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ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY • THEROSETHORN.COM • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2017 • VOLUME 53 • ISSUE 1

THADDEUS HUGHES

OPINIONS EDITOR

RoseGP E wrapped u p anot her im-

pro ved yea r o n a nd off t he rac e trac k, plac ing 14th amo ng 7 3 compet itors at t he Society of Automot ive Engineers ’ Ju ne event in Nebra ska , af t er scor ing 30t h out of 109 int ernat io nal t eams at a Ma y c om-pet it io n in Mic higa n.

The tea m showed up wit h a mo re re-laxed rol l -out s ince having f inished a car that pa ssed tec hnical ins pect ion at Mic h-iga n. The t echnic al ins pect ion proc ess a lways f inds so me gl ossed -over d etai l o f the ca r , and t he tea m st i f fened u p their rear wing mou nt , l i f t ed t he seat backing , and replaced a few fast eners . Whil e things were loo king good, t he vehic l e ’s powertrain start ed to have issu es while in bra kes test ing , which was requ ired to pass before compet ing in dynamic event s . While t he car co uld s top succ essful ly , i t was una bl e to keep the engine o n (proving t hat s to pping was caus ed by t he bra ke syst em alone --not the po wertra in) .

Was it the c lutc h? What ever i t was, the id l er rol l er on the dr ivetra in just bro ke . So , the tea m tr ied to f igure o ut why t he engine kept d ying while a lso f ix-ing t he dr ivetra in . The id l er rol ler was eventual ly replaced wit h a lu minum a nd the engine death wa s f inal l y fo und out to

be d ue to a k ink in t he fuel l ine . With the kink f ix ed, the tea m pass ed brakes test ing a nd moved on to the f irst dy namic events --skidpad and accel erat ion.

The tea m made a l ess -than - ideal accel erat ion run, then a s kid pa d run that just d idn ’ t work qu ite wel l , becaus e the power-train wouldn ’ t lay anything down. Could i t be lo w fuel ? That turned out to be the r ight ans wer. While corner ing , t he l ow fuel s tarved t he engine . Wit h a f i l l -up, t he tea m went bac k to plac e a bett er accel erat ion and skidpad ru n.

The next dy namic event was the a uto-cross cours e , where GPE sa w bot h dr ivers lay down excel l ent t imes plac ing t hem in 12th for the event .

The tea m went out to pract ice fo r the f inal endu ranc e event but then suf fered powertrain woes , unable to lay d own much po wer . The tea m scrut ineered over everyt hing , but could not f ind t he sourc e of the pro blem. N othing was cata stro phi-cal ly wro ng —the po wert rain ju st could not put power to t he wheel s . Una ble to do anyt hing, the t eam took the c ar to the endura nce cours e —ho ping that at lea st , the c ar made i t t hrou gh.

Tho se ho pes were no t i l l -plac ed. De-spite a lac k of power , the t eam mana ged to pl ace 19t h in the enduranc e event , and 6th in t he e f f ic iency po rt io n (measu red by fu el co nsu mpt ion dur ing t he endur-ance event ) .

While the resul ts were not as great as the t eam knew they could be, Ros eGP E was not d iscou raged in t he devel opment of RGP 007 , t he next cont ender for the 201 8 Michigan and Lincoln compet it ions . Wit h ful l -car la p t ime s imulat ions, cha s-s is d esign near ing co mpl et io n, dr ivetra in design f in is hed , actua tors read y to proto-type , the tea m was geared u p to go fa ster than ever a nd ta ke the ir educat ion fa r bey ond what c lass roo ms of fer .

"One amazing th ing a bout Ros eGP E is that we a lso bu i ld non - technical s ki l l s that aren' t d evelo ped in t he c l assroo m, ” said Sa beeh K ha n, senior CP E and elec -tr ical su btea m c apt ain of RoseGP E. “The team has g iven me t he oppo rtunity to d e-velo p relat ions hips with indu stry l eaders in a utomot ive engineering . ”

The t eam meets Tu esdays and Thu rsday s f rom 7 -9 and S atur-days start ing at noo n in t he Bra-nam Inno vat io n Cent er (BIC) . Ful l Disc lo su re: Th e autho r is a member of Ros eGPE.

“While the results weren’t as great as the team

knew they could be, RoseGPE wasn’t discouraged

in the development of RGP007, the next contender

for the 2018 Michigan and Lincoln competitions.”

Page 4: MOTHER games and motherless heroes

Page 5: Check out the latest in Lifestyle!

Page 6: What The Schmitt?

Page 7: Rose football and soccer in high gear

LAUREN WISEMAN

NEWS EDITOR

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ted to open debat e a nd th e sh aring o f ideas . It i s c ruc ial th at peo pl e with dis -sent ing o pinio ns a re a l lo wed to s pea k thei r mi nd .

Pro fesso rs a t P rinc eton, Ha rva rd , and Yal e recog niz e this and recent l y publ ish ed a n o pen l et t er t o s t ud ent s wit h some po werful advic e: thi nk fo r you rsel f .

Th e sta f f o f Th e Ro se Tho rn bel i ev e that Ros e -Hul man s tud ent s wi l l a ls o benefi t fro m h ea ri ng thi s s impl e yet po werful mes sage .

Ma rc Sc hmi tt Edi tor - in -Chi ef We a re sc hola rs and teachers at

Princ eton, Ha rvard, a nd Yal e who ha ve some t hou ght s to s hare a nd advice to of fer s tudents who are head ed of f to col leges arou nd the country . Our ad vic e can be d ist i l led t o three words :

Think for yours el f .

Now, that might sound easy . But you wil l f ind —as you ma y ha ve d iscovered already in h igh sc hool —that th inking for yoursel f ca n be a c hal lenge . It a lways dema nds sel f -disc ipl ine and these day s can require cou rage.

In toda y ’s c l imat e, i t ’s a l l - too -easy to a l low you r v iews and out loo k to be sha ped by d omina nt opin ion o n your campus or in t he bro ader acad emic cul-ture. The danger a ny student —or faculty member —faces today is fa l l ing into the vic e of c onfo rmis m, y ield ing to gro up-think.

At ma ny col leges a nd u niversit ies what John Stuart Mil l ca l led “ the tyra n-ny of publ ic o pin ion ” does mo re tha n merely discoura ge st udents from dis-sent ing f rom preva i l ing v iews on mo ral , pol i t ical , and ot her t ypes of qu est ions . It lead s t hem to su ppose t hat do minant views are so o bviousl y correct t hat o nly a b igot or a cra nk cou ld qu est io n t hem.

Since no one wa nts to be , or be thought o f as , a b igot or a crank, the

easy , lazy wa y to pro ceed is s impl y by fa l l ing into l ine with campus orthodox-ies .

Don ’ t do that . Think for yoursel f . Thinking for yours el f means qu es-

t ioning do minant id eas even when oth-ers insist on their be ing treat ed as un-quest io na ble . It mea ns dec id ing what one bel ieves not by c onforming to fas h-iona bl e o pin ions , but by ta king the troubl e to learn and honest ly cons ider the stro ngest argu ments to be ad va nced on both or a l l s id es of quest ions —includ ing a rgu ments for pos it io ns t hat others rev i le and wa nt to st igmatiz e and aga inst posit ions ot hers s eek to immun-ize fro m cr it ic al scrut iny .

The love of t rut h and the des ire to at tain i t s hould mot ivate you to t hink for you rsel f . The c ent ral point of a col-lege educat ion i s to seek trut h and to learn t he s k i l ls and a cquire t he v irtu es necessary to be a l i f e long trut h -seeker . Open -minded ness , cr i t ical th inking, and debat e are ess ent ia l to discover ing the truth . Moreover , they are our best ant i-

dotes to b igot ry . Merria m -Webst er ’s f ir st de f init ion of

the word “bigot ” is a person “who is ob-st inat ely or intolerant ly devot ed to h is or her own opin ions and prejud ices . ” The onl y peo ple who need fea r open -minded inquiry a nd robu st d ebate are the actual b igots , inc luding t hose o n campuses or in t he broader society who seek to protect t he hegemony of t he ir opinions by c la iming that to quest io n those opin io ns is i tsel f b igotry .

So don ’ t be ty rannized by pu bl ic opinion. Don ’ t get t rapped in a n echo chamber . Whether yo u in t he end re ject or embrace a view, ma ke su re you d e-c ide where yo u sta nd by cr it ical ly as-sess ing t he arguments for the co mpet ing pos it io ns.

Think for yours el f . Good luc k to you in c o l lege!

“In today’s climate, it’s all-too-easy to

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LAUREN WISEMAN

NEWS EDITOR

US and South Korea Revisit Missile Treaty

“In principl e” US President Donald Trump and South Korean P resid ent Moo n Ja e - in are seeking to loo k o ver a treaty bet ween the two nat io ns.

The treaty or ig inal l y l imited t he range a nd weight of Sout h Korea ’s missi l es . Accord ing to analysts , t his ha s t he pot ent ia l to increase South Korea ’s a bi l i ty to res po nd to No rth Ko-rea ’s t hreats .

In t he words of presid ent ia l s po kesma n Park Soo -hyu n, “President Moo n and Presid ent Tru mp reaf f i rmed their view t hat i t is im-porta nt to apply max imum sa nct ions a nd pres-sure on Nort h Korea so that i t refrains f rom ma king pro vocat ions and comes out to the dia-logue tabl e to peacefu l ly reso lve i ts nucl ear is-sue.”

While i t is po ssibl e to bolst er South Korean independ ence , t his move is not of f ic ia l , as Tru mp o nly gave Moo n “conc eptu al appro val , ” according to t he Whit e House . Ho wever, S eoul is pla nning on pu rchasing b i l l ions of dol l ars ’ wort h of US mil i tary equipment .

Black Smoke Pours from Russian Consulate

Sounds l ike the Rus sian consulat e does not have a new po pe , which is just one theory a s to why t h ick s mo ke bega n seeping into the at mos-phere in San F ranc isc o. The mysteriou s s moke began the day after t he co nsulat e was ord ered c losed by t he Tru mp a dminist rat io n. In c los ing the c onsulat e, a lready h igh t ens ions were ex ac-erbated , as San Fra ncisco is home t o a l arge number of Ru ssia n -Americans.

Vet eran F BI spec ial agent Rick S mit h ha d this to sa y: “There is f inal l y t he real izat ion by the ad minist rat io n that Russ ians ha ve been in-volved in int el l igence operat io ns at th is co nsu-late, whic h t hey have been doing for decad es. ” After s pending a s ignif icant a mount o f t ime working at t he bu reau ’s Rus sia n cou nter int e l l i -genc e in Sa n Fra ncisc o, he add ed, “It ’ s a l most 50 years o f histo ry a nd pa rt of a t i t - for- tat , but this is mo re l ike a ha mmer . ”

Almost a s stra nge a s the smoke, the Stat e Depart ment so far ha s not o f fered a stat ement regarding the s moke c oming fro m the emba ssy. CBS News col l ected a statement fro m a wo man exit ing the bui ld ing F riday . The news o rganiza-t ion as ked her ho w s he fe l t about the bu rning , to whic h s he repl ied , “There is no burning . ”

Tech Giant Promises $36 Million for Harvey Relief

Del l , Inc . fou nder and CEO Mic hael Del l is-sued a stat ement d ecl aring he and his wife , Su-san, would begin a fu nd to hel p Texas reco ver af ter Hurr icane H arvey bu ried great reg io ns of the sout hern state in wat er . The $36 mil l ion donat io n wil l bui ld t he fou ndat ion of t he Re-bu ild Tex as Fu nd, and is so far the la rgest s in-gle co ntr ibut io n y et .

“We want everyone t o kno w that we are in this for t he lo ng haul to support famil ies and commu nit ies —our neighbo rs in need , ” said Su-san Del l in a Fr iday s tatement . S he is a lso the founder of t he Micha el & Susa n Del l Founda-t ion .

Their $3 6 mil l ion do nat io n wil l be broken down into two stages , wit h hal f g iven no w and the s econd hal f to ma tch other do nat ions . The Del l Fou ndat ion a nd OneStar Foundat ion wil l cover administrat ive costs , which means Re-bu ild Texas Foundat io n wil l be s olely be devot-ed to sto rm reco very.

“Over t he past week we ha ve s een Texa ns and A mericans co me toget her to as s ist in the rel ief and reco very ef forts a nd I ha ve no d oubt that t his generosity wil l ext end to t h is fu nd, ” said Texa s Go vernor Greg A bbott . “ I t hank Mi-chael and Susa n Del l for the ir co mmitment to the state o f Tex as a nd to a l l t hose af fected by Hurric ane Harvey . ”

Irma Intensifies, Now a Category 3 Hurricane

The U nit ed States N a t ional Hu rr icane Cen-ter (NHC) issued an advis ory ahead o f Hu rri -cane Irma swel l ing to a Category 3 hu rr ica ne. The disaster is en ro ute to the Car ibbea n via the east ern At lant ic .

As of Frida y, t he hurricane was 720 miles west of Ca bo Verde . It wa s report ed by Reut ers that t he susta ined winds were to pping out at 115 miles per hour . F or co mparison, Hu rr icane Harvey ’s winds reac hed 130 mil es per hour .

The hurrica ne was model ed to be mo ving towards P uerto Rico, the Dominica n Repu bl ic , and Ha it i . La ndfal l is poss ible in t he middle of next week.

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Entertainment 4

Thaddeus Hughes

Opinions Editor

‘Fangame’ has a tacky feeling to it. We associate this with bad flash games, shoddy ROM hacks, or low-effort RPG Maker warez. The MOTHER/Earthbound community is known for a few ROM hacks- with various degrees of quality ranging from ‘unheard of for a reason ’ to ‘an excellent translation for English speakers’ to ‘this is how the creator of UNDERTALE got a following ’.

Anyone in the community is well aware of the MOTHER 4 pro-ject, which is creating a completely new title in the fashion of the previ-ous episodes, with a completely fresh cast and plot but the same quirkiness (and Mr. Saturns). As the crew received some complaint from Nintendo, the project is un-dergoing a facelift so it bears no relation to the previous works. However, since the game is said to be ‘coming in Winter 2014’ your craving for more quirky-yet-classic RPG will have to wait.

Or, it doesn’t have to. There’s a little-known project called ‘MOTHER: Cognitive Dissonance’, sometimes referred to as CogDis. Why is it little-known? That’s a dang good question, seeing as it ’s finished and is likely more than MOTHER 4 could have dreamed of being.

CogDis, created by otherhand aka hand-ish2000, is fanon that bridges the plot gap between the classic MOTHER 2/Earthbound and the grindy, less-respected MOTHER. If you haven’t played at least MOTHER 2 and heard the plot of MOTHER, the game won ’t make nearly as much sense. You don ’t have to grind through the boring nuisance of MOTH-ER in order to make sense of Cognitive Disso-nance, though.

CogDis also does something that the rest of the MOTHER series (save MOTHER 3 to some extent) has never really done- explore the ‘baddies’ and the weird aliens. In fact, that’s (almost) all this game is! Your direct interaction with the human race is very minor- taking the backseat to an inter-planetary ad-

venture. Strap in and enjoy this rollercoaster of unlikely heroes and alien cultures. What ’s the deal with Starmen? Why are Mr. Saturns… Mr. Saturns? What is Giyig? What was Buzz Buzz? But, be prepared to leave with as many questions: who is the greyface? Is that Fobby the true destroyer of worlds? Did I complete all the sidequests?

Thematically, the game is much more MOTHER 2- you ’re time-hopping, space-hopping, dimension-hopping, there’s aliens, everything’s crazy. But the story is more MOTHER 3- the connection to characters is much stronger.

The game starts by setting you up for some low expectations. You start in control of a Mook and advance the plot by walking slow-ly and only in 4 directions. The inability to walk diagonally- something even MOTHER had- seems like a bad omen, but that ’s sur-prisingly the only real complaint I have with the gameplay mechanics, and it ’s something you get used to. The game pokes fun at this when you get a spaceship upgrade called ‘diagonal thrusters’. Not being able to run is alright, since for the most part, the maps are laid out more densely and interestingly. In

gameplay, though, Cog-Dis actually tries more interesting things than any MOTHER game be-fore it. Starmen have the ability to ‘warp’, trampolines allow inter-esting movement, and (by chapter 7) you can pilot a spaceship around a solar system filled with easter eggs and sidequests. In addition, the battle system is completely new and unique. While MOTHER 2/3 love the rolling HP meter and MOTHER 3 implements combo hits to make RPG battle more interesting and time-sensitive, Cog-Dis takes time-sensitivity to a whole new level: there are no ‘turns’. You have a turn-

meter that fills up individually for each party member, and then they can make their move. The rate at which it fills is based on status ail-ments and your speed stat- meaning you can’t rely on any particular order of moves, or even that you ’ll get to heal your party before the enemy attacks again.

If you loved the music of the MOTHER series, you will not be disappointed by CogDis- with a whole suite of music playing homage to the original themes we love, as well as new tunes which while new, are unique to CogDis yet still thematically fit the MOTHER series.

I mentioned sidequests earlier. If you love sidequests and multiple endings, you ’ll enjoy getting all 5 endings from CogDis- a bad end-ing, a good ending, a joke ending, the ‘severance’ ending, and the ‘paradox’ ending. You will not be disappointed by the fill of easter eggs- even Russel’s Teapot.

If you didn’t feel closure from MOTHER 3, just want more, or need a good explanation for the events from MOTHER 1-2, get this fangame now- for free on Windows.

A Review of Mother: Cognitive Dissonance

Curtis Humm

Entertainment Editor

On this page, we cover a lot of superhero flicks. Between the Marvel Cinematic Uni-verse, the (quick google search) DC Extended Universe (so that ’s what they’re calling it…) and whatever label you apply to sorta-kinda superhero movies like Ghost Busters, we have sampled quite the smorgasbord of superhero stories. After a while, you tend to get jaded. There are only so many glowy apocalypse light show finales one can sit through before the genre as a whole begins to lose its luster. In-deed, we have been distracted by many a su-perhero film in recent years (sometimes even pleasantly so), but it has been a long time since we covered a super-hero movie that was genuinely entertaining from the opening logos to the closing credits. And yet, Chris McKay ’s

2017 Animated Feature manages to do just that.

Which just goes to show, Batman can save anything aside from Jason Todd.

The Lego Batman Movie, at the surface level, has a rather simplistic concept: as amazing as being Batman is, the parts in be-tween saving the city are kinda pointless. Add in a city moving beyond vigilantism, a villain feeling neglected by his arch-nemesis, and a comically wide eyed orphan and you have

yourself a textbook recipe for a feel good “Family is im-portant,” film. However, the movie then takes this rather cookie-cutter concept and makes it its own, adding in the kind of self-aware sarcastic flair that the original Lego Movie pioneered. The Lego Batman Movie pro-vides a level of sustained, but unforced, comedy that is hard to find these days. Instead of trying to construct a climactic battle with some scenes to spur emotional investment, the film creates endearing characters and lets the scenes, pugnacious or otherwise, de-rive from them. Batman (Will Arnett) is enthralling in his ego, every bit the caped cru-sader we have come to expect,

but a true joy to watch even off the streets of Gotham. It is no exaggeration to say that he can make the act of microwaving dinner a tru-ly iconic scene.

This is not to say that Batman was the on-ly performance worth caring about, far from it. Robin (Michael Cera), Barbara Gordon (Rosario Dawson), Alfred (Ralph Fiennes), and The Joker (Zach Galifianakis) all have their moments to shine. Whether it is the way Robin manages to make you want to give him a puppy and punt him into a ravine at the same time, or the Joker’s beautifully executed relationship drama with Batman (it makes sense in context) there are no scenes which exist merely to ‘advance the plot.’

Where The Lego Batman Movie truly shines however, is in its dialogue with the au-dience. While it does not go to the full fourth wall breaking lengths that Deadpool has been acclaimed for, Lego Batman manages to make the audience feel included throughout. The litany of allusions and shout outs aside, the film masterfully plays with the audience ’s ex-pectations to deliver a story that both fondly remembers the clichés and tropes of the gen-re, and seeks to poke fun at some of the more… egregious moments.

All in all, The Lego Batman Movie is one of those rare finds not made by Disney during the 90’s which you can enjoy as either a ten year old or a twenty year old.

The Lego Batman Movie

It’s a MOTHER game, through and through.

Photo courtesy of www.earthboundcentral.com

“The Lego Batman Movie provides a

level of sustained, but unforced, come-

dy that is hard to find these days.”

Building Quality Comedy, Brick by Brick

Fantastic Fan Fabrication

Ah yes, Batman’s greatest foe. Microwaves...

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Lifestyle 5

John Chilton

Staff Writer

This past year has seen a large shift from the norm in hip -hop culture. Songs created for release now focus more on thought and feel ings rather than lyrics and strong narratives . Rappers l ike Kendrick Lamar and Jay Z have even fol lowed this trend with their releases of DAMN. and 4:44. XXXTENTACION piques heavy inter-est among hip hop l isteners today after the release of his latest album, 17 , which uses the same concept to give us a better per-spective of the mental turmoil he has faced.

Facing cr iminal charges while deal ing with the newfound fame and the loss of his signif icant other together as young as he is seems to really have taken a tol l on him. The album is really good, however it is pretty messed up. But X accomplishes his goals of putting the l istener into that wavelength to gain a better understanding of the emotional processes he is going through.

With albums l ike Luv is Rage 2 and 17 sett ing the tone for fal l 2017 hip hop, it begs the question: is rap moving away from the album concept and more towards musical releases as art and perspective pieces?

It started with Kendrick when he re-leased untit led unmastered and then Gam-bino when he dropped the Redbone album, an album with an art ist ic vibe. Drake re-leased his More Life playlist , which gave artists a huge opportunity to drop some crazy projects . As “The Culture” coming from art ists l ike Future, Migos, and 21 Savage keeps f lowing from Atlanta, I think these trends wil l continue to be a thing for the next couple years before the next wave.

Mass Media and streaming services have transit ioned todays music away from traditional track releases and have begun to blend with skits to convey emotion and perspective through thought and feeling evoking tones rather than in lyrics. Sparking emotion through sound as an atmos-phere rather than through lyr ics.

However, today ’s rap game has a new hero, a r ising star in Dieuson Octave, better known as Kodak Black. With the release of Project Baby Two Kodak brought back the tradit ional album concept which, while it lacked concise and signifi-cant meaning, it was ful l of fun beats and lyr ics del ivered in tradi-t ional album style. I am excited to see what this young prodigy wil l continue to produce as t ime contin-

ues. Another Florida rapper, Kodak just lays

it al l out on the beat. He ’s incredibly blunt in his opinions and lyrics, and mixing them with fun beats and a cr iminal back-ground, you have a fun album to l isten to during a workout , party, or stuff l ike that.

I ’m pretty happy with the way rap has been going this year. I ’m on the lookout for more dope shit to be peeped and I ’m ready to see what the future holds, as well as what Future holds up in his studio.

Seun Ladipo

Lifestyle Editor

Slow Cooker Pulled-Pork Sandwiches

The ultimate slow cooker pulled-pork sandwich.

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Directions

1. In a 5- to 6-qt slow cooker, whisk together the ketchup, sugar, chili, 1/4 cup vinegar and 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper.

2. Add the pork and toss to coat. Cook, covered, until the pork is tender and shreds easily, 7 to 8 hours on low or 4 to 5 hours on high.

3. Forty-five minutes before serving, in a large bowl, whisk togeth-er the sour cream, remaining 2 Tbsp vinegar, 1 Tbsp water and 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper. Core and thinly slice the cabbage, add it to the sour cream mixture and toss to coat. Let sit, toss-ing occasionally. Fold in the cilantro before serving.

4. Using two forks, shred the pork into large pieces; gently toss in the cooking liquid. Fill the rolls with the pork and slaw. Serve with chips and pickles, if desired.

• ½ c. ketchup

• ¼ c. packed brown sugar

• 1 tbsp. chili powder

• ¼ c. cider vinegar

• Kosher salt and pepper

• 1 pork butt or shoulder

• ½ c. low-fat sour cream

• ½ small green cabbage (about 1 lb)

• ½ c. fresh cilantro

• 4 rolls

• Potato chips and pickles

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RHIT SPORTS BOX SCORES

MEN’S SOCCER 1 2 2OT FINAL OT

ROSE-HULMAN 0 0 1 1 0

NORTH CENTRAL 0 0 0 0 0

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 1 2 FINAL

OLIVET 2 0 2

ROSE-HULMAN 0 0 0

RHIT Men’s Soccer Blake Powell

Sports Editor

The men’s soccer team won the game against North Cen-

tral on Saturday in double overtime. It only took the team over 200 minutes to score the first and last goal of the game but they did what they needed to do to win; score more goals than the opposing team. The victory against North Central will go down as the first win for the 2017 season. Rose Hul-man will go back to action again on Tuesday.

Standout Performers Will McGowen-Had the game winning goal in double

overtime

Carter Wright-Had 6 saves in his first win of the season

Evan Cusmano-Assisted Will McGowen in the game winning goal

Standout Performers Jessica Wells-Led RHIT with four offensive shots

Maddy Twetten-Took five offensive shots

Maggie Sheerin-Fired two shots on goal in the second half

RHIT Volleyball

RHIT Women’s Soccer Blake Powell

Sports Editor

Our Women’s team is just beginning their season as

they are only 0-2 and still have a lot of time to improve and prove themselves. Olivet improved to 2-0 with the win as they upset Franklin College on Friday night. The Fightin’ Engineers will return to the field on Tuesday against Greenville in their home opener. Kickoff from the Intramural Field will be at 6 pm on September 5th.

Blake Powell

Sports Editor

The Rose-Hulman football team gave the fans a thrilling game to start off the sea-son. This game literally came down to the last play as Rose-Hulman pulled off a one point win over the Blue Boys.

The game was tied 26-26 with 59 sec-onds left in the game when Raymond Burtnick caught a 63-yard touchdown pass from the freshman Andrew Dion to give the Fightin’ Engineers a 32-26 lead. Matt Mur-ray finished the drive by booting in the ex-tra point to give Rose-Hulman a 33-26 lead.

Illinois College marched down the field and ended up on the 30-yard line with five seconds remaining in the game. Drew Chance connected with Kyle Obertino for a 16-yard pass before Kyle laterally pitched the ball to Logan Uyetake who ran the ball in to make the score 33-32.

The Blue Boys had two options at this point in the game: to kick the extra point and send the game into overtime or to go for two to win the game. They decided to go for it all and to try to win the game.

Chance threw a pass to the corner of the endzone which was broken up by Alec Thompson to secure the win for the Fightin’

Engineers. This victory was a sweet taste of re-

venge as the Engineers lost to the Blue Boys last season by one point.

The Rose-Hulman football team will have their home opener this Saturday even-ing against Millikin at 7pm.

Photo by Rose-Hulman Athletics

RHIT Player of the Week

Carter Wright is this weeks

RHIT Player of the Week for his

outstanding performance against

North Central on Saturday. The

season has just begun but in his

105 minutes of playing time he

hasn’t allowed a single goal and

has gobbled up six total saves.

Carter has achieved a lot in his

career at Rose-Hulman and it’s

exciting to see what he’ll accom-

plish in his final season of being a

Fightin’ Engineer. Best of luck to

Carter and the rest of the seniors

on their last go around.

ROSE-HULMAN ILLINOIS COL.

192 Passing Yards 353

184 Rushing Yards 40

4 Turnovers 0

26:06 Time of Poss. 33:54

Photo by Rose-Hulman Athletics

RHIT football score.

Blake Powell

Sports Editor

Rose Hulman improved to 3-1 on the season with wins over Webster and Domin-ican on Saturday at the Washington Uni-versity Invitational.

The Fightin’ Engineers beat Webster 25-19, 25-10, 25-17 in a balanced team win. Adekite Oladipupo led the Fightin’ Engi-neers with twelve kills and eighteen digs. Mackenzie Gossard added nine kills with Marissa Gollnick adding eight kills.

Rose-Hulman played a tight match against Dominican: 27-25, 26-24, and 25-16. Oladipupo led the offensive effort with sixteen kills. Gossard had eight kills nd Grace Beach recorded six. Orbeta Rogozinski led the passing effort with eighteen and sixteen assists.

Defensively, Razma had a team-high twenty-two digs and Oladipupo contributed eleven. Styczynski led the front row defense with two block assists,

Oladipupo was named to the all-tournament team of the Washington Uni-versity Beat Invitational for her outstand-ing performances.

Rose-Hulman will make its home debut next weekend with their annual Invitation-al tournament. The Engineers will host Monmouth and William Woods on Friday, then North Central and Illinois College on Saturday.

ROSE-HULMAN DOMINICAN

.194 Hitting % .194

3.0 Blocks 6.0

63 Digs 62

8 Aces 3

ROSE-HULMAN WEBSTER

.270 Hitting % .073

5.0 Blocks 5.0

59 Digs 51

9 Aces 3

Photo by Rose-Hulman Athletics

About to serve a mean volley.

RHIT SPORTS SCHEDULES Football Volleyball Soccer

September 9th-Millikin-7PM

September 16th-Hanover-2PM

*WVFCA Yellow Shoelace Game

September 23rd-Defiance-1:30PM

*Samaritan’s Feet Game

September 30th-@Anderson-1:30PM

October 7th-Mt St Joseph-2PM

*Homecoming Game

October 14th-@Manchester-1;30PM

October 21st=Franklin-1:30PM

*Senior Day

October 28th-@Bluffton-1:30PM

November 11th-@Earlham-1:30PM

September 8th– Monmouth-6PM

September 8th– Williams Woods-8PM

September 9th–North Central-11AM

September 9th– Illinois College-1PM

September 12th-St. Mary-Woods-7PM

September 15th-@Wheaton-6PM

September 15th-@DePauw-8PM

September 16th-@Muskingum-1PM

September 16th-@Mt Union-3PM

September 19th-Greenville-7PM

September 22nd-@Wesleyan-3PM

September 22nd-@Chicago-5:30Pm

September 23rd-@Millikin-10:30AM

September 23rd-Cornell College-1PM

September 27th-Manchester-7PM

September 30th-@Transy-2PM

Men Women September

5th-Greenville-8PM

9th-Carrol(Wis.)-1PM

13th-@Wabash-5PM

16th-Millikin-3:30PM

20th-@DePauw-7PM

23rd-@OhioNorthern-7PM

26th-@Principia-7PM

30th-@Transy-3:30PM

October

4th-Earlham-7PM

7th-Machester-3:30PM

11th-Anderson-7PM

14th-Defiance-3:30PM

18th-@Mt St Joseph-7PM

21st-@Bluffton-3:30PM

25th-@Franklin-7:30PM

September

5th-Greenville-6PM

7th-@Washington-7:30PM

12th-@Principia-7PM

14th-DePauw-7PM

16th-Millikin-1PM

20th-@Webster-6:30PM

24th-Westminster-1PM

30th-@Transy-1PM

October

3rd-@Earlham-3:30PM

7th-Manchester-1PM

11th-@Anderson-7PM

14th-Defiance-1PM

18th—Mt St Joseph-7PM

21st-@Bluffton-1PM

25th-Franklin-7:30PM

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Fact of the Week

Scum Lawn is now open. While the wet aspect of the area is now regrettably lost to all, perhaps we

shall catch a glimpse of it’s former glory in times of heavy downpour. For now, Scum Pond shall remain forever alive in our memories and on Google Maps.

National 7 Day Forecast

National

Wildlife

Day

National

Newspaper Carrier

Day- W ho even gets

a physical paper that

needs to be delivered

nowadays?

National

Macadamia Nut

Day

Labor Day- Pack

away any white you

may own, it’s now

taboo.

National

Cheese

Pizza Day

National Another

Look Unlimited

Day- This is hon-

estly just a train

wreck of a name.

What does it mean?

What do you do on

this day? The name

sure doesn’t give any

clues.

National

Coffee

Ice Cream Day

National Read A

Book Day- W h ile it

may be hard to real-

ize on this campus,

there are books out

there that are fun to

read. Try one out.

National

Beer

Lover’s Day

National Neither

Snow Nor Rain

Day

National Grandma

Moses Day

National Salami

Day

National

Ampersand

Day- Am persands

are cool & awesome

& useful & you should

totally put them into

your papers for a

guaranteed pass.

Stand Up To

Cancer Day

National

Teddy

Bear Day

Care Bears Share

Your Care Day-

“Belly-Bros” are the

new “Bronies” except

they like to stick it in

the stuffing.

National Hug Your

Boss Day

National

Swap

Ideas Day

National TV Din-

ner Day- Say good-

bye to your folks at

the dinner table. Real

Americans eat in

front of the television.

National Pet Me-

morial Day

National Grand-

parent’s Day

04 05 06 07 08 09 10

1. A New Union

2. An Even Farther from the Lake Lakeside

3. Underground Bunker for North Korean

Missiles

4. Race Track with Stop Signs at Each Corner

5. A Really Big Shed

6. Colosseum for Freshman Pit Fights

7. A Bigger Perimeter Road

8. World’s Largest Circle K

9. Bass Pro Shop

10.Trump Golf Property

11.Bowling Alley #5

12.Slightly Closer Walmart

13.Massive Library with no Meeting Space

14.Ron Jon Surf Shop for Web Surfing

15.Math Department Offices

16.Continuous Construction Site for Civils

17.A Literal Money Pit

18.An Everlasting Bonfire

19.Giant Self-made Man Statue with a Plaque

Telling Us to Collaborate

20.Scum Pond 2.0

21.A Field of (Broken) Dreams

22.Campus Distillery and Brewery

Top 10 Uses for the New Land Acquisition

Decent Joe of the Week Is this man’s name Joe? I don’t actually know.

However, he is page friendly as he appears both right-

side up and upside down.

Photo Courtesy of Richard Wiseman

Decent Joe of the Week Is this man’s name Joe? I don’t actually know.

However, he is page friendly as he appears both right-

side up and upside down.

Photo Courtesy of Richard Wiseman