named HCAC Stosur overtook No. 12 Elena De- errors for a .419 hit- Player of the Week. mentieva at 1:35 a.m, the latest ting percentage. She Rose-Hulman News finish in the history of women’s also added a team- U.S. Open matches. Also moving high 12 solo blocks among 20 total blocks along with seven on to their semifinals are Venus digs. Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, The honor marks the first conference Player of the Week Vera Zvonareva, and Kim Cli- award for Williams and the third for Rose-Hulman volleyball jsters, the reigning champ. Play since joining the HCAC. will wrap up this weekend with Rose-Hulman brought home a last-minute 1-0 victory Wednesday. The Fightin' Engineers host the Rose-Hulman Volleyball the women’s final on Saturday Rose-Hulman News Invitational this Friday and Saturday at Hulbert Arena. and the men’s final on Sunday. 8 Flipside Sep 10, 2010 Wacky prof quotes Top “10” Ten “I never understood [the marginal utility of Top Ten moments of sex]; not enough data points.” ‘SharePointGate’ — Dr. Bremmer. This Matt Melton • super-duper senior is a problem that seems to be shared 10. The immediate adaptation of every image style ever seen on by most of the CS’s the internet to Bruce. Makes you wonder how much Rose-Hul- around campus... man is responsible for Internet humor… “You can screw up here, 9. The Facebook Effect. Hilarious posts, threats of laking, even and nothing happens. more images and videos, the entire e-mail onslaught being com- You screw up there, piled into an easy-to-read note (check Tim Boyer’s profile page for it)…SharePoint apparently has not died yet, but in an interesting and it blows up in side note, Rose did max out its Internet usage right around Share- your face” PointGate… —Dr. Rostamkolai on the differences be- 8. Bruce’s writing. Grammar aside (try Word and hitting F7 next tween college and that time), the writing was actually quite good, although I don’t think time after where you it’s possible for humans to spread rabies. Bruce needs a column might get paid. on the Flipside, or to replace “The Ladies’ Man” column at the least. Rose Profs say crazy 7. The novel use of graphs to portray information. Next time things. E-mail them though, try using Excel and exporting to PDF instead of paint. to the Flipside at That’s what kindergarten was for. thorn-flipside@ rose-hulman.edu 6. Sharepoint will (hopefully) get fixed now! If you think about it, it’s somewhat surprising this didn’t happen last year. And for those of you who are curious, it’s not IAIT’s fault. SGA never got around to fixing SharePoint policy all of last year, so make sure to harass your local SGA representative if you have a problem.

5. Pete Gustafson laying down the law. One e-mail to rule them all…

4. The YouTube videos. The fact that a video mocking the situation was pumped out in under an hour is impressive, and the “Leave Bruce Alone” remake was perfect. Well done.

3. The greatest rickrolling ever. Seriously, rickrolling your friends back home is one thing, but rickrolling a thousand nerds? Epic.

2. Bruce got laked, and scores of students surrounded the lake to cheer it on. It was the most celebrated laking since Hayes went swimming in February. Rose-Hulman always did take very good care of itself…

1. The new Internet meme known as Bruce. It’s on /b/ and urban dictionary already. A free shout out next week to whoever gets it on Wikipedia.

Rose Men of Genius Celebrating the unsung heroes of Rose-Hulman Noël Spurgeon • humor editor

Today we salute you, Mr. SharePoint Over-Sharer. Not satisfied with the quality of male-fe- male interaction on Rose’s campus, you decided to take things into your own hands. In your attempt to reach out to all the groovy ladies of RHIT over a nice cuppa tea, you unleashed a torrent of SharePoint announcements that is the most exciting thing since the Great Logo War of 2009. Now, every time we climb tree, ride bike, or decide that pursuing a romantic relationship is economically infeasible, we will think of you, Bruce. We may never raise our travelin’, dancin’, and rockin’ skills to your level, but you will serve as our eternal inspiration in manliness. We will venerate your image forever: your Jimi Hendrix hair stirring in the warm breeze off the lake, stunna shades catching the last rays of the setting sun, as you are launched into Speed Lake... and Rose-Hulman history. Interest SharePoint in

Time BRUUUUUUUUCE! Evan Kirsch • meme overlord

This is the Flipside disclaimer, where I systematically deny everything. All unattributed content was written by Noël Spurgeon, and if that makes you sad or angry, deal with it. So... SharePoint? Props to the person who RickRolled the entire campus... I think it may have beaten the speakers on top of Speed. Also... if there’s laking of a certains someone, there will be cookies. I’m serious. I make good cookies. Pics or it didn’t happen. And now, this week’s office quotes: “Thanks for the boobs!” “Hey you! Come back here! Let me assualt your eyes!”