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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 30, 2009 ROSE-HULMAN.EDU/THORN/ VOLUME 45, ISSUE 7 Alternative engineering News Briefs Alex Mullans background, By Alex Mullans Staff Writer but they also use their n Wednesday, Oc- interper- Sparks through tober 28, experi- sonal skills O enced Rose-Hul- to work with stimulus man students were given a consum- President Barack Obama announced rather counterintuitive piece ers. When Wednesday that $3.4 billion of the $787 of advice regarding their job describing billion economic stimulus package will be searches: “If your reason for what a sales dedicated to grants and funds to increase working is the money, then engineer the reliability of the United States electri- that’s the right answer [in does, Som- cal grid. The massive power outage that an interview] as far as we’re mer noted shut down much of the northeast United concerned.” Most students that they States and parts of Canada in August 2003 would think that interview- worked with is o ered by supporters as proof that the ers might want to hear a mo- customers to nation’s grid needs xing. Currently, the tivation as something like fit a TRANE monies are to be used to create a “smart” “because I want to save the product to grid, where power is regulated and rerout- environment” or “because the custom- ed through the network, like the Internet I love [insert major here],” er’s needs. “backbone” does already. In addition, the rather than the desire for For stu- buzzword “jobs” has been thrown around, cold, hard cash. Dave Som- dents in- with advocates of the plan noting that it mer, District Sales Manager terested in will generate many new jobs in the energy for the TRANE Indiana Com- a sales en- sector. mercial Sales Office, thinks gineering Alex Mullans / Rose Thorn differently. job, “we’re He should; he’s a sales not that in- Dave Sommer, District Sales Manager for the TRANE Indiana Commercial Sales Windows 7 engineer. Thursday’s Alter- terested in O ce, gives a talk on a career in sales engineering. Utlizing skills in sales and native Engineering Careers the GPA. marketing, sales engineering is a career often overlooked by undergraduates. released to presentation was sponsored The fact by TRANE, and Sommer that you’ve outside the classroom in a pleased for a student to find positive reviews spent an hour giving a pre- earned a degree from a place leadership capacity, with that they were not interested sentation about the sales en- like Rose-Hulman says that Tuesday marked the release of Win- emphasis on the leadership. in sales engineering as they gineering field. you’re passionate about the dows 7, Microsoft’s successor to Win- As an additional incentive would be for that student to For many Rose students, material and that you can dows Vista. In the week since, it has be- for the position, Sommer love the position. sales may be a career that tackle huge projects,” Som- come clear that Microsoft has produced noted that sales engineers The presentation con- doesn’t seem to “belong” mer said. What does inter- a winner. The new OS has overtaken sev- on average make six figures tained points that were valid here; we’re engineers, not lib- est him in the application eral Harry Potter books as the all-time (“and the first digit’s not a for all Rose students, regard- eral arts or business majors. and hiring process is still number 1 presale item on Amazon.com, one!”) and get to travel all less of major. Sales engineer- Sommer corrected this mis- somewhat similar to what and even the CEO of Canonical (dis- over the world. In addition, ing might just be the right conception during his pre- one might expect from other tributor for the competing Linux-based Sommer said that future career for some students, as sentation by heavily empha- companies. He suggested OS Ubuntu) notes that “it’s a substantial sales engineers should con- it allows the opportunity to sizing that sales engineers that students become in- improvement on the past.” While Win- sider an internship, noting use engineering while “living still use their engineering volved in organizations dows 7 has encountered some issues that TRANE would be just as outside the cubicle farm.” with compatibility as well as in some of Microsoft’s student distribution chan- nels, some 83% of people polled on the Students raise money for village tech blog Gizmodo had positive feed- back for the new OS, reporting that their Tim Ekl get some funds.” known as a “baety.” This baety, clean, safe water, and problems Windows 7 experience has been “good Photo Editor Kirchner and EWB were at- like many others, lacks ready associated with water quality or better”. tempting to raise money for an access to electricity, clean wa- are very bad problems there. ne good fundraiser upcoming trip to the Domini- ter, and reliable medical care— We’re hoping to see if there’s Long commutes deserves another. can Republic, where a handful luxuries that most of the rest of any way to resolve that.” O That was the of Rose- the Do- While exact numbers weren’t during Bay Bridge theory, anyway, when Engi- Hulman minican available, Kirchner and EWB Just by seeing the closure neers Without Borders hosted E W B Republic sponsor John Aidoo, a civil en- a fundraiser at Applebee’s last mem- number of students, has. gineering professor, were both The San Francisco area depends on its Tuesday to raise money for bers will “ T h e optimistic about the success of bridges and tunnels to handle the thou- an upcoming project. The inspect I would say it was a Baety Re- the event. sands of commuters who ow in and out of fundraiser was scheduled to a medi- lief Alli- “Just by seeing the number the city every day. Yet Caltrans o cials an- take advantage of the Give Up cal clinic success. ance has of students, I would say it was nounced Wednesday that the Bay Bridge, A Meal program, which saw in an come in a success,” Aidoo said. the sole link between Oakland and San many Rose-Hulman students impov- to pro- Though helpful, the fund- Francisco, would remain closed for at least forgo their on-campus eve- erished “-Dr. John Aidoo vide for raiser isn’t enough to cover the another few days. The cause of the closure ning meal. village their entire cost of the trip, which has was the break of two tie rods and a cross- “We gured that since pretty and help medical been estimated at more than bar that were repaired over the Labor Day much everybody would be improve care in $100,000. The club isn’t giving weekend. A spokesman for Caltrans noted eating o campus anyway,” the quality of water available the form of a clinic; what they up, though; EWB members are that the original x was tested to satisfacto- said Adam Kirchner, junior to the village’s residents. want EWB to do is look into the appealing to local communi- ry standards. To compensate for the bridge civil engineering major and The village, founded during water quality in that clinic,” ties and Rose-Hulman alumni closure, the Bay Area Rapid Transit system president of EWB, “It would be the era of the slave trade, is Kirchner said. “Right now the for donations, and plan to host added longer and more frequent trains to a good chance for us to get our centered on the production of people ”get water from rivers. another similar fundraiser at its rush-hour schedule. name out a little bit more and sugar cane, and is commonly They have no way of getting Fazoli’s in the near future. In this issue of the Rose Thorn... Scare your dad! 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