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T HE R OSE T HORN R OSE -H ULMAN I NSTITUTE OF T ECHNOLOGY T ERRE H AUTE , I NDIANA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009 ROSE-HULMAN.EDU/THORN/ VOLUME 45, ISSUE 4 Homecoming 2009 News Briefs By Alex Mullans It was a culmination of a few Health care bill weeks of work and a long engi- discussed in earnest neering education condensed into just one night. I’ll never forget it. The talk of “death panels” and other such nonsense was finally replaced by some substantive debate on the new health care reform bill. The controversial new amend- “ -Chris Wlezien ment to tighten the restrictions on federal funding of abortion failed by a vote of 13-10 in the Senate Finance Committee. Some fear that the bill will lose Catholic support as a result, but abortion supporters feel that the current language is an acceptable com- promise. ” Another hot topic in the debate right now is preventing illegal immigrants from get- ting federal funds. Senator Charles Grassley Tim Ekl After the rally, students head- of Iowa proposed another amendment that Photo Editor ed to the Intramural fields would have required a government is- to observe the 87th annual sued ID when applying for Medicaid. This ive ‘em hell, Rose. bonfire being lit. This year’s amendment also failed 13-10. Those four words, lighting involved a fireball Gspoken by Rose-Hul- launched from a trebuchet, Microsoft releases man President Matt Branam a much quicker and more ef- at last Friday’s pep rally, kicked fective lighting method than free antivirus off this year’s Homecoming last year’s bow-and-arrow ap- celebration. Apart from hav- proach. software ing a new president, this year’s The trebuchet, positioned Homecoming introduced about 35 yards from the bon- Microsoft announced the release of Mi- a novel method for lighting fire itself, was built by three se- crosoft Security Essentials, a free antivi- the bonfire, and saw Johanna nior mechanical engineering rus software package for Windows PCs, on Moore, junior applied biology students and could target an Tuesday of this week. It is based on Micro- major, win the Homecoming area roughly three feet across. soft’s antivirus software, Windows Live On- Queen elections over thirteen Saturday continued the cel- eCare, and is intended for consumers with other candidates. ebration with Rose-Hulman’s no current antivirus protection on their PC. The festivities began with game against Mt. St. Joseph. Like Windows Defender, it is designed with the rally, held in the SRC at The Engineers suffered a high- a simple interface. 7:00 p.m. After introducing scoring and close-fought de- A Symantec spokesperson criticized Mi- Rose-Hulman’s fall sports feat, with the final score 38-45 crosoft’s signature-based approach to secu- teams and highlighting their in favor of the Lions. rity, claiming that Symantec’s behavioral se- successes, first-year President Overall, this year’s Home- curity was much more effective. AVG seems Branam addressed the stu- coming saw more than 2,000 riled up for an anti-trust lawsuit, claiming dent body before congratu- alumni return to Rose-Hul- that MSE “poses all sorts of interesting anti- lating and crowning Moore as man. trust questions.” Nonetheless, many web Queen. “A lot of alums got to interact opinions seem to be of the mind that a price “I was really surprised [to with students, and they were war may be imminent, though whether this win],” Moore said of her vic- blown away,” Brian Dyer, Ex- is true remains to be seen. tory. “I was honored to be ecutive Director of Alumni Af- nominated but I wasn’t really fairs, said. “We got a very posi- Earthquakes rock expecting to win.” tive reaction.” the South Pacific On Wednesday morning, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred 30 miles off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia; this quake followed Tuesday’s 8.0 quake in the Sa- moas, which caused a tsunami. The cur- rent death toll from the two quakes is ap- proaching 200 people, and is expected to Homecoming is definitely my fa- grow as rescue efforts continue through devastated and flattened buildings. vorite weekend of the year... other Indonesians were left with little time to evacuate, given the fast-moving nature of schools can only dream about par- the tsunami. The Pacific Tsunami Warning tying on our level. Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, sounded the alarm, but the tsunami had already start- ed to reach land by the time an alert was “ -Brandon Abad possible. Tim Ekl / Rose Thorn In this issue of the Rose Thorn... Places in Terre ” Athlete of the Haute Career Fair NEWS OPINIONS Week: F Kate Sernett LIPSIDE 4 LIVING 6 ENTERTAINMENT 3 Batman Dictionary words 8 Corey Salem Memorial Ride 5 7SPORTS 8 PAGE - NEWS - PAGE 3 ENTERTAINMENT - PAGE 4 LIVING - PAGE 5 OPINIONS - PAGE 6 SPORTS - PAGE 7 FLIPSIDE 2 PUZZLES & CLASSIFIEDS The Rose Thorn The Magic Number Movie Quote of the Week By Andrew Klusman By Andrew Klusman Instructions: Solve the puzzle by deciphering the following quote and Instructions: figure out from which movie the quote is. Each letter repre- Using addition (+), subtraction (-), mul- sents a different letter in the alphabet. tiplication (*), and division (/), solve the puzzle by using all the given numbers only Hint (Solution = Crypto): once to equal the Magic Number. A = J B = Y C = W 5 12 29 62 66 “EQXWGVQ, OGIIT”? “VJPQ TGCMOQXB JF UGVQ”? _ _ _ _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _ _? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _? ___ + ___ + ___ * ___ * ___ = 4051 “VJMMT VT RJCLUFQM”? TGC’HQ LGF FG 12 16 24 51 72 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _? _ _ _’_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ * ___ + ___ + ___ - ___ = 907 MQVQVYQM FUJF FUQOQ JMQ ACOF OSVNXQ 13 68 70 78 78 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ + ___ - ___ - ___ * ___ = -6073 BJMVQMO. FUQOQ JMQ NQGNXQ GB FUQ XJIR. _ _ _ _ _ _ _. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 43 63 80 89 99 ___ * ___ + ___ - ___ + ___ = 7127 FUQ WGVVGI WXJT GB FUQ IQE EQOF. TGC _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. _ _ _ Find the answers to all Rose Thorn puzzles at: PIGE... VGMGIO. http://www.rose-hulman.edu/thorn _ _ _ _... _ _ _ _ _. CLASSIFIEDS Apartments for rent House for rent Campus and Community Luncheon Now renting 1 & 2 & 3 bedroom apts 3 bedroom, 4 bedroom, spacious, quiet for study, The fall CAMPUS & COMMUNITY LONCHEON SE- 9 month lease available EXTRA NICE! RIES at United Campus Ministries, 321 N. 7th St., Terre no pets please Call 232-6977, please leave phone number. 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