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Rose-HRulman Institute oseof Technology • Terre Haute, IN • httpT://thorn.rose-hhoulman.edu • Friday, Oct 7, 2011r • Volumen 47 • Issue 5 Recruiters’ retrospective Alumni turned recruiters share their thoughts Jason Latimer • guest writer neering hires at this school, dents looking for a job. vices started recruiting com- “provid[e] employers with so that continues to bring us “For the most part, we look panies for Wednesday’s Ca- the very best recruiting ex- Rose-Hulman alumni back,” they said. for a person that can articu- reer Fair last May through perience,” according to the Phil Griffith, 2005 and Arik Bemis, headquartered late their background, their a variety of methods like Rose-Hulman web site. Quam, 1996 walked into the in Neenah, Wisconsin, has experience, and what they’re e-mail, personal meetings, “The partnership program SRC Wednesday not look- been coming to the Career looking for,” they said. “They and group conferences. In is our opportunity to con- ing for a job, but looking Fair for well over a decade. present a polished synopsis addition to attracting sev- nect with corporate partners for someone to give a job to. They produces packaging of themselves, and then they eral companies back to Rose for the purposes of produc- Griffith and Quam returned and film for other prod- actually ask some questions over and over, Career Ser- ing recruitment activities,” to their alma mater this week ucts such as Pepsi, Capri of us.” vices is successful every year Mouck said. “So these com- and attended the Career Fair Sun, Hershey’s, and Kraft The Dirty Work at bringing 20 to 30 new panies pay a little bit of as representatives of Walsch Macaroni and Cheese. The However, none of this fair companies to the fair every money to us to be partners Construction, a construction relatively low enrollment at would be possible without year. Wednesday’s count with our office, and we use company headquartered in Rose is a feature that Bemis Charity Mouck, the Associ- stood at 180 companies in that money to buy [the eB- Chicago. “We’re always try- likes to take advantage of. ate Director of Career Ser- attendance. oard], to run our peer advi- ing to attract fellow Rose- sor program, and to do other Hulman graduates to the networking events for them company,” Quam said, who on campus.” The eBoard, the has come to the fair for 13 new television on the second years. floor of the union, is a part of For Quam and Griffith, the Career Services partner- one aspect of a candidate ship program and advertises that really makes a differ- companies and employment ence is his or her level of possibilities to students. So interest in the company and far, students and business the job at hand. have both responded posi- “The biggest thing for us tively to the new TV, but Ca- I would say is the ones that reer Services wants to utilize follow up with us, whether it the eBoard for more than be an e-mail or a phone call, business applications. Ac- because anyone can come cording to Mouck, Career by and hand you a resume,” Services hopes that clubs Quam said. “It’s the ones on campus use the TV to get that are really interested their word out and promote who follow up. That’s prob- themselves. ably the biggest determin- “We’re hoping that over ing factor for us in separat- the course of this year, more ing the candidates.” Griffith and more student organi- and Quam suggested that zations will submit their students take the time and content to it to advertise ‘This year’s fall career fair brought 185 companies to the Rose-Hulman campus. research prospective com- activities or other things,” panies beforehand. Rose-Hulman News she said. If there’s one thing “I think it goes a long way Mouck wants for students, if you at least know some- “I like how it’s a smaller vices, who has been with “We always have our fa- it’s that they take advantage thing about the company,” field. You get to actually talk Career Services since 2004. vorites that come back every of all of the job opportuni- Griffith said. “If a kid’s pre- to almost all of the chemical Mouck, who has managed year, the ones that we’ve de- ties that are right at their pared before coming to the engineers that attend here,” the Career Fair since 2006, veloped a good relationship doorstep. Career Fair, I think that goes one representative said. “So contributes to much of the with, that like our students “A perk of going to a a long way for him to at least I feel like we get to compare behind-the-scenes work that and know they do good work school like Rose-Hulman have an idea what compa- apples to apples through- makes the fair possible. for their companies,” Mouck is the opportunity to have nies they want to talk to.” out the entire campus and “Rose-Hulman sells itself said, “but we do work to find choices, and when you have Down the aisle, Bemis not worry about missing the in some regard, but we also new companies all of the a lot of companies visiting, Company had only good top candidate or the top stu- do heavy marketing as well,” time.” you have a lot of choices,” things to say about Rose dent.” she said. “We start market- Career Services conducts she said. “It’s nice to have students, who according to Bemis, who had set up ing the recruiting events for a great deal of work with all of this right in your own them are “self-motivated interviews with seven Rose the school year at the end of companies through the Ca- backward. You don’t have to and driven.” “We’ve had students that day, also of- the school year before.” reer Services Partnership go anywhere for it. We bring some really successful engi- fered some advice to stu- For example, Career Ser- Program, which attempts to it to you.”

Inside this issue Indie game of the Find out week: Octodad! Will a tax on the rich ac- which Rose Read all the Flipside! Is it right for tually hurt the poor? Read alumni are be- you? more on Opinions! ing inducted into the hall of See one senior’s reflection fame! on recruitment.

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The current ticed, Moench Commons has bringing back the function- furniture will not be wasted, Sarah Palin announced Wednesday that she “will not be a new look. But, it’s been ality of those old couches as it can be saved for the on- seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United hard to see that look under (and also the clock). In a few going renovations around States.” She took herself out of the running completely, running all the students squeezed weeks the committee will the school. neither as a Republican nor as a third-party candidate, and said around the little tables, that meet again to review a pro- Student feedback was es- she thinks she can be more helpful in getting others elected. Pa- kid asleep on the floor, and posed floor plan. sential to the revised Moe- lin also said she is going to “coordinate strategies to assist in re- the overflow of off-campus If all goes according to nch Commons layout. Like placing the president, retaking the Senate, and maintaining the fraternities that used to be plan, the order for new fur- many changes on campus, House,” and that “We need to continue to actively and aggres- neatly packed away in their niture would be placed by this change is likely to occur sively help those who will stop the ‘fundamental transformation’ respective corners. It won’t quarter break and the piec- because of students’ well-di- of our nation and instead seek the restoration of our greatness, be this way forever, though: es would arrive over winter rected and well-argued feed- our goodness and our constitutional republic based on the rule another change is on the break; the delay is due to the back. of law,” in her issued statement. way. In response to com- Steve Jobs, cofound of Apple, dies plaints about the new furniture, the admin- Steve Jobs, the 56-year-old co-founder of Apple Inc., died istration arranged a Wednesday. He was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic can- student committee cer in 2003, and had a liver transplant in 2009. During a 2005 to pass along com- commencement address at Stanford University, he said “Remem- ments in an organ- bering you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap ized, constructive of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked; manner. Student rep- there is no reason not to follow your heart.” Jobs dropped out of resentatives were in- college and quit a job designing games to backpack across India vited from a variety of and take psychedelic drugs, and founded Apple with Steve Wozniak groups, including the in a Silicon Valley garage on April 1, 1976. He resigned from Apple off-campus fraterni- in 1985, and founded NeXT Computer Inc. He also bought what ties, commuters, IFC, was to become Pixar in 1986. Apple bought NeXT in 1996, and a lot SGA, Skinner Hall, of the technology Jobs developed was integrated into Apple’s prod- and the freshmen ucts. In the early 2000’s, the iPod was introduced, and the iPhone class. In a meeting was introduced in 2007. Jobs made only $1 a year as CEO of Apple, with the school’s dec- Along with general renovations, new furniture but his net wealth was estimated at $8.3 billion in 2010. Jobs is orator, changes were was placed in the commons over the summer. survived by his wife, Laurene, and four children. discussed that would Robbie Mayhew • photography club Office of Global Programs encourages leadership, globalization

Ranjana Chandramouli a more global campus. Li says, efforts in the Office of Global trend staff writer “engineering is a global pro- Programs. Li also hopes to ex- of inte- cess now… the advancement pand the availability of interna- grating “We live in an increasingly of engineering, science, and tional internships and jobs to interna- global world, global economy, research depends on the ability Rose-Hulman students, prom- tional and global practice of busi- of our graduates to understand ising, to the best of his ability, compo- ness,” said Dr. Luchen Li when global challenges and commu- individualized attention to stu- nents queried about the creation of nicate across cultures.” Such dents who express an interest into the the new Office of Global Pro- topics as climate control, au- in global learning and interna- math, grams at Rose-Hulman this tomotive manufacturing, and tional opportunities. science, year. Li, the first Associate other realms of engineering However, Global Programs and Dean of Global Programs and and science increasingly con- also hopes to diversify and engi- a new administrator this year cern the world as a whole, and bring cultural awareness lo- neering coming from Kettering Univer- the Office of Global Programs cally to the Rose-Hulman courses sity in Michigan, firmly believes hopes to enable Rose students campus. The office hopes here at that this new office will encour- to adapt swiftly to that job mar- to welcome more degree- Rose, Dr. Luchen Li, Associate Dean of Global Programs age Rose-Hulman graduates to ket once they graduate. seeking and international such as Rose Hulman News be leaders and make an impact The Office of Global Pro- exchange students to keep the cur- in this globalized world. grams will coordinate many of with the upward trend seen rent ‘Computing in a Global case with Rose-Hulman, the In past years, the process the international caches into in Rose’s enrollment over the Society’ class in the CSSE number one priority of his of- of studying abroad and get- a single, organized unit that years. Li also hopes to invite department that, in con- fice is the students at Rose and ting international internships will make it easier for students faculty from other interna- junction with University of he welcomes input, sugges- or jobs was very decentralized to prepare to study and work tional universities to come to Uppsala, took eight Rose stu- tions, and advice from them and limited to a few exchange throughout the globe. They Rose for research and semi- dents to Sweden this month, as they move forward. The in- programs in select countries. hope to diversify the opportu- nars and to put an emphasis as well as past senior design stitutional vision for this newly No consistent efforts were pur- nities for studying abroad to on cultural events on cam- projects, such as the civil en- created office is to create a sued to provide leadership and places like the United King- pus. In addition, Li foresees gineering project that took global learning environment to headway in the international dom, Sweden, China and coun- more collaboration and di- place in Ghana in the 2005- enrich the undergraduate ex- sector. However, in response to tries in the Middle East and versity in the classes offered 2006 school year. perience of Rose students. He the demand for global educa- South America while maintain- at Rose to provide a wider The new Office of Global Pro- says his one hope is that Rose tion and an increasing interna- ing the success in study abroad perspective. He would like to grams was created to enable students open and expand tional student population here programs in Germany, South see an expansion of the Hu- Rose students to diversify their their mind beyond simply the at Rose over the past few years, Korea, Japan and Saudi Ara- manities and Social Sciences options and prepare them for local or even national scale and the Institute, starting with bia. Students will now people courses to include more for- the global society we live in and “have a large, reaching goal for President Matt Branam, saw a able to undergo an easier and eign language options and for the jobs they seek in this themselves to learn about, in- need to institutionalize these formal process to study abroad more global culture courses. global market after graduation. fluence, impact and lead the efforts to make Rose-Hulman through the coordination of He also hopes to continue the Dr. Li said that, as is often the world.” 4 Entertainment 7 Oct 2011 Indie game of the week: Octodad Peter Savkovich • staff writer quickly to be easier said than done. As an through to see the octopus, the player’s first and primary credits (and hear the Welcome back to Indie Game of the challenge throughout the game is con- wonderful original Week, where I tell you what’s been trolling Octodad’s overly flexible body. song that goes with keeping me from doing my homework Due to his lack of a spine, simple tasks them) has to be done for the past several hours! such as walking around and lifting ob- in one sitting. Luck- This week I’ll be reviewing Octo- jects become epic struggles with the laws ily, though, the game dad, a puzzle-based role-playing game of physics themselves. isn’t overly long, with with some of the most interesting con- The mechanics behind most of the a full play-through trol mechanics you’ll find this side of game revolve around two ways of con- taking roughly an QWOP (which, if you haven’t already trolling Octodad: hands mode and feet hour depending on been introduced to its special brand of mode. Puzzles often involve speed walk- how interested you rage-inducing slapstick hilarity, can be ing and tricky sequences of footwork get in the scenery. found at www.foddy.net). or manipulating certain objects in the All in all, Octodad’s Developed by a group of students at environment by suctioning on to them one of a kind brand of DePaul University as an extracurricu- with one of Octodad’s tentacles. Make humor and gameplay lar project, Octodad places the player a wrong move and Octodad’s suspicion make for a delight- in the shoes (or rather tentacles) of meter will slowly rise, leading to a grue- fully charming experi- an unusually humanoid octopus who some fate if it is left unchecked. ence. What it lacks in finds himself in the unique position of Having been made under the pres- depth and complexity trying to maintain a façade of normalcy sures of a deadline, the game isn’t is more than made up to his human wife and children in spite completely finished and far from bug- for with a beautiful, OctodadGame.com of the obvious obstacles presented by free, but its unique sense of humor and fully-interactable 3D his cephalopodan nature. thoroughly silly plot (not to mention world, a chuckle-induc- to see to believe. The goal of the game is straightfor- the gameplay itself) more than make ing soundtrack of squelches and octo- You can find Octodad for free at ward enough: you are tasked with mak- up for occasionally getting your foot pus sounds, and a story that will have the developer’s website, www.Octo- ing it through a day in the life of Octodad stuck behind a door. It is worth noting, you in stitches from start to finish. Put it dadGame.com, or with the rest of the without alerting your family to your se- however, that the game’s save feature all together and you get a truly irresist- games I’ve reviewed in \\rose-hulman. cret identity. This, however, proves very doesn’t work, meaning that making it ible piece of work that you simply have edu\dfs\Users\S\savkovpj\shared. Ashes Sword of Truth series comes back swinging

Andrew Roth • staff writer it’s found wanting and insufficient. That said, there are some flaws in the Divide Thankfully, Goodkind manages to work brought on by Goodkind’s writing Peace, hard fought and finally won, is avoid these pitfalls. The Omen Machine style. After 11 books, there is a long list of Ashton Wagner • guest writer now dissolving again as people become is a pleasant length, long enough to be major characters we have grown to know obsessed with prophecy. Compounding a good read without being long-winded; and care for. A trademark of his earlier If none of you noticed this re- this, a mysterious machine is found in I finished it eagerly in a few hours. The works was a certain degree of retelling lease back in 2008, I really can’t the People’s Palace, the seat of power, story is fast-paced and multi-layered. from book to book, covering the things blame you. Alternative rock has which creates dark omens which come This lets him create new tangents to the that happened before. Near the end, it seen a precipitous decline in re- true shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, a stories and new adventures. This trait was too long, trying to cover the entire cent years. We went from Nir- malevolent leader in a remote land has isn’t as strong in The Omen Machine as series, but I fear that he overcompensat- vana and Soundgarden to pop- his own plans for power that could prove in some of his earlier works, but that’s a ed this time, cutting out a bit too much. with-guitars (Nickleback) and deadly. good thing. After being away from this Will you still understand what’s happen- nonsensical, anti-music noise Terry Goodkind’s newest work, The world for a while, there’s plenty to read ing? Of course, but the added layers and (majority of hipster music). Omen Machine, is a continuation of his about the hero’s exploits and adventures side stories, the hidden meanings, will be Tight, well-written rock releases best-selling Sword of Truth series. In all and I want to read about the hero, not a lost until you go back and read all of the have been few and far between. honesty, I was somewhat afraid to read wheat farmer in the backwoods. predecessors. There is an occasional diamond this particular novel. The Sword of Truth One of Goodkind’s strengths in his The plot, while fast-paced and leav- in the rough though, and Ashes series comprised 11 books (12 if you Sword of Truth series is his characters. ing plenty of room for sequels, feels less Divide’s Keep Telling Myself It’s count the shorter prequel novel, Debt of He has always done a good job of seam- complex and challenging than some of Alright is definitely one of them. Bones). lessly introducing new characters and the others. However, it’s from a techni- The group is not so much a band A franchise, once retired, should stay their motivations. Not only that, but his cal perspective. The free world we look in as it is a collection of people who retired. How many favorite franchises characters manage to walk the very fine on is a world recently united from many help Billy Howerdel play the mu- have been ruined when they went back line of personality. His characters are isolated kingdoms. Their leader brought sic he writes. Howerdel, the lead to add to the universe? Indiana Jones meant to be metaphors for their ideals. them together in their defense in a time guitarist of the brilliant A Perfect and Star Wars are the worst and most This can be a problem for some. Because of war and hasn’t had chance to learn Circle, brings his soaring, eclec- about them. It’s a logical position to take tic playing to the forefront on and it leaves plenty of room for plots. But this album. His singing is less compared to the stories written earlier in the focus and more just another the series, it’s not as engaging. element of the overall texture of Meanwhile, a malevolent leader in a The Omen Machine finds itself in an in- the songs. The songs range from teresting position. It’s a great book, and energetic (Stripped Away, Ene- a worthy addition to the Sword of Truth mies, Sword) to reflective (Denial remote land has his own plans for series, but it looks all the weaker for be- Waits, Forever Can Be). The pin- ing compared in the same light. Were it nacle of the album is The Stone, a stand-alone novel exactly the same as it which is the only song to receive power that could prove deadly. is now, but without the 11 books of prior any play time on the radio, which canon, I would probably be much kinder is a shame because the whole al- ” to it. But I have read the prior canon, and bum deserves listening to. This is some of it is simply superior. To be utter- quite rare in an age where filler famous offenders, hence the name, but they are representative of ideas, a good ly frank, if you must read only one book songs are the norm. The overall it has happened in many instances and character can’t have flaws. It represents a in the series, read the first, The Sword of mood of this album is a deep, re- multiple media. We have all created our flaw in the idea, and a flawed idea is a bad Truth: Wizard’s First Rule. If you must flective, and poignant one. How- own fantasies of what happened in that idea. But a good character without flaws read two, read the first and the sixth, ever, the sheer variety and scope universe once the canon ended. Did he and a bad character without redeeming Wizard’s First Rule and Faith of the Fall- of emotions present in this album get the girl? Did the antagonist get his traits are flat and one-dimensional. They en. If you must read three, then include cannot be conveyed adequately just desserts? What about that secondary aren’t fun because all they can talk about this one. I cannot stress this enough. by words. It must be heard. character I liked? And when the origi- is the idea they represent, if a bit tan- nal author comes back to the work, it gentially at times. Goodkind manages to Review rating: 3.5 elephants Review rating: 3.5 elephants ultimately disappoints. It doesn’t go the make his characters flawed while keep- way we wanted it to go, or the characters ing those flaws separated from their ide- have aged wrong, or the author’s views als. It gives the characters depth in many on the world that color his writings have ways, not the least of which is the way it changed dramatically. It’s the paradox of allows the characters to grow as they ap- wanting a dream. Once brought to life, proach the nature of their ideal. 7 Oct 2011 Living 5 A look back on my last recruitment Melissa Schwenk • living editor new methods came out more as complaints. Even well in- This morning another class tentioned questions come off of girls received their letters. the wrong way in the heat of New AΟΠs, Tri-Deltas and Chi the moment, so keep them to Os are walking around cam- yourself if they aren’t life or pus after going through the death. process of Recruitment. Five Be excited to get to know the weeks, five parties, and nu- PNMs. Some of these are your merous Potential New Mem- future sisters – if you aren’t bers (PNMs) have gone by ac- excited about them now, you tive sisters quicker than Black won’t be on Bid Day either. Friday deals. This recruitment Even if a girl you really like is to be my last, so here are doesn’t end up as one of your some reflections. sisters, you can still hang out Recruitment is hectic. No afterwards. This is especially matter how much work a re- important for the new mem- cruitment chair puts in over bers of each sorority – we the summer, something will aren’t cults; you’re allowed to go wrong at every party. One have other friends. example: This year’s Kickoff Manage your time well party was planned for outside during recruitment. There venues – of course it rained is so much to do at Rose so entire party plans had to without these extra com- be revised in minutes. And yet mitments, so you’ll need each sorority managed to pull to give up some Facebook off great parties by pulling to- time or quit Stumbling so gether and making it work. much in order to get every- Bid Day is one of the best days of your life, no matter which sorority you join. All of these hiccups are thing done. Besides, actu- http://bradleypiphi.com/sisterhood4.htm stressful; don’t make things ally hanging out with your worse by complaining. I’m friends is so much better when you don’t have one. the one you did, meet un- Enjoy it, because I guarantee guilty of this, although un- than just stalking them on Recruitment can be one of derclassmen, and hang out you’ll get misty eyed the first intentionally. I wasn’t here Facebook. Plus, keeping the best things about being with your sisters. Don’t treat time someone mentions it’s for recruitment last year and your Facebook profile PNM- in a sorority. You get to talk it as an obligation, one that your last one. some of my questions about safe is a trillion times easier to girls about why you joined you would rather do without. Happy Bid Day. 5 steps, 5 ingredients, Avoid the rush 5 fingers Katrina Brandenburg staff writer stand. A best friend is some- lems. If two people named Melissa Schwenk • living editor one whose details you know. A and B started dating after Rush: a term commonly Details are subtle personality only knowing each other a I’m all about easy, affordable meals—if it takes more than used to refer to exploring the traits, infrequently expressed couple of days, they would five minutes to prepare, chances are it’ll have to wait until sororities and fraternities quirks, past experiences, and likely encounter some prob- break, when I have more time, or after graduation, when on cam- pet peeves. lems. A and B might be I’ll have more money. At the same time, I don’t like eat- pus. Rush, Details are hanging out one day when ing bland food. Thank goodness my sister has a few tricks a word If someone declares what make suddenly B gets angry. It up her sleeve for easy delicious meals. Here’s one of my for hurry- sensitivity to turns out that A has just favorites. ing one- the person they just another per- done something – a habitual self. By all son’s feelings something – that is among Homemade Chicken Salad means, ex- met three days ago on a person- B’s pet peeves. A does not plore those al, touchy understand why B is angry, Difficulty: 2 groups on to be his new best subject pos- but A could have understood Ingredients Hardware campus, sible. They with a better knowledge of • 1—2 Chicken Breasts • Large mixing bowl but avoid friend and means it, are what en- the details of B’s personality. • 1 Apple • Knife for chopping rushing able friend- This is a minor problem. • Mayonaisse • Spoon for mixing yourself he is setting himself ship at the One pet peeve is nothing • Optional - Grapes • Cutting board into any- ” level of best compared to an entire list thing else. up for problems. friends. of pet peeves or sensitive Directions Everyone It takes a subjects that could be un- • Boil the chicken breasts until they are cooked comes to detail-ori- known. Even this is still mi- through. campus in ented mind- nor; a person could have a • Cool the chicken until you can stand to touch it, then August and meets new peo- set to make other types of history with any type of bad pull apart. ple in the residence halls, in relationship work too. The relationships or bad expe- • Dice the apples, then add to the chicken. their classes, and in any new details of a riences. • Add mayonnaise to taste clubs they join. It is always person’s life Wheth- • Enjoy! nice to know new people and and personal- er the make new friends. ity are impor- Rush should only person Problems arise when peo- tant to dating was the Do you have a ton of free time ple do not take the time to relationships. be for forming rela- source get to know one another and It’s probably of the over break? advance their relationship by not necessary tionships with Greek problem leaps and bounds instead of to know every or the the gradual, small steps that minute detail letters. victim, make a safe and stable rela- about another no one Do you like cookies? tionship. This idea applies person at the wants to to any sort of relationship. start of a re- be caught If someone declares the per- lationship, but ”one should off guard by that. It is im- son they just met three days have a good idea of his or her portant to get to know an- Write an article about your ago to be his new best friend significant other’s past, ide- other person before forming and means it, he is setting as, habits, likes, and dislikes any type of serious relation- fall break and send it to himself up for problems. A before plunging head first ship, whether that is a close best friend is a trustworthy, into a serious relationship. friendship or a dating rela- dependable, and well-known Relationships started tionship. Rush should only friend who understands you without this knowledge are be for forming relationships [email protected] and whom you also under- likely to encounter prob- with Greek letters. 6 Opinions Issue 5 The other side of the desk Education, consumerism, and words Why a tax on the rich is

to words—it comes with the job. I love language’s ability to really a tax on the poor be beautiful, to convey ideas, and to explore important is- Andrew Roth every year. Now let’s assume There is some irony in sues. But, I am also wary of staff writer that they are taxed an in- these two examples. The so- language’s ability to be ugly, to come tax by the government lution to increasing employ- obscure ideas, and to sidestep The financial world has at a rate of 20%. 20% of $5 ment in the first example unpleasant realities. been abuzz with controversy million is $1 million, so X is to add as many frivolous Hence, “prefer” and “con- ever since Warren Buffett Co. finishes out the year with taxes as possible to encour- sumer.” These words, and their claimed that the reason the $4 million. This $4 million Dr. Corey Taylor use by Melville and Durning, economy is down is that he is then sent out to pay divi- faculty writer caused me to reflect on an on- was not being taxed heavily dends to X Co.’s sharehold- going trend in higher education. enough. Despite the obvi- ers. But now let’s say that the But beyond Words can be funny things. It involves a word, and thus an ous lies involved in such a government changes X Co.’s This past Monday, in my idea and attitude, closely re- statement, such as the fact tax rate from 20% to 40%. X course on Rebellion in Ameri- lated to “consumer.” That word that the IRS is more than Co. loses $1 million in prof- this, taxes on the can Literature, I taught Her- would be “customer.” willing to accept donations its, which would anger its man Melville’s short story To paraphrase Bartleby: I (which, ironically, are tax- shareholders, causing them “Bartleby” (also known as “Bar- would prefer not to call our deductible) or that the base to sell, dropping the value rich aren’t paid tleby, the Scrivener: A Story of students, or any group of col- rate for someone in Warren of their stock and strangling Wall-Street”). One of Melville’s lege students, “customers.” I Buffett’s tax bracket is the their business since the sale best-known tales, it’s about a would prefer not to consider highest income tax bracket of stock is the main source of by the rich, at law copyist—a scrivener, a hu- myself, or any of my colleagues, in the United States and investment income for many ” man Xerox machine—whose a “customer-service provider.” that bracket (along with a companies. mantra, “I would prefer not to,” I would prefer not to let con- few below it totaling the top But X Co. has another op- least not in the angers his co-workers and consumerism infiltrate every aspect 10% of the income earners in tion. They could raise the founds his employer, a success- of the language, thought, and the United States) pays 70% price of their widgets to $17. ful real-estate lawyer. Bartleby’s operations of American higher of the taxes collected, there Assuming they pay the same end. verbal and physical noncompli- education. has been a lot of discussion for their materials and man- ance, his “passive resistance” Indeed, I understand the about the subject ever since ufacturing, X Co. now makes (as Melville’s narrator calls it), powerful appeals of consumer- he brought it up. $7 million. Having 60% of age people to become tax increases throughout the story. ist rhetoric and recognize its A brief disclaimer: the cal- their profits left after taxes attorneys and accountants. The other characters perceive pervasiveness. Nor am I naïve culations used hereafter have leaves X Co.’s shareholders But this is short-sighted. Bartleby as an annoyance, a enough to believe that institutes been simplified with the use with $4.2 million. Not everyone wants to be- troubled recluse, and a disrup- of higher education don’t run, in of easily divisible numbers. This is obviously simpli- come an accountant, and tive force. Despite the co-work- part, on a business model. Col- The numbers themselves fied a bit. By raising the cost even if they did, other people ers’ dislike of Bartleby, the word leges and universities need to aren’t important: where the of their product, X Co. will are needed to create com- “prefer” creeps into their con- be competitive, especially if they numbers go, is. sell fewer widgets, which panies that will hire them. versations, signaling the title are tuition-driven. No one who But the truth is that no will hurt their profits. But The number of people who character’s influence on them works at a college can do his or matter what rate is pushed let’s say that by raising the are needed in other fields and increasing the lawyer’s con- her job without students. These on the rich, they will nev- cost $2, they lose 100,000 far outnumber the people sternation. days, students who matriculate er pay it for primarily two sales. Okay, that means that needed as tax attorneys. It’s The next day, in Rhetoric and to college have been exposed to reasons. Beyond a certain they sell 900,000 widgets at a short-term solution that Composition, I taught “The Co- more advertising and consum- point, it becomes cheaper for $7 profit each for $6.3 mil- ultimately wouldn’t fix any- nundrum of Consumption,” erist language than were any of someone to hire an account lion. 60% of $6.3 million thing. a chapter from How Much is their professors—“professors” and tax attorney than to pay is $3.9 million dollars net The actual solution is to Enough?: The Consumer So- being a much better word than the taxes they would be li- profit. Even losing a tenth of increase the incentive to ciety and the Future of Earth, the euphemisms “customer- able for without their help. their sales in this fictional produce by reducing tax- by Alan Durning. The author service providers” or “content- This is caused by a compli- scenario, X Co. loses hardly es. Lower taxes encourage claims that the word “con- delivery specialists.” We are cated tax system that also any money. The actual sce- people to build and invest sumer” has replaced the word all teachers and students alike. ultimately hurts the poor, nario is more complicated in businesses. By building “person,” and that the uncriti- Those words, denotatively and being unable to pay for such and runs on a continuous businesses, they create jobs. cal embrace of world-wide con- connotatively, work just fine. help. Warren Buffett’s pleas curve. Most likely, the num- By creating more jobs, they sumerism threatens to destroy Ten years of collegiate edu- for changes to the income bers will never be that clean create more spendable in- the natural environment. Durn- cation, at undergraduate and tax system don’t address this cut. The shareholders will come, which means more ing’s book was published in graduate levels, and not once problem. If someone would probably lose dividends people buy their products. 1992. One needs only to have did I consider myself a custom- pay $200,000 in taxes with- while the consumers pay Reducing taxes across the been awake for the past dec- er. I was both a student and an out an accountant and tax more. But isn’t that worse? board, including for the ade to witness the ill effects employee at the University of attorney to find obscure de- Now the companies are be- “rich,” provides more mon- of equating “consumer” with Delaware, but neither role was ductions, or instead would ing strangled by reduced ey for the people to spend. “person” or, for that matter, influenced by consumerism. I pay $100,000 in taxes after investment capital AND the It’s a vicious cycle in the “consumption” with “good.” hope that Rose-Hulman stu- hiring a tax attorney and ac- consumers have to pay more best way that could save the Durning rightly concedes that dents do not think of themselves countant for a combined sal- for their goods. economy. humans will not and should not as customers, or of the faculty ary of $75,000, it’s obvi- stop consuming, but argues that and staff as selling a product or ous that they’ll hire the we should reconsider our con- brand. Quantifying how much people and pay less mon- sumption beliefs and habits. each credit hour costs may be ey. But poor people can’t I freely admit to enjoying interesting, but I prefer taking pay $75,000 for tax attor- goods and food, but I try to pur- a larger and less crass view of neys and accountants. chase them with environmental higher education. But beyond this, taxes and social impacts in mind. The Colleges and universities offer on the rich aren’t paid by present arti- something the rich, at least not in the cle’s not about special to end. Some people get rich consumption, their stu- by playing the stock mar- though; it’s Ten years of col- dents. Let’s ket. George Soros made about words, not cheap- some of his millions by and how two en the short-selling against the of the texts legiate education first-rate British Pound and then I’ve taught education flooding the market with this week and experi- them. Most people, how- reiterated ... and not once ences that ever, make their millions the power make Rose- by selling goods. Let us of words to Hulman build a fictional company, shape at- did I consider my- great with X Co. X Co. makes 1 mil- titudes and ” the shallow lion widgets every year even real- language of at a cost of $10 each and Warren Buffett claims he isn’t taxed enough, and that is why the ity. I might self a customer. consumer- sells them for $15 each. X economy has not recovered yet. be sensitive ism. Co. then makes $5 million http://cdn.inquisitr.com 7 Oct 2011 Sports 7 Women’s tennis tops HCAC standings Coach Dan Hopkins weighs in on team’s success Matt Dierksmeier • staff writer Their next match is at Manches- last season’s success? RT: What preparations are you ter College this Saturday followed DH: There was a little guardian making for the upcoming HCAC Coming off a successful run last by a trip to Franklin College on Sun- angel on the team’s shoulder. There tournament? season with the program’s first day. They round out the regular sea- were so many DH: We still have Heartland Collegiate Athletic Con- son against Oakland City at home close matches three matches left to ference title and an appearance in on Wednesday before taking off for throughout the play before then, so the NCAA Division III Tournament, Indianapolis for the HCAC tourna- season. If it was we are preparing for the women’s tennis team is building ment. ever meant to be, those first. We will momentum as they prepare to enter The head coach of the women’s last year shows have a scrimmage this year’s conference tournament. tennis team, Dan Hopkins, sat down it. match next week. As Last Saturday, the Lady Engineers with The Rose Thorn and answer RT: What ob- far as other things go, won 6-3 over Hanover College to some questions about his experienc- stacles have you we are doing nothing improve their conference record, es and the team. had to overcome special. and Wednesday night they faced off Rose Thorn: In your experience, this year? RT: What is your against Earlham College at home. what has generated success for the DH: We’ve had most memorable mo- The Lady Engineers swept the sin- team? to deal with play- ment as head coach gles competitions and won two out of Dan Hopkins: One, don’t cut an- ing matches on here at Rose-Hul- the three doubles matchups to claim ybody. We try to find something for Saturdays and man? the 8 - 1 win. This victory shot them everyone. We take into account the Wednesdays. In DH: They’re all to the top of the conference stand- demand of the school and how that the past we used fun memories. Since ings. With three games remaining affects the athletes. We practice only to play only on we’ve had girls play- before the HCAC tournament begins about an hour and a half per day, Saturdays, so ing at Rose-Hulman, on October 15th in Indianapolis, the which is less than other teams, but now we have to ensure the balance of it has been a family experience. team looks to finish season play on a that works for us. class and playing, because for some, There are so many great times, you positive note. RT: What did you take away from classes are going to be missed. couldn’t write them all down. Athletic Hall of Fame inductees announced

Kurtis Zimmerman • sports editor

This weekend five new members will be added to the Rose-Hulman Athletics Hall of Fame during the induction ceremony immediately preceding Saturday’s athletic events at 11:30 a.m. in the Sports and Recreation Center. Profiles of this year’s inductees Eric Gappa, William Rumbley, Woody Stroupe, Andy Tochter- man, and A.J. Wilkerson follow below. The Engineer Hall of Fame currently honors over 150 student athletes, coaches, Pictured from left to right are the five inductees: Eric Gappa, William athletic staff, and contributors Samuel Hulbert and Ron Reeves. Rumbley, Woody Stroupe, Andy Tochterman, and A.J. Wilkerson. Eric Gappa (Mathematics, 1996) Rose-Hulman News In 1993, Eric set a school record with 192 receiving yards against Hanover Col- lege, and by the time he graduated with a mathematics degree in 1996, he had pcoming vents amassed 22 touchdown catches to set a career receiving record. Ranking in the U E top five in Fightin’ Engineer history with 113 receptions for 2,042 yards, he now teaches upper-level mathematics at North Judson-San Pierre High School in In- Saturday, October 8 diana. Men’s golf at DePauw Classic William Rumbley (Mechanical engineering, 1943) Women’s golf at HCAC Championships 9 a.m. A force in the football and track and field realms, “Big Bill” Rumbley led the Women’s tennis at Manchester College 9 a.m. Rose Polytechnic football team to a school record 48.7 points per game in 1942. Starting three years as tight end, he helped lead the team to a 17 - 4 record in his Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 11:30 a.m. career. Sadly, he passed away in 2004 but led an impressive career with General Electric, the family-owned Rumbley Trucking Company, and ranching and raising Men’s cross country host Gibson Family Clas- 12 p.m. beef in California. Women’s cross country host Gibson Family 12 p.m. Woody Stroupe (Chemical engineering, 1960) Football vs Franklin College 1:30 p.m. Academic All-Americans come annually at Rose-Hulman now, but in the late Volleyball vs Hanover College 1:30 p.m. ‘50s Elwood “Woody” Stroupe earned the first Academic All-American honor in school history. He served as wide receiver, outside linebacker, and kicker for the Women’s soccer at Hanover College 2 p.m. undefeated 1958 team and led the football and basketball teams as captain for two years. After graduating from Rose, he served five years in the U.S. Army Corps of Men’s soccer at Hanover College 4 p.m. Engineers and contributed to the U.S. nuclear engineering program. Sunday, October 9 Andy Tochterman (Chemical engineering, 2001) Andy led the Rose-Hulman baseball team batting and on the mound during his Men’s golf at DePauw Classic time as a Fightin’ Engineer, batting .351 in his career with 13 home runs and a Women’s golf at HCAC Championships 9 a.m. school record 11 triples. In his senior year alone he batted .438, and on the pitcher’s mound he graduated as the No. 4 pitcher with 157 strikeouts. Post-graduation Volleyball vs Manchester College 11 a.m. life for Andy has featured work with the Guidant Corporation, and marketing and Women’s tennis at Franklin College 12 p.m. sales for products including the first commercially approved drug-eluting stent (XIENCE). Tuesday, October 11 A.J. Wilkerson (Mechanical engineering, 1997) Men’s soccer vs Franklin College 7 p.m. A.J. rounds out the list with an impressive 2,553 career rushing yards for the Engineer football team which ranks fifth in school history. Earning first-team Wednesday, October 12 all-league honors two years in a row, in 1994 and 1995, A.J. continues to be an avid runner, having now completed five marathons and several mini-marathons. Women’s tennis vs Oakland City University 5 p.m. He serves as a part-owner of Validated Custom Solutions and Open Control Solu- Women’s soccer vs Franklin College 7 p.m. tions, providing HVAC products for offices in Indiana, Ohio, and Florida. Ocht Flipside 7 Oct 2011 Dear Homework: we’re Wacky prof quotes “Let’s talk about the Empire State Building. through How many of you have been there? Well, it’s Dear Homework- big. It’s taller than the buildings around it.” Listen. We have to talk about our relationship. We’ve been — Dr. Schumacher, putting this off for a long time, and it’s starting to make one master of building of us very unhappy. identification.

I just don’t feel like you care anymore. When I was a fresh- “I feel like I promised man, you were easygoing: fun, even. You were whimsical and you eff bombs, and new and different and the occasional late nights and missed now I need to deliver sleep were worth it just to spend some time with you. I was you eff bombs some- happy. You were happy. I think. You were always quite dur- how!” ing the good times. —Dr. House, delivers 60% of the time, every Now, it just seems like you point out my flaws. I sweat and I time. slave over maintaining this relationship, trying to do everything right, and you only ever point out the times I fall flat “Just because I’m Indian Make your own right on my face. Would an ‘A for effort’ be so hard? At this point, does not mean I like you don’t even have to give me aplomb, just the acknowl- yoga.” edgement of the time that I’ve spent trying to solve your —Dr. Mohan, shredder answers! problems. They’re not even my problems. I mean, by being of stereotypes. your problems they have become my problems, but really…. That doesn’t mean that spending hours on them every night “You know how to unzip is something that I want to do with my life. Never mind that your pants. But you every time I manage to solve one of your problems *correct- don’t want to do that ly*, you come back with even more. It’s like a never-ending now. At least I hope stream of psychotherapy, and I’m tired of it. not.” — Dr. Brophy. Note: It’s over, homework. No more sleepless nights, no more while not a part of the endless abuse, no more refusals to take responsibility for course, it is in fact a yourself. I’m tired of you sitting there while I do nothing but prerequisite. try, only responding to my efforts with a laundry list of my mistakes. So goodbye, homework. Go make someone else’s “It is the doughnut of weeknights miserable. wait.” — Dr. Haan, on the Worst, universally-loathed Noël windows loading cur- sor. On the bright side, it rewards you with asty umor of the eek blue pastries for your Step 1: Cut out lightbulb N R W trouble. Step 2: Hold above head Due to complaints, all of the chairs in Rose Profs say crazy things. E-mail them Step 3: Act superior the Commons are going to be taken out to the Flipside at and replaced. Unfortunately, they’re go- thorn-flipside@ Top “10” Ten ing to be replaced with small cacti. rose-hulman.edu Fallback careers Thorn Staff • what interviews?

10. McDonalds. Instead of flipping bits, you’re flipping burgers. Although trying to perform modulus operations on your burgers might get you fired.

9. Full-time writer for the Flipside. You’re going to have to oust the current editor though. In a fencing match. With live rattlesnakes.

8. Intern/publicist at Ojai Valley Taxidermy. “So are you a taxidermist?” “Nope, engineer.”

7. YouTube viral video engineer. Cats + rainbows + dubstep = profit.

6. Full-time gaming blogger. On the bright side, if you live in your mom’s basement, rent is free.

5. Phishing. On the downside, you’ll have to move to Nigeria, but on the bright side, you’ll know lots of rich princes.

4. Poster-child for unemployment agencies. I mean, most of us are already halfway there in the ‘hobo outfit/beard’ department.

3. Professional Starcraft player. Carpal tunnel suddenly becomes an occupational hazard.

2. Card counter in Las Vegas. One... two... three... Don’t I have Maple for this?

1. Graduate school. Because you’ve gotten too used to ARA food and all-nighters to change now. Andy Chen • Nutritional value optional This is the Flipside disclaimer, where there is sometimes bonus DLC. Everything without a name is the direct fault of Noël Spurgeon, but your hate mail should probably go to the Editor-in-Chief instead. This week, I’m going to use the disclaimer to feel good about myself. You know why? I made it almost five and a half weeks without staying up past three a.m. to finish homework. That ended last night, but the 5.5 weeks before that had to be some kind of record, right? I mean, even if you’re doing civil, five weeks is still a really, really long time.