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It’s not often that frater- “I definitely enjoyed get- SADD Games make for nity parties are open to local ting everything organized. middle school students, but But it’s better to see it come Saturday’s Students Against together and the kids enjoy- Destructive Decisions (SADD) ing themselves,” Mohr said. a happy day Games were an exception. “You definitely know you’re Approximately 70 students doing something good for from Vigo County middle the community.” schools joined 80 members Though Mohr is new to the of Triangle Fraternity at the Games, the tradition itself is Games, which are held yearly significantly longer. SADD was to promote positive decision- founded as Students Against making in all aspects of life. Driving Drunk in 2002 with The Games at Rose-Hul- 80 Indiana schools participat- man are meant as an outreach ing. It’s since grown to almost to younger students, and 300 schools in the state alone. featured a variety of games. Rose-Hulman has hosted the Many of the activities, includ- SADD games for eight years. ing basketball and cornhole, Though SADD no longer could be played with “drunk focuses solely on driving un- goggles” that demonstrated der the influence, preventing the effect of different blood drug and alcohol abuse re- alcohol levels. main core parts of their mis- Nick Mohr, junior mechani- sion. Other important goals cal engineer, organized this for the organization are to Triangle Fraternity members work with local middle school students to teach them about the ef- year’s Games. Mohr is the prevent peer pressure and fects of alcohol. community service coordina- promote role modeling and Matt Kane • Triangle Fraternity tor for Triangle on campus; environmentalism. Career Fair statistics show promising trends for most Majors wanted at the Career Fair Students 2010 Winter 2011 Winter react to fair 70 “I got told off by a few com- panies, but what else is new?” 60 -- Brian Lackey, sophomore electrical engineering stu- Majors wanted at the Career Fair 2010 Winter 2011 Winter 70 60 50 40 30 Companies Offering Positions 20 10 0 Major dent 50 40 “A lot of my friends experi- enced the classic ‘I’m sorry, we aren’t looking to hire 30 freshmen.’” -- Vania Seng, freshman Companies Offering Positions chemical engineering stu- 20 dent 10 Overheard student talking to Frito Lay: “During the re- 0 cession, did you avoid lay- ing off workers by offering to pay them in chips instead of cash?” -- Geoffrey Ong, freshman chemical engi- neering student. Major Above, a chart compares company presence by major desired from last winter’s career fair to this year’s. Alex Mullans • The Rose Thorn InsIde tHIs Issue Buffy the Vam- Why turning off the TV and Does SGA need to be come High jumper Liz Evans wins The real layout of the Ca- pire Slayer keeps enjoying a meal with your more connected to the stu- a second trip to the national reer Fair - try to find the one the thrill alive friends is still important dent body? championships company worth in comic form, talking to! years after the series ends page 4: enteRtaInment page 5: lIVIng page 6: opInIons page 7: spoRts page 8: flIpsIde 2 PUZZLES ISSUE 15 CrosswordGo to www.Printable-Puzzles.com for hints and solutions! Puzzle Puzzle ID: #I361PH Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 GET A SNEAK PEEK ON 1. Ali ___ 14 15 16 5. Israel's main port EACH WEEK’S ISSUE BE- 10. Little tricksters 17 18 19 14. Make ___ for it: flee 20 21 22 FORE IT’S EVEN BEEN 15. Like pond scum 16. Paint layers 23 24 25 26 priNTED! 17. Key in the top row of a 27 28 29 30 31 computer keyboard OLLOW 19. 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Hair roller result 58. Clipper fliers 6. Nothing's opposite 37. Greeting to Hitler 62. "The Whole ___ Yards" 7. Gershwin's "___ Plenty o' 39. Ensued Nuttin'" 63. Absolutely dependable 41. Opposite of well-done 8. Oppose 66. LXII x V 44. Auto commuter's bane 9. Basic stuff 67. Up, in baseball 46. Invitation requests 10. Source of cold cubes 68. Fifth century pope known 49. Confection as "the Great" 11. Bugsy of crime 50. Darwin's ship 69. This and ___ 12. Grade school adhesive 51. Color lightly 70. Actress Allen of "Enough" 13. Trusty mount 52. "Spenser for Hire" star 71. Feet above sea level: Abbr. 18. Sri __ 53. Nebraska tribe 22. Darn, as socks 56. Piano key 24. Midwest Indians 57. Bushels 25. Some blenders 59. Gallagher of Oasis printable-puzzles.com 27. Test item: Abbr. 60. 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