Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Scholar The Rose Thorn Archive Student Newspaper Winter 2-1-2008 Volume 43 - Issue 16 - Friday, February 1, 2008 Rose Thorn Staff Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn Recommended Citation Rose Thorn Staff, "Volume 43 - Issue 16 - Friday, February 1, 2008" (2008). The Rose Thorn Archive. 172. https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn/172 THE MATERIAL POSTED ON THIS ROSE-HULMAN REPOSITORY IS TO BE USED FOR PRIVATE STUDY, SCHOLARSHIP, OR RESEARCH AND MAY NOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. SOME CONTENT IN THE MATERIAL POSTED ON THIS REPOSITORY MAY BE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT. 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The intruder By Kyle Kamischke S t a f f W r i t e r short series of events that led es of my life.” With no avail, was seen, parked in Speed up to the theft and then after- he rapidly found his Resident Lot, walked inconspicuous- safe campus? That has wards. Most said that he had Assistant who went through ly across campus, entered Murderer drops law- been the question over come to his room and set up the proper channels and con- Deming Hall, progressed to suit against victim A the past month in re- his laptop in order to do some tacted Erik Hayes and Public the second floor, and then gards to a recent breakout in work. He then went to the re- Safety. stole the laptop, nonchalant- A Spanish man who sued the family of a theft on campus. The prob- stroom, only to come out and Erik Hayes, Director of ly returning to his car, laptop teenage boy that he hit and killed with his lem arises in the thefts of see an unknown man leaving Residence Life, responded in hand. After this, Hayes car has dropped a lawsuit against them. In laptops which has shocked his room. This prompted him to this incident as rapidly as noted that they were easily August 2004, Tomas Delgado hit and killed students, staff, and faculty to investigate only to notice he could as well. He worked able to obtain photographic 17-year-old Enaitz Trinidad with his Audi alike. The span of these thefts that his laptop was no longer in accordance with the Office evidence including the un- A8 when he was riding home on his bike. has been noted to occur since in the room. His first response of Public Safety to attempt known man’s face, car, and Delgado then filed a lawsuit for $29,400 late November through early was to attempt to find and de- to find this unknown figure license plate; all valuable in- for damage done to his car in the colli- January. tain the unknown man who somewhere still on campus formation to be turned over sion. He insisted in interviews that he was One case of theft occurred had just left his room, but with the network of security to the police, which was done a victim in the accident. Now, due to pub- December 14, 2007 in Deming found out later that the man cameras that cover nearly all thereafter. lic pressure, he has decided to withdraw Hall. The victim was Thomas had narrowly evaded Most. of campus. While doing this, his lawsuit. According to authorities, Del- Most, a freshman software According to Most, “This was the arrogance of the thief Continued on Page 3... gado was traveling 15 mph over the speed limit when he killed Trinidad. The lawyer for Delgado said he “felt that the extensive publicity amounted to a public lynch- Hackers attack Scientology ing.” A local prosecutor is now looking into whether new charges can be brought Rachel Howser tology websites, prank calls, devoted to the practice and ogy are harmful practices. against Delgado for putting Trinidad’s Staff Writer and black faxes to Scientology promotion of the Scientology The activities of the Church family through so much stress. centers (which waste toner). belief system. Science fiction of Scientology have been con- n Internet-based pro- Recently, Scientology has writer L. Ron Hubbard devel- troversial since its onset. Ear- Internet broken in test against the Church enjoyed considerable public- oped Scientology in 1952 and ly in its history, the Church of Aof Scientology is un- ity because of several of its the Church of Scientology in Scientology’s founders were derway by a group known as high-profile celebrity mem- 1953. Scientologists believe convicted of infiltrating and two continents “Anonymous.” The protest, bers including Tom Cruise, that a person is an immortal stealing from 136 government Large regions of the Middle East, Asia, dubbed “Project Chanol- Katie Holmes, and John Tra- spiritual being with a mind agencies, foreign embassies, and North Africa were without Internet on ogy,” started on January 16 volta. While Scientology may and body. They believe in and consults to purge unfa- Thursday, which brought technology com- in response to the Church of have become a common term the notion of reincarnation vorable records about Scien- panies to a stand-still. It is not completely Scientology’s attempt to re- because of its increased use in and that through “auditing” tology and L. Ron Hubbard. known what has caused the outage, but move information from the supermarket magazine head- people can free themselves of They were imprisoned for five many experts are blaming damage to an Internet. Anonymous has or- lines, many do not know what ethical transgressions and bad years. undersea cable in the Mediterranean Sea. ganized a series of denial-of- it actually is. The Church of decisions. They also believe Countries such as Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi service attacks against Scien- Scientology is an organization that psychiatry and psychol- Continued on Page 3... Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar are all having severe issues. It is believed that a boat anchor tore the cable. Some countries have been forced to reroute their Internet traffic through satellites put This week... ...in pictures in place for such an emergency. Another alternative some countries are consider- @ Rose ing is routing traffic through older, un- damaged lines. Unfortunately, they have less capacity and will still cause Internet slowdowns. “That’s no moon” A large spy satellite is expected to fall from its orbit to somewhere in North America, according to General Gene Ren- uart, who is the head of the US Northern Command. The satellite lost power in February 2007 and no longer can control its orbit. Most satellites burn up upon re- entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, but the size of this satellite might mean that there will be an impact somewhere in Mexico, the U.S.A., or Canada. The U.S. military has put forth a contingency plan that would involve coordinating with Mexico or Canada if the satellite crashed in either of those countries. The satellite is approx- Andrew Carlson and Matt Vargo / Rose Thorn imately 173 miles above the Earth and is Left: The result of the Purling Pachyderms’ knitting for the needy. The scraves and hats were knitted and crocheted by Rose-Hulman dropping around 1,640 feet each day. students and community members and will be distributed to local charity organizations. Right: Jarrett Waters donates blood during the third blood drive of the year. In this issue of the Rose Thorn... “Who taught you how to count?” “I don’t “Riot” and “Rainbows” OPINIONS Clutch comebacks know, but it’s awe- 6 MOTHERS some!” “Just checking cause he’s foreign.” Your mom is a speed bump F LIPSIDE E4NTERTAINMENT 7SPORTS 8 8 PAGE - NEWS - PAGE 3 ENTERTAINMENT - PAGE 4 LIVING - PAGE 5 OPINIONS - PAGE 6 SPORTS - PAGE 7 FLIPSIDE 2 PUZZLES & CLASSIFIEDS The Rose Thorn Name-that- by J.P. by artist Verkamp Jim • This week’s artist has been eligible for the Rock And recording and performing Roll Hall of Fame since 1989, Sedoff almost twice as long as most he has thus far been passed students here at Rose have over. In addition, this art- Instructions: Use the clues to fill out the been alive, first recording ist is somewhat unique in with a high school friend for the fact that he is the copy- puzzle Duel Records in 1960. right owner, unlike the norm where the recording com- • From the 1960s through pany or another party holds most of the 1980s this art- the copyrights to an artist or ist continued to be one of groups songs. the most popular pop music artists of the time with 37 • Married twice, in 1963 and top 40 singles.