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Romney
defeats
Obama
Campus mock election narrowly chooses Romney
Ranjana Chandramouli • staff writer
categories: the females and the faculty.
The female population voting, though
less than half that of the male population, preferred Obama within 1 percent, while the faculty gave Obama his
widest margin of victory over Romney,
with a 2.9 percent advantage.
Even though most current Rose undergraduates are casting their presi-
dential ballot for the first time this
year, these results seem to be in sharp
contrast to the demographic represented by students compared to the
2008 election. The top three states
from which Rose students come – Illinois, Indiana and Ohio – represent
64.6 percent of the current student
body from the United States. These
three states all gave victories to Obama
in 2008 in his bid for presidency over
In conclusion to the two month long
John McCain. However, it is clear that
series “Raising Your Political IQ,” run
these students have a different mindby Student Activities, a mock election
set for this election, despite their deamongst students, faculty, and staff
mographic background, giving Romwas held on Banner Web from October
ney the advantage, 174 votes to 155
22nd-October 26th, with Mitt Romney
votes for Obama.
coming out victorious.
Students were the largest group on
Out of a total of
campus
par479 votes cast in
ticipating in the
the mock election
mock election.
from all members
Freshman stuof the Rose comdents were the
munity, Romney
most active, acgained 46.0 percounting for 39
cent of the vote,
percent of the
compared
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total votes cast
Barack Obama’s
by undergradu44.7 percent. 9.4
ate
students.
percent of the
Sophomores and
participants
in
juniors together
the mock election
only accounted
chose the ‘other’
for 38 percent of
option, indicating
the votes cast by
that they would
undergraduates.
vote for another
The
general
Ahead of next week’s presidential election, students, faculty, and staff placed their votes in Rose-Hulman’s mock election is this
candidate entirepresidential election last week. Republican Mitt Romney narrowly edged out incumbent President Barack Obama. Tuesday,
ly. Obama only
Noled in two specific
Student Activities Office vember 6th.
Rose prepares for ABET campus visits
Jason Latimer • copy editor
events
Evaluators from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
(ABET) will visit Rose-Hulman next Sunday through
Tuesday as part of a process
to renew Rose’s ABET accreditation. ABET is a nationally recognized federation of over 30 societies to
ensure quality post-secondary education in science,
technology, and engineering. Not only is maintaining
the school’s accreditation
crucial to sustaining the
school’s reputation of excellence, but many employers
also require job candidates
to be graduates of an ABET
accredited program. Of the
ten programs that will be
reviewed, nine will be seeking to be renewed. Only the
Engineering Physics department will be seeking accreditation for the first time.
Department Head of Computer Science and Software
Engineering Dr. Cary Laxer,
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Dr.
Patricia Brackin, and Assistant Professor of Applied
Biology Dr. Bill Weiner gave
a presentation Tuesday
about the procedure and
the visits next week. Drs.
Laxer and Brackin have also
been program evaluators for
ABET at other schools. According to the professors’
presentation, Rose is ontrack to have all of its programs up for accreditation
approved.
Renewing
accreditation occurs every six years
and takes about two years
to complete. The process
starts months before the actual visits, where the school
formally requests accreditation and writes a self-study.
In the self-study, the school
examines its performance in
several areas, such as curriculum, program criteria,
facilities, students, and faculty and documents how it
complies with the board’s
criteria for accreditation.
Fall Family Weekend
Last Supper & Sundaes
A day of activities and fellowship, sponsored by the Parents’ Associaton
Fuel up with Last Supper, followed by
SAB’s quarterly Sundaes on Sunday!
Throughout campus, November 2 - 3
Election Day
Make sure your voice is heard! Get out
and vote!
November 6
Union, November 11, 4:30 p.m.
Fall Quarter Final Exams
One quarter down, two to go. Good luck
on your final exams.
November 12 - 15
On the first day of the
evaluation, ABET representatives will begin their
visit of the campus, tour
labs, and review the school’s
curriculum materials. On
Monday, they will receive
a Dean’s overview of the
school, interview students
and faculty, conduct department evaluations, and have
lunch with institutional officials.
Continued on page 3
sports
Swimming vs. Wabash
November 2 - 7 p.m.
Football vs. Anderson
November 3 - 1:30 p.m.
Football vs. Earlham
November 10 - 1:30 p.m.
Cross country DIII Nationals
November 17 - 11 a.m.
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News
Gathering for an
international feast
ABET visits,
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On the last day of the visit, evaluators will write an exit statement of the review and
debrief department heads. Afterwards, ABET will release a draft statement with the
preliminary results of their review to the school. Rose then has a due process period of
30 days to respond to this report by either replying to ABET about certain findings or
correcting issues brought up by the board.
The school then has time that summer to make any changes to its programs prescribed by ABET. At the end of the summer, the board releases its approval of accreditation to Rose. However, the presentation made it clear that even if the on-campus
evaluation goes poorly, Rose will not lose its accreditation. If Rose does not meet the
criteria of ABET accreditation, it is
simply given more time to implement changes and improve its programs as outlined by the board and
will have its accreditation renewed
at a later date.
Findings of the report and inforabet.org
mation specific to the institution
are confidential between Rose and ABET.
Interim President Robert Coons asked students via e-mail earlier this week to treat
the school’s guests with respect and to help them wherever possible.
“I would like to encourage every member of the campus community to help the
evaluators by answering their questions directly and providing them with information they may request,” he said. “Any help you can provide in making our visitors feel
welcome and assisting them in completing their work will be greatly appreciated.
Dr. Weiner echoed Dr. Coons’ words by reminding faculty and students at the presMembers of the Rose community gathered for Wednesday’s Harvest Festival, entation to present themselves to evaluators as well as possible and adhere to all lab
sharing a feast composed of comestibles from many cultures.. protocols during the campus visits, such as refraining from eating or drinking in the
Alla Letfullina • guest photographer labs.
News Briefs
Kurtis Zimmerman • news editor
Sandy’s death toll climbs to 81
As of late Thursday afternoon, Superstorm Sandy had
claimed at least 81 people in the United States and two in
Canada, raising the death toll of the storm cell to 150. On
its route in the Caribbean, Sandy claimed 67 lives. Public
workers have been hard at work attempting to restore the
affected regions to a state as close to normalcy as possible. However, according to New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg, just over 500,000 customers are still without
power city-wide, and the public transit lines are still in
shambles. Fourteen of 23 subway lines are running and
4,000 buses were packing commuters across the city, with
floodwater rendering many pathways unusable. President
Barack Obama declared a state of emergency across the
Eastern seaboard on Monday, and in an uncommon move,
both the U.N. headquarters and New York Stock Exchange
were closed Monday and Tuesday due to the storm.
Lucasfilm sold to Disney for $4 billion
The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm – individually owned by 68-year-old founder George Lucas – for
a value of $4.05 billion. About half of that valuation will
come in cash, with Lucas also receiving 40 million Disney
shares from the deal. Lucas, who plans to retire, will serve
as a creative consultant and will retain ownership of the
Skywalker Ranch. In addition to three new film episodes
released in the next decade, Disney CEO Robert Iger said
Star Wars has great potential for television, saying that a
network like Disney XD could be a potential home for the
small-screen version.
Argentina lowers voting age to 16
After a majority of senators passed the measure last
week, Argentinian lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a
law lowering the nation’s legal voting age to 16. The previous voting age was 18, and supporters of the law say it will
increase the opportunities available to young people in
politics. Staunch opponents say that teenagers should be
focused on problems like education, drug consumption,
and teen pregnancy. Regardless, the new law will take effect in next year’s mid-term elections, when about 1.5 million teenage Argentinians will be added to voting rolls.
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“Pirate Booty” has plenty of new content, but nothing that wows
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Derek Robinson • staff writer
Gearbox is no stranger to
game add-ons; the original
“Borderlands” has four, with
varying emphasis on new loot,
stories, and character progression. The first expansion for
“Borderlands 2” was released on
the 16th, and “Captain Scarlett
and Her Pirate’s Booty” was as
self-explanatory a title as could
be mustered. As with the other
expansion packs, upon installation, a new fast-travel location appears. Should the player
choose to travel to Oasis, a young
orphan begins a tale of desert pirates, but is quickly interrupted
by Marcus who takes over with
a much more embellished introduction.
Without spoiling any of the
story for you, I can tell you that
this is a pretty stereotypical pirate’s tale. All of the predictable
plot-not-so-twists are there. The
quests are entertaining but not
particularly surprising after the
exposition. There’s a nice xmarks-the-spot style treasure
hunt among the side quests, a
total of five new areas to explore
(all desert), and a lot of piratethemed debauchery. The story
is little more than a novelty, perhaps an excuse to have the play-
er seek a large treasure that
doesn’t involve vaults. All of
this isn’t particularly well (or
poorly) done.
There are a few nice things
about this DLC, however.
Shade is quite the interesting
character, and he may have
more character development
over the eight-ish hours of
this expansion than every
character from Borderlands
combined. Captain Scarlett provides a new flavor of
humor to the dialogue and
pretty much tells you everything that’s going to happen anyway. There’s a new
vehicle that actually maneuvers a little differently but
is only available in the new
locations. Some of the loot is
very nice, including a rocket
launcher that shoots cannonballs and a slew of (slightly)
cursed items for you to dig up.
The final reward includes a new
head customization for whichever character is being used, along
with a bunch of guns to use or
more likely sell. Oh and the final
quest can be completed (and the
rewards gained) as many times
as you might wish.
The one thing about this expansion that I’m not sure how
I feel about is the seraph crystal
shop. In Oasis, there’s a little
shop similar to the black market
in Sanctuary, but he only accepts
seraph crystals for his extremely
rare (pink) guns. These crystals can only be obtained from
the two new raid bosses, which
Gearbox seems to have taken
quite the shine to. These nearinvulnerable bosses can only be
killed once per day each, for a
maximum of sixteen crystals per
day real time. For comparison,
the market sells only one piece
of gear for 50 crystals, the others
are all priced at 120. If you’re old
enough to play this game competently, you should be able to
do that math on your own.
All considered, I did enjoy this
expansion pack. It was definitely
worth the money I spent on it, as
it added close to eight hours of
entertainment (per playthrough)
and some very worthwhile items.
Some of the other features don’t
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seem to be worth the effort but
can easily be ignored. It was fun
and worthwhile, just not spectacular.
Review rating: 3/5 elephants
Josh Turner
He’s coming to town
Ethan Hixon • guest writer
Hotdogs sizzling, cars
honking, the noise and wonder of a busy city street.
Okay, this is definitely not
Terre Haute. However, that
does not mean that fun
can’t come to this city. A
taste of country is going to
hit the Indiana State University Hulman Center by
storm. How may you ask?
Josh Turner, a singer and
songwriter well known for
his sonorous bass voice, will
be singing in the Hulman
Center with the equally talented Easton Corbin and the
beautiful Maggie Rose.
Josh Turner is most recognized for some of his best
hits such as “Long Black
Train” and “Would You Go
With Me.” Easton Corbin
and Maggie Rose are well
known for “A Little More
Country Than That” and
“I Ain’t Your Momma,” respectively.
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Tickets started selling a
month ago, and this event is
going to be hot. The date is
set for November 15, 2012,
and will start at 7:30 PM
that night. Singing won’t
be the only activity occurring at this event. Audience members can reserve
a chance to meet and greet
with these stars during the
concert, an opportunity that
is just too good to pass up.
This matchup is a must
see, and the group will not
be returning to Indiana for
the rest of the tour. So, this
is your one chance to catch
all of these singers before
they leave Terre Haute. In
case you miss this incredible night, don’t fret. Country will return to the city of
Terre Haute with the band
Rascal Flatts, though you are
going to have to be patient.
This concert will occur in
February. If you need a little more country and some
excitement to your weekend
plans
in
Terre
Haute, then
the
Josh
Turner concert should
be at the top
of your list
and is sure
to not disappoint.
This matchup
is a must see
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Food
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The potato: a residence hall dietary staple
Casey Langdale • staff writer
If you happen to be a semi
broke college student like half
of the student body at Rose
and frequently miss dinner
or are just looking for a cheap
meal on the weekends, pota-
toes can serve as a useful way
to make meals go further.
The reason for this is that
there are simply so many different ways to cook them or
mix them into food, and they
last for several weeks. These
recipes range from potatoes
This seemingly bland food is full of possibilities as a meal.
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cooked in butter, baked potatoes to hash browns.
The easiest way to stretch
a meal with potatoes is to
simply mix them in to, say, a
bowl of ramen, chili, or macaroni after they are cooked.
In this case it is simplest to
grade the potatoes with one
of the larger set of holes on
a cheese grater. Then, pile
them less than an inch thick
on a microwaveable plate
and heat them in a microwave for three to five minutes.
Another option is to eat
the potatoes by themselves
by grating them once again,
only instead of microwaving them, place them in a
pan with one tablespoon of
butter. If there is a desire
for a more nutritious meal,
onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and mushrooms
can very easily be added to
the potatoes. The potatoes
will need to cook for twenty
minutes; during this time it
is a good idea to add salt,
pepper, or any other seasonings that match your taste.
The trick to tell when they
are done is to sample them,
when a piece of potato is soft
in the middle, it is done.
The last recipe I tend to
use out of convenience is a
plain old baked potato. Just
microwave it for 7 minutes
(if it is a larger one). The
traditional route is to cut it
open and put sour cream or
butter in the middle; I prefer to cut it open and mix in
shredded cheese and bacon
bits. If you take my advice,
at this point it is essentially
a loaded potato skin.
Knowing how to cook a
potato opens quite a few
doors for eating options
on the weekends. The best
Gallbladder friends and foes
Katrina Brandenburg • living editor
The gallbladder is a small organ
that assists the liver. Its intended
function is to store bile until some
fatty food enters the stomach.
Then it should release bile into
the first part of the small intestine
to break down the fats. If it stops
working for any reason, it can be
removed to leave only a small incision and a perfectly functional
liver, doing its job without any
storage.
Unfortunately, the only reason
for discovering that it has stopped
working is pain. Spasms and painful contractions of the gallbladder
can occur for a few reasons, but
for any reason they are painful. If
someone discovers that his or her
gallbladder is not working, then it
suddenly becomes a battle to find
foods that will digest painlessly
and more importantly not agitate
the condition to the point of debilitating pains, vomiting blood, and
consequentially urgent surgery.
Fortunately, the dividing line
between painless foods and painful foods is actually fairly simple.
It varies some from individual
part is that it can cost close
to $3 for a 10 lbs. bag from
Wal-Mart. It is generally
a good idea to experiment
with each recipe, especially
for potatoes since they are
hard to get terribly wrong,
or they can be cooked amazingly well, in which case
your friends may or may
not ask for your recipe. If
you need cooking supplies
such as a spatula, pan, or
maybe a cheese grater, all of
the residence halls on campus have equipment in the
kitchen (with varying sets of
quality).
The best part about cooking for yourself in any situation is that if you find a
friend who wants to learn
how to cook as well, you can
try it together. This almost
always leads to good conversations, both while cooking and over dinner.
Coming after
quarter break:
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to individual, but the real line is
drawn between fatty, greasy foods
and low fat or fat free foods with
little grease. The types of fats in
the food also have some effect,
and that is where eating gets a little more complicated.
Through personal experience
and a little research, I have found
that to mean the information dis-
played in the table.
Disclaimer: Some of the foods
that I have found to be painless
are typically found to be painful
for people with gallbladder conditions—turkey, chicken, and soda
of all types specifically. In addition, most forms of alcohol beverage are found to upset the gall
bladder by many individuals.
and questions to
thorn-living@
rose-hulman.edu
today!
Kitchen basics: how to make the right start
Jesse Sestito • staff writer
So, are you tired of the ARA yet? Well, there
are plenty of other options around Terre Haute:
Real Hacienda, Papa Johns, and several other
restaurants, just to name a few. However, there
is a cheaper and healthier solution. It’s called
cooking! Of course, it’s easier said than done.
Here are just a few tips for how to get started
cooking on your own.
The first step (and the hardest) is figuring out
what you want to cook. Now, generally, you are
craving some genre of food; be it Mexican, sausage, or pasta. Whatever it may be, there is always Google. Though, if you want some really
good results, check out FoodNetwork.com. You
can look for a specific recipe or just browse. 30
Minute Meals is also a good resource under Food
Network. Another option to find recipes is from
your family or relatives. Usually you have enjoyed something made by a family member. And
a final great option is a cookbook! They aren’t
that expensive, and there are usually cookbooks
out there specifically for college students.
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be sure to wash and return them. If you are missing some sort of pot/pan or utensil, then see if
someone on the floor has it, or find a substitute.
Need a bigger bowl? Make half a batch.
Need a knife? The back end of a fork
works well. What about a beater? Use
a fork and a lot of energy.
All right. So some people don’t like
cooking in the kitchens in the res hall.
That’s fine. Find an upper classmen
friend and offer some food to them if
you can borrow their kitchen. They
won’t mind; you get some company,
and they get some food. Perfect exchange.
Now, the last three things to remember when cooking: you can always do homework
while things cook, do not forget to clean up (unless you want flies or ants around, plus people
will get upset with you), and always offer food to
people who helped you out.
Whatever it may be,
there is always Google.
Now that you have your recipe, you need a place
to cook and supplies to cook with. If you live on
campus, every single residence hall has a kitchen,
and they are usually stocked with pots, pans, and
utensils from people in your hall. Use them, but
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The other side of the desk
Sudipa Kirtley • faculty writer
It is the fifth day before
the full festivities of Durga
Puja begins in Bengal. My
childhood memories of this
day remain vivid: I was always awakened at a very
early hour in the morning.
The outside sky would still
be dark; ours as well as our
neighbors’ radios would fill
the cool, still morning air
with melodic and lilting shlokas (verses), depicting the
long story of good finally
reigning over evil. Durga
Puja is an annual celebration
of the return of the goddess
Durga to the earth with her
four children, bringing happiness and joy to all, and the
verses we all listened to on
those early mornings used to
describe just that.
Bengal and a few other
states celebrate Durga Puja
with a great amount of fanfare and merriment. All the
schools get a long break,
and even the businesses stay
closed at least for a few days
during this five day event.
Someone who has never experienced this affair first
hand will never be able to
comprehend the full glory of
this event through pictures
and videos. It is truly something to write home about.
As school kids this was our
epitome of happiness. Not
only were the schools closed,
but there was very little
homework. A large selection
of special edition magazines
for all ages get published at
this time, and, as children,
it was true bliss to immerse
ourselves in these magazines whenever we wanted,
with no one looking over our
shoulders to see if we got our
school work done. Exchanging gifts is a prominent part
of this tradition; as children,
we used to love all the new
clothes and the new shoes.
The fashion conscious crowd
always kept a keen eye on all
the new designs, since each
year’s Durga Puja brings in
new trends in attires.
One of the most important
parts of this festival is the setting up of the stages for Durga and her children. There
is also the Asura, the evil
monster, who ultimately gets
vanquished at Durga’s feet.
Durga is a benevolent and
loving goddess, yet she is very
strong and unrelenting in the
face of evil. Sculptors work on
making the images for several
months before the ceremony,
and huge stages, or pandals,
with ornate chandeliers and
elaborate silk and sateen
drapes, are created just for
this occasion. The displays
of lights are often very intricate, and sometimes a whole
street block is blocked off
from the traffic for the grand
display. Every locality boasts
about its own creative way
of setting up this spectacle,
and they compete with each
other with their artistic and
creative talents. It quickly becomes the talk of the city as
to which neighborhood did
the most imaginative presentation. Crowds of people
visit these setups all through
the day and all through the
night, and the police are deployed to keep the queues
organized. Stalls of food and
games often surround a pandal. People from all financial
and religious backgrounds
and of all ages come from far
and near. Everyone tries to
capture some joyful moments
during this festivity, and the
whole atmosphere becomes
one of forgiveness and happi-
ness. After the five days, the
pandals are taken apart, and
the figures are ceremonially
immersed in the river Ganges, representing the family’s
return to heaven.
This is also the time for
new music. The pandals play
newly recorded musical pieces incessantly from mornings to evenings. I remember
waking up and going to sleep
to these Puja melodies. As a
child these songs brought me
happy and comforting sentiments. I cannot describe in
words the effect they had on
my mind. It was a time when
all wrongs were forgiven, all
illnesses mended, and all
anxieties forgotten. It was not
so much the religious part,
but the bit about human togetherness of this event, that
I remember so fondly. Even
after all these years, when I
listen to that pre-puja recording of the shlokas, my mind
wanders off to an early October morning in my bedroom
in Calcutta.
Student views on SharePoint
How to manage
your SharePoints
effectively
Alex Mullans • editor-in-chief
Most people here don’t remember, but there’s a time
when we didn’t have SharePoint on this campus. That’s
awesome, right? Nope, because back then you still got all
the email that you now get via SharePoint (except for what
now comes in the ‘Personals’ category), but back then, you
couldn’t even turn them off.
With SharePoint, you can turn off all the messages you
don’t want. Here’s how:
1.
Go to https://local.rose-hulman.edu.
2.
Click Announcements.
3.
Click My Alerts.
4. If you haven’t been here before, you should have a
Frequency: Immediate alert for each type of SharePoint.
Click one of them (say, Personal).
5. Near the bottom, under When to Send Alerts, you
have options for Daily and Weekly summaries; with these
options, you’ll get one email at the selected interval that
rolls up all the SharePoints sent that day/week.
6. You can also click Delete and not get any of that
type of SharePoint.
So, please don’t complain about SharePoint; it really was
implemented to make your announcements easier to manage. If you don’t find people’s announcements useful, you
can turn off alerts and never see them again; it’s that easy.
SharePoint sharing too much?
Rosetta Reatherford • guest writer
SharePoint is a tool utilized
by many students on campus. However, dissent against
the service has hit an all-time
high. From pestering emails
to outright fights, students
are asking why the email service has not been removed already. “Besides a good laugh
every now and then, I think
[SharePoint]’s spam,” student Chris Schtein remarked.
With SharePoints ranging
from missing doors to farm
fresh eggs, it’s hard to know
what the next Sharepoint will
bring. Most of it is not considered relevant to students and
ignored. “I thought they were
really annoying, so I shut it
off,” freshman Tom Kadela
scoffed. While other students
are quick to point to services
RHIT already provides that
do not annoy students, many
do not see the point. “I think
SharePoint is useless. We
have better suited programs,
such as APO’s Lost and Found
and RHA Ride Board,” Steven
Stoops recommended.
Others find the service to be a
Why join the Rose Thorn?
useful tool for selling items and
communicating within the campus. They argue that it’s a powerful tool; it is just being used
”
at when Rose-Hulman staff
is going to: get involved, improve SharePoint, or remove it
completely. No matter which
way you look at the
sharing
software,
it’s certain that the
hands-off approach
Rose-Hulman takes
is not helping anyone. In fact, it may
be hindering the
software from being
used to its full potential. Students no longer take
emails received through SharePoint in a serious manner. If the
staff is not going to better manage the use of the email services,
then it is no longer the powerful tool it can be. In its current
state, it is spam, much like those
ads for improving various parts
of bodies or to act now and get
some greatest and latest. Only
in Rose-Hulman form, it becomes ads for books and lofts.
In the end, all spam ends up in
the same place: the trash can.
Unless SharePoint can be managed more effectively and used
like the powerful tool it is, it’s
not a giant leap to think it will
end up in the trash can.
I think SharePoint is
useless. We have better
suited programs
improperly.
Richard Thai happily spoke
about the issue of SharePoint,
“Coming back from my co-op
this summer, it’s definitely
used to solve a problem: keeping everyone on the same page.
We used it to put up documents that teams of engineers
needed to access, to make web
pages with resources for new
hires, etc.” On the subject of
spam, he pointed out that
while people may not enjoy it,
it’s better than giving everyone
access to emailing the whole
campus, causing much more
spam than what is received by
SharePoint.
So, the final line is drawn
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Sports
Overtime kind to Fightin’ Engineers
2 Nov 2012
7
Football tops Mount St. Joseph 28 - 21
Kurtis Zimmerman • news editor
to-back weeks in overtime
situations, the Engineers
were too set on winning to
let this one slip away. Following a key touchdown
pass and two-point conversion late in the fourth quarter, freshman Danya Francis
capped a career game with a
touchdown in the overtime
period to take the HCAC
win.
For the third time this
The Engineers struck first,
season, the Engineers took
with a one-yard Francis run
a game to overtime, but for
to score, but a failed twothe first time this year, they
point conversion meant that
emerged victorious from a
a scoring drive by the Lions
long conference game.
put them up 7 – 6 halfway
After falling to Hanover
through the first quarter.
and then Bluffton in backRose struck quickly, ending a quick
drive
with
a n o t h e r
short rushing
touchdown. Francis ran two
yards to the
end
zone,
and a succ e s s f u l
point-after
from freshman
Craig
Larew
put
the
EngiRose-Hulman junior Dean Griffing was named HCAC Defensive Player of the neers back
Week for his 14 tackles and two sacks against Mount St. Joseph. on top at 13
Rose-Hulman Athletics – 7.
The Lions put two scores
on the board in the second
and third quarters to take an
eight-point lead. But halfway
through the fourth quarter,
senior Mitch Snyder connected with junior Connor
Gerhart for a touchdown and
a subsequent two-point conversion to tie up the game.
Mount St. Joseph was able
to fight their way down the
field but missed a potential game-winning field goal
from the 28-yard line to send
the game into overtime.
Francis scored his third
touchdown of the day with
a five-yard run, and Larew
vaulted the ball between the
uprights to put the pressure
on the Lions.
A strong defensive push
forced the game over in just
four downs as the Lions
failed to score or secure a
first down to keep the game
alive.
Francis rushed for 112
yards on the day, and Snyder
threw for 193 yards and one
touchdown with a 19 – 39
performance. On the receiving end, Gerhart snagged
eight receptions for 65 yards
and one score.
Sophomore Grant DePalma led the defense with
15 tackles, and junior Dean
Griffing amassed 14 tackles,
4.5 tackles-for-loss and two
sacks. Senior Jordan Martin
followed closely behind with
12 tackles.
Rose-Hulman improved to
3 – 5 on the season and 3 –
3 in HCAC play, maintaining
the fifth-place spot in conference standings.
The Engineers round out
their 2012 schedule with the
Family Weekend Game on
Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and
the Senior Day Game – the
Battle of the Broadsword –
against Earlham College the
following weekend, also at
1:30 p.m.
Men’s soccer ends Volleyball sweeps Bluffton
Advance to HCAC semifinals
successful season
Matt Dierksmeier • sports editor
After earning a share of the
HCAC regular season championship, the Rose-Hulman men’s
soccer team entered the HCAC
Tournament as the No. 2 seed.
The opening round of the
tournament kicked off Wednesday night with the Engineers
facing the No. 3 seed Anderson
University.
The Ravens of Anderson
University opened up the scoring early with a goal in the 11th
minute of regulation, forcing
Rose-Hulman to play catch up
for the majority of the game. The
goal came from junior midfielder Brad Rusche as he curved the
ball into the right side of the net
from about 25 yards out.
While the Fightin’ Engineers
would outshoot Anderson 19 - 8,
they could not find the back of
the net. Junior William Senat led
with six shots, and junior Drew
Belk tallied four shots. RoseHulman would also generate
four more corner kicks than the
Ravens, holding a 7 - 3 edge. The
Anderson defense though would
hold out to preserve the 1 - 0 victory despite a few formidable
rallies from the Engineers.
With the win, Anderson moves
on the HCAC Championship
game versus the No. 1 seed Transylvania University on Saturday.
Transylvania achieved a 14- 1 - 2
overall record in the regular season and remained unbeaten in
HCAC play.
In announcements released
by the College Sports Information Directors of America on
Thursday, Rose-Hulman juniors Drew Belk and Mike Schiff
earned Capital One Academic
All-District honors.
The Rose-Hulman men’s soccer team finish their season at 12
- 5 -3, marking their eight consecutive winning season. Current head coach Sean Helliwell
has lead the team to a 62 - 29 - 11
record since he began coaching
the team in 2008.
The Fighin’ Engineers fall 1 - 0 to Anderson University in
the opening round of the HCAC Tournament.
Rose-Hulman Athletics
Matt Dierksmeier • sports editor
ed 20 assists in the match;
junior Kira Boswell would
tally 12 of her own.
The Engineers improve to
21 – 8 on the season. This is
the second straight year the
team has eclipsed the 20win mark. The victory also
marks the squad’s tenth
victory in their past eleven
matches.
Earlier in the week, the
team celebrated their annual senior day with matches
against IU-Komomo and Aurora University. Rose-Hulman senior Erika McGuire
was presented with the
NCAA Division III Sportsmanship Award she won
earlier in the season. Senior
Anna Lewer was honored
with a volleyball denoting
her mark of over 1,000 kills
and 1,000 digs in her career.
She is the first Engineer to
accomplish this feat.
Rose-Hulman now advances to the HCAC semifinal round against the No.
2 seed Transylvania University. Transylvania narrowly
defeated the Engineers earlier in the year. They would
finish the regular season
with a 8 - 1 record in HCAC
play.
The match will take place
at the College of Mount St.
Joseph this Saturday at 5
pm. The winners of the semifinal rounds will then meet
in the championship match
on Sunday, beginning at 1
pm. The HCAC Tournament
champion will automatically
receive a bid to the NCAA
Division III tournament.
Securing the No. 3 seed
in the HCAC Tournament,
the first challenge for the
Rose-Hulman
volleyball
team came against the No. 6
seeded Bluffton University
on Tuesday evening.
Taking the opening set
down to the wire, both
squads had the opportunity
to take the early lead. RoseHulman though would finish strong, slightly edging
Bluffton.
The Engineers would continue their attack in the second set, earning themselves
a two set cushion.
Bluffton though would not
go down without a fight as
they battled for each point
in the third set. In another close one,
Rose-Hulman
would come out
on top to complete the sweep
of Bluffton by
a final score
of 26 – 24, 25
– 19, and 26 –
24.
Leading the
team with 11
kills each were
junior
Casey Levitt and
senior
Anna
Lewer.
Lewer also added
three
service
aces and three
blocks. FreshThe Rose-Hulman volleyball team has a chance to become HCAC Tournament
man
Sarah
champions for a second consecutive season.
Jensen recordRose-Hulman Athletics
Flipside
8
W
acky
prof
quotes
“I’m going to sit there
with a shotgun and say
‘do it or else.’”
–Dr. Finn. Finally, a
professor who understands what it truly
takes to motivate students!
“We’ve got rays behaving badly... rays gone
wild!”
–Dr. Leisher. Showing students how to put
coopious amounts of
frustrating work into a
more exciting frame of
mind.
2 Nov 2012
“Dealing with an infinite amount of anything
is hard.”
–Dr. Black. For example: infinite amounts of
homework or projects.
We get it. You don’t have
to rub it in our faces.
We have a winner!
Congratulations to Evan Cornell on winning the
Wacky Prof Quote raffle competition.
“It’s a meat locker in
here and you’re still falling asleep. I like it when
I can see your breath, so I
know you’re still alive.”
–Dr. Morris. Like a
good professor, he goes
to great lengths to ensure his students are not
dead.
Top Ten
Biggest regrets (all scales of existence)
thorn staff • a “fun” group
Evan’s prize is a 25$ Visa gift card (ladies). So if you’re friends with him or
you know who he is, start sucking up!
10. Carly Ray Jepsen. I
will literally never call you,
definitely.
Married to the Sea
Rose professors
say crazy things.
E-mail them to the
Flipside at thornflipside@rosehulman.edu for a
chance to win a 25$
Visa gift card!
9. Flash Gordan. If aliens
ever come to Earth, we must
take every precaution we
can to not allow them to see
it. It’s for our own good.
8. The 80’s. A skidmark
on the underpants of humanity.
5. Eating the rest of
those fries. Every single
time. They just look so
good. #regrets.
4. Anything written by
Nicholas Sparks.
3. “Twilight.” Just as
it would be without the
Holocaust or the Dark
Ages, our world would
be much better without
“Twilight.”
7. Choosing to go to an engineering school. Turns out
it’s not fun. Who knew?
2. The Big Bang. Life
would be a whole lot easier if we never existed in
the first placed...
6. Talking to friends in
a liberal arts school whilst
attending an engineering
school. Turns out it is fun.
Jerks.
1.
Jar Jar Binks.
*sigh* I don’t want to
talk about it. It was dark
time in our world.
The Lost Leg Chronicles
Another totally believable story behind the LEGacy
(get it?)
Man Daginot • scallywag
I opened my eyes and saw the city
sky scape below my as the blades of
the helicopter roared above me. My
leg was bleeding profusely as they
had just amputated it and began
wrapping it. The pain was subsided
magnificently by the hefty amount
of morphine they had given me. I
blacked in and out multiple times as
we cut through the cold, thin air.
The magic vaccine had
worked. I had saved the human
race… no big. You’re welcome. Cities were slowly becoming acclimated better than they were before. People were actually aware of
the fragility of their existence. This
Zombie Nearpocalypse had really
opened some eyes.
Not mine. After that whole thing,
I was done. For real. All I wanted
to do was go to the most average
and mediocre place in existence.
Indiana. Where the cows have the
choice of not moving all day, and so
do you. And, we take advantage of
it. We invented spray cheese… and
peanut butter and jelly in the same
jar. Our sport of choice is Nascar
where the “athlete” drives a total of
500 miles without getting off of his
drum. And, we are proud of it.
I moved back in with my
parents. This sounds lame… but give
me a break, I was only about twelve.
Sixth grade. Puberty finally started
kicking in… for most kids. I already
had a full beard by now. I shaved
it just before returning because I
am a humble and modest person…
I didn’t want the other kids feeling
self-conscious for their lack of manhood. I had to go into the bathroom
after every period to shave my halfhour shadow. I’m a cursed man…
Every day now, I wake up
and am force fed a breakfast of
broccoli and spinach. No Cinnamon
Toast Crunch. No Golden Grahams.
No Captain Crunch. My dear mother insists that these are good for me,
but I am a stereotypical child and
a firm believer that they are detrimental to my health.
“Why would my taste buds bla-
tantly refuse something that is good
for me?!” I let loose one day. “The
taste buds are the first line of defense for bad food!”
“They’ve got nutrients,” my sister
points out.
“Really? The cabin I just built in
the toilet upstairs has nutrients,
too.”
“Here are all the ‘nutritious facts’
about broccoli,” my mother said,
sliding a notebook computer across
the table.
“Yeah… I don’t do facts. I go by gut
feeling. And right now, my gut is telling me to rid myself of these greens
in whatever direction would be quickest.”
Three months later… I should
have listened to my gut. Because you
know where broccoli got me?... On
the hospital bed with one leg and no
regrowth available. At least I could
have been wined and properly dined.
Evidently she didn’t know that broccoli
can cause a carcinogenic reaction. Everyone knows that. Broccomyo Sarcoma
is real.
Broccoli is broken down in the
small intestines and is absorbed into
the blood stream. It doesn’t take long
to reach ground zero. Normally the
absorbed broteins of broccoli would
enhance the contraction of muscles.
However, with my already muscularly
enhanced body, and more specifically,
my left leg… the broteins become significantly less bro. These proteins now
cause the breakdown in muscular tissue in the presence of synthetically enhanced muscular fiber. I was too yoked
for nature. This rapid atrophy of my
left calf desynchronized the regrowth
process with the rest of my leg, so when
the inevitable amputation took place…
there was no growing back.
The normal life is the best life. I
have no one to run from… no one
trying to kill me. I don’t have any
unnecessary adventures. I live like a
hobbit. Every now and then, I have
flashbacks from Chicago, the lumberyard, and even Russia. I wake up
at night with a single bead of sweat
running down my face, and I know
I’m safer and better off now.
This is the Flipside disclaimer. Anything and everything on this page is intended to be a joke. Furthermore, any unattribuated content (yeah that’s right, I said it) is assumed to be created by me, the Flipside Editor. Several articles have the use of pseudonyms. The purpose of using
pseudonyms is purely for comedic effect and not an attempt to conceal identitity. This week, “Man Daginot” is a pseudonym for Dan Maginot. Who knew? May someday even the pseudonyms will have pseudonyms. Doest my deviosity (word?) know no bounds?! Muahahahaha!