Issue 1, Summer 2019

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Technician bulldogs.kettering.edu/technician

August 4, 2019

Volume 137

Mother Nature Strikes Again

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Preston Buszka Editor-in-Chief Well, she did it again. To those who don’t know, the last grievance on record was this last winter, when the campus of Kettering University (along with most of Michigan) froze over, for several days that is. But let us not dwell in the past, at least not that far. Let’s look more this term, say Week 1 Saturday. The Centennial Fest was an event put on by Kettering University to bring the Flint and greater local communities together to celebrate Kettering’s 100th birthday — hence the whole Centennial part on the “Fest.” It was slated to have artists performing all day, amongst two stages, with headliner T-Pain later in the evening, food and merchandise vendors, and even a car show, too, amongst other things. AtStage 1 Setup for the Kettering Centennial Fest. Photo Courtesy of Katie Gillies

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What’s Inside

Corvette Update

Automotive News

Centennial Fest: Interview with Laura Izquierdo

Which Kettering Professor Are You? 3

A "quiz" of sorts

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IM Sports Standings

Let’s Build a Brighter Future - The Campus Master Plan

Katie Bolinger Staff Writer

Robert Lyman Copy Editor

The recent Centennial Fest put on by Kettering hosted a lot of local talent, and you may have heard of one particular rising superstar: our very own Laura Izquierdo. She’s a Junior II CE major that’s been passionate about music since she was only six years old. Brought up in a family that surrounded her with music, she now plays four instruments, not including vocals. Her cousin is a professional singer, and gave Laura singing lessons early on. Laura started writing her own music at around twelve years old, and she says she’s written “eight or nine good songs.” Two of these she performed at the Centennial Fest, along with covers of Paramore’s “Ain't it Fun?” and Walk the Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance.” Laura is used to performing in front of people, as she’s been in choir since she was six and even had her own band at fifteen, but the Centennial Fest was her most professional venue yet. She loves performing, and excitedly told me “I’m a shy person, but not on stage. I love being on stage!” You may be wondering how she balances her Kettering studies with her musical career. She tries to take care of school first and if it’s taking a lot of her energy, she deals with it by going “right to wherever there’s a guitar or a piano.” To Laura, music is her relief from the stresses around her, not her job. Laura is always looking for gigs. She wondered if Kettering would have other musicians play at the Centennial fest before T-Pain, so she applied online and was selected. She loved the experience, but

It’s that time of year again - we’re officially through with 58% of 2019, and with Kettering’s Centennial Year more than half over, that makes right now a great time to look to the future. Since any conversation about the future of the University is incomplete without a discussion of the Campus Master Plan, let’s go through all the updates we have right now, starting with what is the Master Plan? The Kettering University Campus Master Plan is the result of a long process that the University underwent a few years back that was designed around making the student experience better. Many a survey was taken, many a metric was studied, and many an interview was conducted. The university looked at us students, but more specifically at how we spend our time here – what we’re doing, what classes we’re taking, etc. The studies also looked at what classes are being offered, the technical requirements for each of those classes, and the laboratory requirements for each class with a lab. After compiling all this information, Kettering University President Dr. Robert McMahan and the many other people involved in the Master Planning process came up with a decade-long plan, which we are now squarely in the middle of implementing. The campus will be changing rapidly in the coming years, and everything started with the Mobility Research Center across the street from the Mott Center. Now that the MRC is finished, the next project is the Learning Commons, which is being built

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Interesting Happenings

Entertainment, Puzzles, Comics 7

Through The Lens

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Getting to Know Tod Sydney Shirah Distribution Editor Kettering student body, The Technician would like to introduce Tod Francis King-Baker, the lovely boxer-lab mix of our very own Jered Baker and his fiancé Jimmy King. Tod lives with his fathers in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he enjoys walks by the river and downtown. He also has a best friend. Her name is Alexa and she is a 4 month old yellow lab. He dislikes Jered’s banana-shaped wet floor sign, the vacuum, the broom, trains, or when people knock on his door. On a normal day for Tod, he sleeps, takes two walks - one in the morning and one at night, watches a T.V. show or movie with his dads, has breakfast, eats a snack or two, and has dinner. He takes a nap here and there when he has time and he loves playing with his favorite green rubber chew toy or soccer ball. Photo Courtesy of Jered Baker


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