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ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY T ERRE HAUTE, INDIANA Friday, March 11, 2004 Volume 40, Issue 19 News Briefs Housing process gears up Angela Smiley be renamed Percopo Hall College students Staff Writer by the time they occupy it), though some plan to reapply rescue Haitians s we approach the to their present dorms or re- end of this academic quest single rooms. Still oth- College students aboard a research year, Rose students ers are undecided. Elizabeth vessel in the Carribean Sea rescued begin to make prepa- White, a freshman mechanical 49 Haitians from a tiny sailboat with Arations for the next one. Part of engineering major currently no food or water. The Haitians were this process is making housing housed in Blumberg Hall, sug- turned over to Jamaican authorities arrangements for the following gested that transportation was early Thursday. year. a major impediment to moving For returning students, the off campus. “Living on-cam- By Lissa Avery housing process is a two-month pus, I don’t need a car to get event which began March 7th to class,” she remarked. “I still (the fi rst day of the quarter) want a car, but...” with the campus-wide distribu- A full group cannot guaran- EPA sets new limits for tion of the Housing Information tee you a place in your chosen Sheet. The process was high- residence hall - in past years, air pollution lighted this week by a pair of New Res applicants have been informational sessions, one for subject to a lottery to remove The Bush administration set new freshmen and one for upper- groups from the pool because Alexander J. Clerc / Staff Writer limits on smog and soot pollution classmen. The sessions were there were not enough rooms Freshmen gather to hear Tom Miller and Erik Hayes explain held the evening of March 10 to house all of them, and any Thursday that affects 28 states mostly sophomore housing options. east of the Mississippi River. and were hosted by Tom Miller, other over-requested hall will The EPA’s new “Clean Air Interstate the Associate Dean of Students, time in several years. It has Student opinion seems to undergo the same procedure. Rule” enforces stricter regulations on and Eric Hayes, the Director of also allowed the school to offer bear this out. Some Apartment However, for those who wish Residence Life. Their stated single rooms in Blumberg and residents are seniors, most of to live in apartment or New Res the volume of air pollution that states purpose was to answer student Skinner halls, a pattern which whom will not be returning especially, all authorities stress can allow. If these new regulations questions about housing and will likely be continued in the next year. However, of those the importance of forming a are kept, the nation’s pollution from lay the ground rules for the re- 2005-2006 academic year. who remain, many apartment full suite of four and ensuring nitrogen oxides will be reduced by 61% mainder of the process. According to Miller, the residents plan to continue liv- that each member requests the below 2003 levels and sulfur dioxide Currently, about 900 (or 50%) most-requested halls are the ing there. These current resi- other three. In the event that will be reduced by 73%. of Rose’s undergraduates live in apartments and its sopho- dents will have priority in be- you desire to live in one of these The EPA estimates the rule will also one of its nine residence halls. more counterpart, the New ing placed in apartment, but halls but do not have a group of prevent 17,000 premature deaths, This relatively high number re- Residence Hall. “It’s the new many sophomores also hope four, you may visit the Offi ce of 22,000 nonfatal heart attacks and fl ects the opening of the Apart- ones,” he quipped, citing the to move into newly vacated Student Affairs to view the list ment Residence Hall, new this results of the Intent to Live on apartments. of suites seeking one, two or 700,000 cases of bronchitis and asthma year; the new hall has allowed Campus survey, which he and Among freshmen, the ma- three additional members. each year. The new standard will also Rose to satisfy on-campus Hayes use as a barometer of jority plan to apply to New reduce smog, soot, and haze. housing demand for the fi rst housing pressure. Residence Hall (which will Continued on Page 3... By Alexander J. Clerc Seniors to the fore: Applied biology Demonstration stifl ed Bridget Mayer ports that are comparable to in Syria Staff Writer a thesis for a master’s degree. Biomedical engineers must A demonstration by about 100 Syrian While many students are design and revise their proj- activists in Damascus was broken up gearing up for spring quarter, ects multiple times to demon- by hundreds of government supporters seniors in the Applied Biology strate knowledge of engineer- on Thursday. The halting of this protest and Biomedical Engineering ing processes. department are breathing a Rita Strack, a senior applied is the latest sign of Syria’s rejection of sigh of relief because their biology major, built her thesis Western calls for Syria to allow more research around the civil liberties and to end its control and design accuracy of over neighboring Lebanon. The projects You roll with the DNA transla- government says drastic measures in were fi n- punches and keep tion in mu- civil procedures are necessary as long ished up tant strains of as Syria remains formally at war with last quar- accumulating Saccharomy- Israel (they have been since 1967). ter. ces cerevisiae, Bridget Mayer / Staff Writer The se- data and going more com- Rita Strack, senior Applied Biology major, running a gel elec- nior proj- monly known By Alexander J. Clerc towards your trophoresis. ect is a re- as baker’s quirement goals. yeast. Strack has put in “too many [hours] Junior applied biology ma- for gradua- began the to count, but I’d say an aver- jor Stefani Vande Lune is just Friday tion, begin- project the age of eight hours a week for beginning the process of de- Few snow showers/wind ning in the — Rita Strack summer af- three quarters.” As with all signing her thesis, which will 35 Hi / 21 Lo student’s ter her fresh- biological research, Strack cover regional deformation Saturday junior year man year at encountered frustrations and of the anterior cruciate liga- with topic research and a Rose-Hulman, and picked it disappointments in her work. ment in human knee joints Flurries 35 Hi / 19 Lo proposal write up. Students up again as her thesis proj- However, she said, “You roll (commonly known as the must complete twelve credits ect under AB/BE professor with the punches and keep ACL). Provided by www.weather.com of research, and by comple- Dr. Anthony. The thesis and accumulating data and going tion, many have produced re- lab work is diffi cult; Strack toward your goals.” Continued on Page 3... News Entertainment Opinions Sports Flipside Indiana 2016 Leadership To Be or not to Be Cool. RFID tags: now featuring Winter Sports Wrap-up Sleep. It’s good for you. Summit Jacob P. Silvia Page 3 Pages 4 & 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 2 CLASSIFIEDS The Rose Thorn Algebra 2 Tutor For Rent For Rent Seeking Algebra 2 tutor for two Now Renting 3-6 Bedroom student houses for the 2005-2006 For MAY, SUMMER, and FALL. -Studios and 1-5 Bedroom high school students Wednes- school year. Central air, fridge, range, dishwasher, washer and Apartments and Houses. Our Apartments are clean and well days after 6 p.m. or on week- dryer. Clean and well maintained. 9-12 month leases. Convie- maintained. We specialize in affordable housing for respon- ends. Contact Molly Reed at nient to campus. 24 hr. maint. in good areas. 478-9286 sible students. 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