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ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY T ERRE HAUTE, INDIANA Friday, April 22, 2005 Volume 40, Issue 24 News Briefs Diversity week opens eyes by Angela Smiley Angela Smiley Assistant News Editor Muslim-Americans Sue Last week, the Rose-Hul- Government man Diversity Council, the Terre Haute Human Rights Five Muslim-Americans have fi led Day committee, the Human- ities and Social Sciences De- suit against the U.S. Department of partment, and half a dozen Homeland Security for alleged racial student-led organizations profi ling. participated in Diversity The plaintiffs, along with others, Week, a set of events intend- were detained upon attempting to ed to offer Rose students a cross the Canadian-American border glimpse of the multicultural while returning from a 2004 confer- world in which they will one ence entitled “Reviving the Islamic day live and work. Spirit.” The plaintiffs are seeking the The week began with a presentation by Tim Solso, destruction of personal information CEO of multinational Cum- gathered during the detention and an mins, Inc., which filled the injunction against similar future ac- Myers Presentation Room to tions. capacity. Solso’s talk, titled “How to Survive in the Global Workforce,” stressed the im- Andrea Brown / Layout Manager NASA Adjusts Shuttle portance of being capable of Three Rose students participate in the national Day of Silence on Wednesday, April 13. connecting with and respect- Safety Standards ing those from backgrounds pus by Rose-Hulman Unity, ematic art from other cul- a combination of Chinese other than one’s own. It is meant as an expression of tures. Wednesday, the HSS food and film which drew Internal documents leaked to the touched on differences such support for individuals who Department’s Elsie Pawley both international and do- as race and gender, and was experience discrimination Fund sponsored the showing mestic attendees. And Sun- New York Times today show that NASA jointly sponsored by the Di- and harassment because of four Iranian films, includ- day, the Jewish Culture Club is revising their standards governing versity Council, the National of their sexual orientation. ing a drama titled ‘Kandahar’ held a showing of Fiddler on what constitutes “acceptable risk” to Society of Black Engineers Participants were silent from which portrayed the hard- the Roof, the film version of a a shuttle and its crew in fl ight. (NSBE) and the Society of the time they awoke in the ships endured by women classic musical following the Critics claim that the original stan- Women Engineers. morning until 5 p.m., when and children in Afghanistan lives of a Jewish family (and dards, put in place by the board which On Wednesday, some stu- they gathered to celebrate under Taliban rule, and a village) in the years leading investigated the destruction of the dents gave up speech for a symbolic “breaking of the comedy set in Tehran titled up to the Bolshevik Revolu- shuttle Columbia, were too diffi cult the day in conjunction with silence.” ‘Children of Heaven.’ Fri- tion in Russia. for NASA to meet in time to launch the National Day of Silence. Much of the week’s pro- day, the International Stu- This event, brought to cam- gram featured works of cin- dent Association sponsored Continued on Page 3... Discovery in late May or early June as planned. Seniors to the fore: Mechanical Engineering AMD Announces New Alex Clerc ative solutions,” Gibson said. News Editor One such group that found Dual-Core Processor a creative solution to a chal- This year there are 30 ME lenging problem includes On April 21, Advanced Micro De- design groups tackling proj- Chester Clark, David Kai- vices announced production of a new ects from as large as a 7-pas- ser, David Radue, and David line of processors which incorporate senger space wagon to as Schwarz. Clark’s group chose two separate chips in a single piece small as a 1-inch-long igniter. a service learning project with of silicon. AMD’s dual-core chip, the The broad range of real-world a local doctor. Their goal was Opteron, will be available in a server problems the students are to somehow alleviate painful, solving are provided by out- debilitating pressure sores ex- version this summer and in a work- side clients from near and perienced by wheelchair us- station version by the end of the year. far, even as far as Kanazawa, ers. Their fi nal solution was a The Opteron line would go head-to- Japan. new kind of chair, a chair that head with Intel’s Pentium Extreme J. Darrell Gibson, Professor Alex Clerc / News Editor allows the user to “sit” on their Edition, which is currently available of Mechanical Engineering, A ME senior project group worked on restoring the Bollinger Space knees and stomach give their in a workstation model and is set to described the project as an im- Wagon for on-campus use. back a rest. debut in a server version sometime portant introduction to design The group was very excited next year. in the real world of engineer- Gibson also stressed that discuss the problem face-to- about the design aspect of the ing: “What we try to do is give these are design projects. “De- face. Many companies also project and found that their our students team experience sign is a response to a particu- cover testing, manufactur- secret to success was in brain- and real problems that come lar problem… it is much more ing, or prototyping expenses. storming ideas as a team and Friday from industry.” The group can open-ended than analysis or Rose-Hulman, however, does communicating effectively. Storms 72 Hi / 37 Lo also do a “service learning” research and development.” not charge the companies for The more diffi cult part, they Saturday project by solving engineering The project involves a great the work the students do. agreed, was getting specifi ca- Showers 47 Hi / 28 Lo problems for the community. deal of communication with “This frees the students from tions and parts from medical The students then have winter the outside client. Most com- doing things the company’s companies. Provided by www.weather.com and spring term to come up panies will pay for the groups way… the groups can direct with a creative solution. to travel to the company to themselves and think of cre- Continued on Page 3... News Entertainment Opinions Sports Flipside 2015 Forum Round II Red Dwarf assassinates Up next: daft rubbish. Softball 1st in division. “This is not an internet his green onion. Will kidnap SCAC. chat böard. This is a newspaper.” Page 3 Page 4 & 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 2 CLASSIFIEDS The Rose Thorn Classifi eds Large 3 Bedroom House Why are you paying more... Large bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, central air, and washer/ dryer. 5-10 minutes from campus. Quiet neighborhood. $650.00 per month plus utilities. For more information, call 234-5680. When you can get more for less??? 3 Bedroom Home For 2-4 persons. Central air, washer and dryer, fridge, range, It costs more than $6000 to have a and dishwasher. 24/7 maintenance. At location. 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