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The Staff Writer around Rose, the president cheerleaders were fantastic, wants to get to know the and the football team just re- Apple introduces new t 5pm yesterday, Rose- Rose-Hulman culture be- ally looked fantastic.” A large iMacs Hulman’s 13th Presi- fore instituting any changes. part of what impressed the Adent, Gerald Jakubows- Jakubowski indicated that president was school spirit. “[I Apple Computer announced on ki, participated in a question he wanted to meet 100% of saw] more school spirit than Wednesday new iMac computers fea- and answer session hosted the faculty and staff. He also all my time at ASU, and I think turing chips from Intel’s Core 2 Duo by the SGA in Hatfield Hall indicated that he especially that’s a credit to each of you.” 64-bit processor family. The new for students. Sixty-six stu- wanted to meet the students “One of the nice things computers ship with a host of features, dents attended the confer- and get to know our goals at about being the [new] presi- including a built-in webcam, the iLife ence to hear what our new Rose. When asked about fac- dent is you don’t know a creative suite, Front Row multimedia president had to say about ulty who aren’t as friendly, “If a lot of things, but I brought entertainment software, and an 8x the future of Rose-Hulman. faculty member is not provid- Tammy [Shaffer, his execu- slot-loading DVD/CD writer/reader. SGA President Riley But- ing that ‘warm fuzzy feeling’ tive assistant], and if Tammy The new machines mark Apple’s try began the conference and they do not have tenure, doesn’t know, we’ll ask Pete.” first use of Intel’s newest processor. by introducing the presi- I will make sure they don’t get At that time, the president The Core 2 Duo, the first in a line of dent: Jakubowski came from tenure here. If they do have opened the floor to questions. microchips based on a brand-new ar- the largest university in the tenure, we will work with One freshman from Scharpen- chitecture, was launched on July 27 country, Arizona State Uni- them to try to do a better job.” berg asked, “What are a few of and put Intel back on top, knocking off versity. There, he served Jakubowski has already got- your ideas for changes in the rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). as provost and dean of ten involved – for starters, he school?” Jakubowski reiter- Apple’s newest computer is current- their polytechnic institute. has attended tailgating events ated that he wanted to get ly shipping. More information on the “I’m here for the students, and hallympics. One event to know Rose first. However, iMac can be found at www.apple.com. all the faculty and staff are that really impressed him- he indicated the general ap- here for the students,” he was last Saturday’s football proach he intends to try: Christina Davis / Rose Thorn Phone telepathy a stressed. “It’s all for the stu- game. “I was just very proud, “We have a fantastic institu- Dr. Jakubowski addresses dents. … I want you to feel very very, very proud to be associ- tion,” explained Jakubowski. student questions at the comfortable coming to the ated with Rose-Hulman,” ex- open forum Thursday. reality President’s office just to chat.” claimed Jakubowski. “The Pep Continued on Page 3... Have you experienced the phenom- ena of thinking of a friend or relative and having that individual contact you shortly thereafter? A scientist A Hallympics for the Ages from Trinity University in Cambridge, England claims he has proof that this coincidence may not be as coinciden- tal as common sense would suggest. Individuals who participated in the experiment were able to correctly guess who was calling them 45% of the time. “The hit rate was 45 percent, well above the 25 percent you would have expected,” said Rupert Shel- drake, the researcher who headed the study, “the odds against this being a chance effect are 1,000 billion to one.” Bush acknowledges secret prisons President Bush acknowledged in Christina Davis and Albert Mui / Rose Thorn a speech on Wednesday that the CIA Students from all corners of campus turned out for the an- maintained secret prisons outside nual Hallympics competition. After more than half-a-dozen of the United States where prisoners competitions, Speed emerged victorious. captured in the war on terrorism were held. According to the President, the terrorists from these secret prisons have provided information neces- sary to stop new attacks around the world. The President said that this in- formation “has saved innocent lives.” Wednesday also marked the Pen- tagon’s introduction of new regula- tions concerning prisoner treatment in detention facilities. Fourteen of detainees who are “high-level” in the CIA prisons are to be transferred to Pentagon control at Guantanamo Bay where they will stand trial by military tribunal. Torture was not allowed in Final Standings the CIA prisons. “They [the detainees] are in our custody so they cannot mur- der our people,” said the President. 1 - Speed2 - Apartments3 - Scharpenberg4 - Deming5 - Blumberg 6 - Percopo7 - BSB 8 - Mees /Skinner News Entertainment Opinions Sports Flipside Steve Irwin killed by a Snakes! My Very Energetic Fall sports preview “I’m already crunk about stingray. Mother Just Said, “Uh-oh, this year.” No Pluto!” Page 3 Pages 4-5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 2 EVENTS & CLASSIFIEDS The Rose Thorn Friday Saturday September 8 9 Upcoming *Hallympics, 4:30 p.m. *Blues at the Crossroads, - 5:30 p.m. All day, Wabash & 7th St. *Volleyball, Rose Invita- *Volleyball, Rose Invita- tional, 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 tional, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Hulbert Arena p.m., Hulbert Arena community events *Women’s/Men’s soccer games, 12:00 p.m./2:00 p.m., Jim Rendel field *Football game, 6:00 p.m., Cook Stadium Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 *Panhellenic ice cream *Homecoming Queen *IM Tennis registration *IM Golf scramble regis- *Game room foosball *Career Services’ Senior *Women’s/Men’s soccer social, 12:00 p.m., Jim candidate applications deadline tration deadline tournament registration, Seminar, 3:30 p.m., PA games, 12:00 p.m. and Rendel field Available *Career Services’ Senior *Game room foosball Chauncey’s Room 2:00 p.m., Jim Rendel *Women’s and Men’s *Quarterback Club Seminar, 4:30 p.m., PA tournament registration, *Career Services’ Senior *CSSE: Tori Bowman of field soccer games, 12:00 Luncheon, 11:45 a.m., Room Chauncey’s Seminar, 4:30 p.m., PA Rockwell Collins, 4:20 *IM Golf scramble tour- p.m. and 2:00 p.m., Jim Chauncey’s *Graduate school work- *Career Services’ Senior Room p.m., O167 nament Rendel field *Career Services’ Senior shop, 5:30 p.m., Kahn Seminar, 4:30 p.m., 5:30 *Football game, 1:30 p.m., *Indianapolis Colts’ Seminar, 4:30 p.m., PA rooms p.m., and 6:30 p.m., PA Cook Stadium *Panhellenic information Opening Night, 8:00 Room Room meeting, 7:00 p.m., M137 p.m., Chauncey’s Rose Community: If you know of a club event or $6.50/hr other campus event that should be listed in our calendar, contact Work Study Position [email protected] with Available NOW information. 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