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February 17, 2019
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Volume 134
An Interview For Electric Cars
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Jered Baker Staff Writer If you care about the automotive world at all, you know that electric cars are on the rise. If you don’t care about cars, and you don’t live under a theoretical rock, you at least know of Elon Musk. Electric cars are vehicles that are powered by, typically, a lithium-ion battery pack that is situated in a T-formation (Chevrolet Volt), small block (most plug-in vehicles), or most prominently, the skateboard configuration (any Tesla vehicle, Chevrolet Bolt, Rivian Automotive vehicles, etc.) where the battery of the car is flat and lays below the floor of the vehicle in the chassis. Modern electric car history starts in the 1970s in response to the oil crisis, spurring the US DepartPhoto of a Tesla Model 3 Courtesy of https://electrek.co/guides/tesla-model-3/
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What’s Inside
Cost of Class
How Much Does Kettering Cost You?
What Has Kettering Given Me? Jerico Markel Assistant Editor As a graduating Senior only taking 12 credit hours, I have a lot of time to sit back and think. Inevitably a great many of my thoughts have turned to my past experiences here at Kettering University. In the first place, I never once considered joining a fraternity when I was in high school, nor did I ever consider becoming a part of the Student Government. To top it off, I actually joined and became Editor-in-Chief of a collegiate newspaper. What the heck were you doing, high school me? How did you not anticipate any of this? Well, looking back I can’t say I’m surprised by where Kettering, or life in general, has taken me these past five years. Even as an unengaged firstterm Freshman (I may have failed Calculus I due to a lack of note taking, or effort in general), I showed interest in the goings of the university. The moment I first heard of breakfast with Dr. McMahan I signed up, and was, as I’m sure many of you were as well, quite pleased with the individual I met. That’s not to say everything Dr. McMahan does is perfect, but as a University President I admire his passion for the students and drive to improve both Kettering and the Flint community. During my pledging term (ΒΘΠ) one of my brothers was mugged out by Einstein’s. The following school term, I was surprised to see that Campus Safety had nearly tripled in size. More examples aren’t really needed. Dr. McMahan’s passion is as self evident as it is contagious. While I’m on the topic of passion, I must bring up the staff here at Kettering. The professors I’ve studied under, the members of Student Life, the
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Thompson Hall staff, the Financial Aid Office, and many many other faculty and staff seem to share this burning passion for helping students on their journey through college. There are a number of people employed here at this university without whom I would have either flunked out or chosen a different path. I must give special credit to the Math Department, as I spent an average of two hours per week in certain professors' offices. At one point I actually started skipping Thursday lecture for MECH-300 to attend a Math professor's weekly study session in the Sunset Lounge. Yeah, Differential Equations was that rough. Supposedly this article was going to be about what Kettering has given me, but instead it turned into a walk down memory lane. To get a little more on-topic, I’m going to talk about some advantages Kettering has given me over BSMEs from other colleges. To start, there is Kettering’s 11-week schedule. You know, the one that is 4 weeks shorter than the average 15-week college semester. I enjoy this condensed schedule, as after I started my first co-op I discovered that work deadlines are actually longer than class deadlines at Kettering. What’s with that? It makes work seem more like a part-time vacation than an actual full-time job. Speaking of jobs, a few more great advantages at Kettering are the interpersonal connections and the ability to start work Continued on Page 9
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Kettering Dining Services Katie Gillies Staff Writer Wow! That meal was delicious! I am so glad that I have an on-campus meal plan. Okay, okay, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but here at Kettering, we have a meal crew that cares a lot about its students. They work really hard to ensure that the students here on-campus are fed not only good tasting food, but healthy food as well. Kettering University’s dining services are here to provide a good service to the students through a variety of meals that are
Photo Courtesy of kettering.edu able to be customized by the students. To learn more about how Kettering Universities dining service operates, I did an interview with Mark Sandru, the General Manager of Kettering Dining Continued on Page 2