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Commence Waiting for Commencement An Editorial In the name of unity, efficiency, or whatever other buzzword administration used to justify the move, Kettering University will now graduate students only once a year, in June. This change has been described by some as a step towards becoming a normal university. This paper agrees; the long decline ahead is quite visible. Our B-section counterparts investigated this in Fall term’s second edition of The Technician. Betsy Homsher, Dean of Students, expressed that the change was prompted by the University’s desire to increase attendance at the event. To do this, they intend to transform the commencement experience into a more festive celebration, possibly including Continued on page 3
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New Tutoring Opportunities By Chloe Hauxwell Technician Staff Kettering’s Academic Success Center has started a new support program for particularly challenging courses this term. The Supplemental Instruction (si) Program was piloted fall term with two sections of Calculus 2 and 3 sections of Physics 1. The si Program is supervised by asc Director Natalie Candela. The program involves successful students sitting in on difficult classes then leading session a few nights a week. These sessions are used to learn study techniques and ways of cooperatively learning that can be applied to any area of study. This term, every section of Physics 1 and 2 and Calculus 1 and 2, as well as Circuits 1, has an si program. The classes chosen are those with high withdrawal and failure rates. The sessions are open to all students and are attended voluntarily. The si leaders are students who were successful in not only the class they are leading, but in academics in general. These leaders went through training in cooperatively learning and study skills.
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Stingray
The newest Corvette is here
KSG Budget 4
It's your money; use it wisely
Remember to Pay Your Tuition
Entertainment 8
Taking your mind off of school
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Connie John Fund
From the Office of Student Accounts By Matthew White Just a friendly reminder from the Office of Stu- Assistant Editor dent Accounts regarding the current late payment Students have been quick to suggest ideas for the fee policy: Constance John Millennium Fund now that it has reached its maturity. The fund, named for the wife of Domestic Undergraduate Students the late president Dr. John, disburses up to $50,000 All tuition and fees are due by the beginning of for campus-wide events and improvements. Accepteach academic term. Payment in full or formal payable uses are defined in the founding document and ment arrangements (financial aid deferments and/or by Finance Council. enrollment into the facts eCashier Payment Plan) This year, Kettering Student Government has of the total balance due must be made by 4:00 pm helped finance the renovation and refresh of the fourth week Friday of each academic term to avoid Commuter Lounge and bj's. Finance council is now assessment of a $300.00 late payment penalty. Transoliciting ideas for the remaining $12,500. For more scripts, diplomas or other statements of record will information and applications, go to the Finance be withheld and students will be ineligible to regisCouncil web site. ter and/or continue to be registered in future terms All requests for the following term must be subuntil their financial obligations have been fulfilled. mitted by 10th week. A quarter of the student body on A-section must sign a petition for Finance CounInternational Students cil to consider the application, along with letters of Payment in full of the total balance due must be approval from any University entity that may be afmade by 4:00 pm third week Friday of each acafected. demic term. Students who do not comply with this After passing a ⅔ vote of Finance Council and policy will be dropped and separated from the unithe ksg Executive Board, the submission must be versity. The separated students’ visa program will be approved by ksg advisors and finally the Dean of terminated in sevis by fourth week Wednesday. Students.
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News Parking Change Reverted
By Chaz Mancino Technician Staff
For the past few years, students and staff parking in the parking lot behind Thompson Hall could not park in the first six rows at the east end when it snowed so that the lot could be plowed. For the 2012–2013 school year, that parking rule has been lifted. “We just felt that it was an inconvenience,” commented Chief of Campus Safety Jim Benford on the old rule. The new rule allows students and staff to park wherever there is an open space. The snow will be plowed around the vehicles in the parking lot. Benford feels that the new rule is fair. “We just felt that other campuses plow around hundreds of cars and we just plow around a few,” Benford explained. In addition to attempting to ease the burden on anyone who parks in Lot 3, the lot behind Thompson Hall, Benford mentioned that the new rule was created because the people who were responsible for the parking restriction are no longer working at Kettering University. Even though this new rule makes it easier for people to park in the Thompson Hall parking lot, at one point there was an even easier way to both park a
vehicle and to plow the area where cars were parked. “A few years ago…we had a parking deck,” Benford reminisces. According to him, the parking deck was built around 1967. The deck was shared by the workers at the Chevrolet plant and the staff and students of Kettering University. Only salt was needed to clean the snow from the deck because the ceiling shielded the ground from most snowfall. To make life easier for people who parked in the deck, there was a covered walkway that went along the east side of Thompson Hall right to the pizza doors. Unfortunately, the parking deck was torn down in the late 1990s due to lack of maintenance. Chief Benford believes that the new rule will allow Kettering University to be a better place to be a student. As for the other parking lots, any vehicle will also be plowed around. More parking spaces will be utilized on campus and the new plowing system will guarantee that no parking lots will be too icy for safety. Whether the new rule is here to stay will be determined in the future. As for now, all of the students and staff can rejoice in not having to worry about their vehicles being towed to make way for the plow.
A Change of Care
By Erin Boyse Technician Staff
Many students may have noticed that there are no longer doctor’s hours for the Zelpha McKinnon Wellness Center, and may start to wonder what course of action to take should they become ill. As of October 1, 2012, Kettering is providing physician services to students at the McLaren Family Medicine Residency Center (mfmrc), located at 3230 Beecher Road, Suite 1, Flint, mi 48532 (810-342-5656). It is located less than two miles from campus and Campus Safety will provide transportation upon request for no cost. The main goal of no longer having physicians on campus is to expand hours and services available. Physicians are now accessible to students 43 hours per week at the mfmrc: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and 8 am to 6:30 pm Tuesday and Thursday. The Acute Care Clinic is open Monday through Friday on a first-come, firstserve basis. Walk-in hours are between noon and 1:15 pm for same-day care, or an appointment may
be scheduled for greater convenience. Students going there for the first time must present both a picture id and their insurance card. Those who choose to make an appointment via phone call should also state their status as a Kettering student and have their insurance information readily available. Many insurance plans are accepted, including Kettering's Student Accident & Sickness plan. The mfmrc will bill students’ insurance companies, but the student is responsible for all deductibles, co-payments, and other non-covered expenses. Many more services are now available to students. Some of those services are primary medical care, physical examinations, allergy injections, laboratory tests and X-rays, immunizations, minor surgery, mental health services, and disability services. More information can be found by visiting http://bit.ly/ Vvg9ur. Students with any relevant questions can email wellness@kettering.edu, call 810-762-9650, or stop by the Wellness Center on the first floor of the cc.
The
Technician Robert Hayes
Editor-in-chief
Matthew White
Assistant Editor
Kaitlin Solovey
L ayout Editor
Rebeccah MacKinnon Online Editor
Tyler Van Eck
Copy Editor
Alan Xia
Distribution Editor
Staff writers Devin Aryan Erin Boyse Chloe Hauxwell Charles Mancino Marian Swagler Photographers Joseph Stevenson
Advisors Betsy Homsher Christine Levecq
Wi-Fi Overhaul Across Campus
By Kaitlin Solovey Layout Editor
For a long time, students at Kettering have complained about difficulties with the wireless networks around campus. In many areas of campus, trying to connect to the Wi-Fi was an incredibly difficult task, if it was possible at all. Furthermore, there were times when a student would finally get connected and then would be randomly disconnected, being forced to struggle through the difficulties of reconnecting. Finally, that is going to change. Kettering’s IT department is now taking positive steps to make connecting to the Wi-Fi and maintaining a connection to the network easier. In order to get the wireless network up to par, it is doing a complete overhaul of the system’s infrastructure. According to the it department’s homepage, they are “undergoing a multi-phase effort to improve the wireless environment throughout the campus.” The changes started with new access rules to kuguest. In order to access kuguest now, all a user must do is provide an e-mail address and accept the terms and conditions presented on the web authentication page. The connection to kuguest seems to be, in general, good and reliable. According to the it department’s home page, the old kustaff and kuw networks were decommissioned on Friday, January 18, 2013. kustaff was replaced by kuemployee These network changes are hopefully the start to a new of age of excellent wireless access across campus, meaning less time spent trying to connect.
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Editorial: Commencement Continued from the front page
an exhibition of student achievement and a dinner reception. This should, in theory, encourage more out-of-state families to attend who may have not otherwise, due to being unable to reconcile the travel expense for a two-hour ceremony. What this argument ignores, however, is the Kettering calendar. Unlike most institutions, Kettering is built around four-and-a-half-year programs. That means students who follow the proper schedule will finish their undergraduate education in September or December, depending on section. This will result in a nine-month wait before commencement for A-Section students who go the full length of their programs, six months for B-Section. In the interim, we will have jobs, responsibilities, and a life away from this school. We may start our lives hundreds or thousands of miles away from Flint, Michigan, making it unthinkable to come back for a day to grab to a piece of paper and shake a few hands. Some A-section students have already found this to be the case during the current three-month wait to walk across the stage; moving to one commencement a year is sure to exacerbate the problem. If this paper is to assume, as we are quite sure the University has, that most students will make arrangements to be here for the ceremony, then we are quite unsure how the University will handle the logistics of such an affair. The largest facility on campus, the Connie and Jim John Recreation Center, is barely
large enough for all the well-wishers and students who have attended the event in the past. There is simply no venue on campus large enough to hold twice the number of graduates and well-wishers that will attend commencement should it be combined into one annual event. In an academic year, there are few things more special than official graduation of a class. It is an exchange between the faculty, the administration, the alumni, the current students, and the Board of Trustees and a group of individuals that have persevered through (and conquered) struggles the like of which only Kettering students may know. If the solution to the problem of space is to cut out the community that has fostered and affirmed this path, then this paper believes the University has lost sight of its true priorities. To the administration of the University, this paper asks the simple question: why? Why is it that the accepted practice no longer works within our constraints? Why is it acceptable to make the lives of graduates even more difficult? Finally, why is it that the only party that truly matters, the students, has had no input into or received details about the change? The students are waiting for these answers, just as this section will wait the extra nine months to get their diploma.
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Submissions Policy The Technician encourages any interested students to attend staff meetings, held each Monday and Thursday over the lunch hour in The Technician office, located on the 3rd floor of the Campus Center by Campus Life. Student submissions are encouraged and will be published if their material is in the public interest. Submissions or letters to the editor from faculty and administrative entities will be published if space is available. The Technician reserves the right to edit any and all submissions for brevity. Anonymous submissions are rarely published and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Individuals wishing to publish anonymously should consult the Editor-in-chief. The deadline for the upcoming issue of The Technician is 5th Tuesday at midnight. Expected distribution is 6th Tuesday. Send submissions to atechnician@kettering.edu. An edition of The μTechnician is published every week on Tuesday. Submissions for content are due by each Monday at midnight, and event notices are due by Tuesday afternoon. Again, submissions may be sent to atechnician@kettering.edu. The Technician Magazine is published at the end of every term and is distributed at Late Night Breakfast. The deadline for content is 10th Monday at midnight (March 11). Photographs of term highlights, major news articles, and other relevant, yearbook-like content is appreciated.
Meet Myra
Interview by Marian Swagler Technician Staff
Myra Rawls is the new Coordinator of Greek Life & Community Service. Hometown: Flint, mi Education: bs Psychology, ma in Educational Leadership (both from Eastern Michigan University) Have you worked at any other Universities? “No. I recently graduated and this is my first professional job.”
Pay is $8 / hour Hours are flexible Apply at the Rec Center or online Contact Linda Dvorscak for more information: LDvorsca@kettering.edu (810) 762-9734
Why Kettering? “I wanted to start my career at a smaller school and be close to home. I was attracted to the high student involvement here.” Myra is from Flint. She also was a member of Zeta Phi Beta at Eastern Michigan University. What all does your title encompass? “I advise the sororities, fraternities, and honors fraternities. I have been meeting with chapter leaders asking them what direction, and what they want to be changed. I’m a better listening ear than a talker.” She also would like students to enjoy college while being as safe as possible. What good do you think you can bring to Kettering University with this position? “Well, I just started this past Zero Week, so I don’t want to plan any changes until I know what would work well for both sections.”
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Automotive Return of the Stingray
Seventh Generation Chevrolet Corvette debuts at Detroit By Robert Hayes Editor-in-Chief General Motors unveiled the seventh generation Chevrolet Corvette last week at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The all-new Corvette Stingray marks the return of the Stingray name, last used on the Corvette between 1963 and 1969. With 2013 marking the 60th anniversary of the Corvette, expectations for the new car were extremely high, fuelled by months of speculation in magazines and online. While the 2014 Corvette Stingray is a significant improvement over the outgoing car, its styling is unmistakably an evolution, not the revolution some spectators were hoping for.
over one g of cornering grip without modification. The fuel economy should be good as well, with new “Active Fuel Management” which disables four of the engine’s eight cylinders at cruise to save fuel. Inside, the new ‘Vette is thoroughly improved. Soft-touch surfaces abound, unlike the cheap-feeling plastic interior of the C6, and the switchgear is unique and upscale. The cabin will be available in multiple colors and with a choice of two new seats, dubbed “gt” and “Competition Sport,” so Corvette owners can now choose how aggressive their buckets will be. Underneath the fiberglass body, all seventh-generation Corvettes ride on a new all-aluminum frame designed to save weight and boost stiffness (up 57% according to Chevrolet). Weight figures have not yet been released, but Chevrolet indicates that weight
should be comparable to the C6 and should be distributed close to 50/50 thanks to a carbon fiber roof and hood and carbon composite underbody panels. The new 2014 Corvette Stingray promises to usher in a new generation of Corvette performance when it arrives this fall. All photos courtesy of General Motors.
Under the hood is an all-new lt1 6.2l V8 engine that estimates to produce close to 450 horsepower and 450 pound-feet of torque. Transmission choices include a carryover six-speed automatic with paddle shifters and an all-new seven-speed manual. Performance figures for the new Corvette are not available, but Chevrolet is promising sub 4 second runs to 60 mph and that Corvettes equipped with the Z51 Performance Package will be able to achieve
North American Car and Truck of the Year Cadillac ats and Ram 1500 take award at naias 2013 By Robert Hayes Editor-in-chief At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, a panel of 49 automotive journalists from the United States and Canada announced the winners of the 2013 North American Car and Truck of the Year Awards. Finalists for the award were announced in December, reducing a pool of 10 cars and 11 trucks/utilities to three finalists from each category. Finalists for the car award were the 2013 Cadillac ats, 2013 Ford Fusion, and 2013 Honda Accord. Truck/utility finalists included the 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid, Mazda cx-5 cuv, and the 2013 Ram 1500 half-ton pickup. Detroit automakers swept the podium this year, with General Motors and Chrysler Group each claiming a win. Jurors selected the Cadillac ats and
2013 Cadillac ATS. Photo courtesy of General Motors
Ram 1500 as winners of their respective categories. The award for the ats marks the first win for Cadillac, and the tenth award for General Motors. The new ats has won praise from journalists for its tight platform, light weight, and excellent driving dynamics. The latest in a long line of challengers to the dominance of the bmw 3-Series, the Cadillac ats proves that America can make dynamic, competent rear-wheel drive sport sedans. "This is a very meaningful honor for the entire Cadillac team, especially the men and women who build the ats in Lansing, Michigan, and our dedicated and talented designers and engineers,” said Bob Ferguson, gm vice presi-
dent, global Cadillac. The Ram 1500 was chosen by the jury as the North American Truck of the Year. Marking Chrysler's third win for car or truck of the year, the new Ram 1500 was heavily updated for 2013, with powertrain updates as the major highlight. Ram 1500 now offers Chrysler Group's highly acclaimed 3.6L Pentastar V-6 engine, coupled with an eight-speed automatic transmission sourced from German supplier zf. Look for more coverage of naias 2013 in the next edition of The Technician.
2013 Ram 1500 Photo courtesy of Chrysler Group
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Technology
Gaming the End of the World Away: Q4 2012 in Video Games
By Devin Aryan Technician Staff
December 21, 2012 was one of the more known doomsday prophesies. In the world of gaming, it felt like the companies were trying to get out all their good games before being struck d o w n . From Dishonored to Pokémon, Pro f e ss o r Layton to two of the most anticipated shooters Photo Courtesy of Bethesda Softworks ever, 2012’s 4th quarter had many huge game releases. The quarter began on October 2 with Resident Evil 6. The game has three stories, each told from a different character’s perspective as they deal with a new massive bioterrorist attack. Critics have praised the better intelligence of the AI partner character as well as the new enemies while criticizing the cover system. The game is classified as survival horror, but most critics and almost all players disagree with this, believing the game to simply be an action shooter. October 7 saw a huge release in the name of Pokémon Black and White 2. With the setting being two years after the events of Pokémon Black and White, the Unova region has taken on a new look as new cities, routes, and gyms have popped up. With no new Pokémon other than the new legendaries, the game does offer a new revamped Pokédex; creating a diverse team within the game has never been easier. The biggest attraction within the game, however, is the new Pokémon World Tournament, where the player can challenge every Gym Leader, Elite Four Member, and Champion from past games, including the infamous Red. Dishonored hit stores on October 9, and with it came many positive reviews. Players control a supernatural assassin. The game play is very diverse. Every mission has the capabilities of being completed stealthily, or, for the more aggressive players, one can simply run out into combat and slaughter all of one’s foes. The makers did not want to call violent players evil, so they used a chaos system instead where actions performed by the player will affect the world around them, as well as relations to npcs and future missions. October 9 also saw the release of xcom: Enemy Unknown, a modernized remake of the 1994 ufo: Enemy Unknown. The game puts players in a commanding seat of an elite military organization tasked with fighting off aliens that have recently invaded Earth. The game was said by many credits to be extremely addictive and unrelentingly unforgiving.
007 Legends was released on October 16 to celebrate 50 years of James Bond films. The game uses the same engine as GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, and as such shares similar game play. A major new feature is the focus on stealth gameplay. The game is split into various parts, one for each of the Bond eras; Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, and Brosnan. Daniel Craig’s portion was released as dlc. Though this may sound great, the game received mostly negative reviews. Racing hit the scene on October 23 as Forza Horizon hit stores. Using the engine of Forza 4, Forza Horizon is very similar to all its predecessors with a plethora of new races at the fictitious Horizon festival. Fans of Forza and racing in general are sure to enjoy this game. Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward is a visual novel released on October 23. Being a direct sequel to 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, the game continues the climactic feeling of horror as the player solves puzzles to try and escape the Nonary game in which they are trapped by the psychopath whom created the game. October 30 saw the release of one of the three largely anticipated titles of Q4 2012, Assassin’s Creed iii. Taking place around the time of the American Revolution, the players now control a Native American. New features inPhoto Courtesy of Ubisoft. clude the ability to hunt, dual-wield, and naval warfare. Free running has also been enhanced to allow more flowing parkour than the previous installments did. New weather simulations were also added to make the game even more realistic as the player fights Redcoats. November 13 was the release of Lego Lord of the Rings. Following the story of the full trilogy, the game has a much darker tone than previous Lego installments, though the game does still alter some of the scenes to include slapstick humor. Utilizing audio from the films, the game is also fully voiced. Need for Speed: Most Wanted was released on October 30 and brings much of the original title Most Wanted back into a Need for Speed game. The BlackList returns, featuring 10 racers, rather than 15 like the original, and the setting has changed from Rockport to Fairhaven. The game has been likened to Burnout Paradise, as many of the elements from Paradise are also within Most Wanted. The new remake has received extremely positive reviews from critics, with many believing it to be better than the more simulation racing series Forza as a whole. Halo 4, the second most anticipated game of the quarter, was released on November 6. Very similar to its predecessors, Halo 4 sees the continuation of the fight against the Covenant.
Six days later came the release of the final most anticipated game of the quarter, Call of Duty Black Ops ii. Like Halo 4, Black Ops ii has much of the same features as its predecessors, though the game did incorporate a new feature for the series: futuristic warfare. Photo Courtesy of Activision PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royal, released November 20, is the new cross-series fighter featuring primarily Sony characters. The game has been viewed as Sony’s Super Smash Bros. title, but in reality the two games are quite different. Most notably is the way in which characters are killed. Unlike Super Smash Bros., in Battle Royal a special meter must be filled. Once filled, a super move can be initiated and any opPhoto Courtesy of Sony ponents hit by this move will die, giving the player one point per kill. The controls are fairly different than in Super Smash Bros. and the stages were made with a very different approach; each stage mashes up two series, rather than each stage representing only one. The game received positive reviews and, like the Super Smash Bros. series, is a very fun party game. Wrapping up the quarter was Far Cry 3. Being advertised as “Skyrim with Guns,” the game takes place on a tropical island, with the protagonist having to save his friends from pirates. The game received great reviews, with many being pleased of how the game took a new direction from the previous two. Quarter 4 of 2012 was big. Perhaps not as big as in 2011, but the gaming industry was still very pleased with most of the releases. Hopefully 2013 will be able to hold up to the expectations players now seem to have.
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In Pictures
Dance club members do the nightclub two-step. Photo courtesy of Kettering Communications.
Students study to be Thompson Hall ras. Photo courtesy of Kettering Communications.
Chrysler's Georgette Borrego-Dulworth on Embracing Diversity. Photo courtesy of Kettering Communications.
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Kettering Allies meet at Good Beans Cafe. Photo courtesy of Kettering Communications.
" If you love pizza, raise your hands!" Thompson Hall pizza party over long weekend. Photo courtesy of Kettering Communications.
Victoria Sprague with a quilt she made from the black t-shirt campaign. Photo courtesy of Kettering Communications.
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Budget Winter Winter2013 2013Budget Budget Revised Revised8/23/2012 8/23/2012
KSG Administration Account Number Administrative and Communications 390001
Account
Description
Scheduled Date
$750.00 $0.00 $150.00 $400.00
$750.00 $0.00 $150.00 $400.00
$1,325.00
$1,025.00
$200.00 $40.00 $15.00
$150.00 $40.00 $15.00
$255.00
$205.00
$400.00
$300.00
$300.00
$300.00
$500.00 $120.00 $200.00 $1,014.00 $121.00 $1,000.00
$500.00 $120.00 $0.00 $1,014.00 $121.00 $1,000.00
$500.00 $120.00 $0.00 $1,014.00 $121.00 $1,000.00
$500.00 $120.00 $0.00 $1,014.00 $121.00 $1,000.00
$3,355.00
$3,055.00
$300.00
$300.00
$300.00
$300.00
250 650
$187.50 $500.00
$900.00
$687.50
$500.00 $750.00 $500.00 $300.00 $300.00 $100.00 $200.00
$180.00 $750.00 $150.00 $300.00 $300.00 $100.00 $0.00
$2,650.00
$1,780.00
$400.00 $90.00
$270.00 $90.00
$270.00 $90.00
$270.00 $90.00
$1,845.00 $600.00 $150.00 $240.00
$1,845.00 $200.00 $0.00 $120.00
$1,845.00 $200.00 $0.00 $120.00
$1,845.00 $200.00 $0.00 $120.00
$3,325.00
$2,525.00
$0.00 $3,000.00 $3,000.00 $4,000.00
$0.00 $3,000.00 $2,800.00 $3,000.00
TOTAL:
$10,000.00
$8,800.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$8,800.00
$0.00
$8,800.00
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$23,460.00
$19,677.50
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$19,677.50
$0.00
$19,677.50
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Granted Amount
Finance Council 8
Food Budgeting Meeting Food Supplies
Student Senate 16
Food
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,300.00
$0.00
$225.00 $50.00 $750.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,025.00
$225.00 $50.00 $750.00 $0.00
$150.00 $40.00 $15.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$205.00
$3,055.00
$1,300.00
$1,025.00
$150.00 $40.00 $15.00 $0.00
$0.00
$205.00
$3,055.00
Flowers and Gifts
TOTAL: Academic Council 10
Food Two Student Forums
TOTAL: WKUF 12 -8.3141 -14.1958
Food Insurance Promotional Items Open Mic Night CD Subscriptions/Music Webstream Repairs for Mobile DJ Equipment
TOTAL: 390201 Food Count bCRI
Technician 18 -14.1847
hCRI
-17.3294
390102
Events
Food Layout Meetings
Tabloid Magazine Techno with the Technician Student Forum
TOTAL: Welcome Back Day Diversity Week Wings Night Late Night Breakfast
Account Administration 30
Description Food
TOTAL: 390223 Food Count bCRI
Total in Account
$225.00 $50.00 $750.00
Food Innovation Quest Event General Committee Funds
Operating Expenses
Clubs Account Number 390202 Food Count
Funds Spent
$275.00 $50.00 $1,000.00
Operations Council 12
TOTAL:
390200 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Total Funds
$1,300.00
Base Camp Retreat KSG Member of the Term Campus Safety Info Session Leadership Development Badges Committee Budgets
390107 Food Count
Line-Item Change
$1,350.00
TOTAL:
390104
"Battle" Amount
$750.00 $0.00 $150.00 $400.00
TOTAL:
390103 Food Count
"Battle" Request
$750.00 $50.00 $150.00 $400.00
TOTAL:
390102 Food Count
Granted Amount
General Copier Expense Gasoline Reimbursement Sign Room Supplies Janitor Fees
390101 Food Count
Requested Amount
Scheduled Date
$400.00
$300.00
$400.00
$300.00
Aerospace Club 11 -9.8731
Food Longway Planetarium
$80.00 $80.00
$80.00 $80.00
hCRI
-7.8106
TOTAL:
$160.00
$160.00
390228 Food Count
Airsoft Club 15
Food
$0.00
$0.00
$300.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$300.00
$300.00 $0.00
$187.50 $500.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$687.50
$187.50 $500.00 $0.00
$180.00 $750.00 $150.00 $300.00 $300.00 $100.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,780.00
$2,525.00
"Battle" Amount
Line-Item Change
Total Funds
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$300.00
Funds Spent
$0.00
$0.00
$160.00 $0.00
$2,525.00
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$0.00
$300.00
$80.00 $80.00
$80.00 $80.00 $0.00
$1,780.00
$0.00 $3,000.00 $2,800.00 $3,000.00
$300.00 $0.00
$687.50 $180.00 $750.00 $150.00 $300.00 $300.00 $100.00 $0.00
$0.00 $3,000.00 $2,800.00 $3,000.00
"Battle" Request
$300.00
$0.00
$160.00 $0.00
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bCRI hCRI
-8.1553 -10.6644
390217 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Allies 20 10.1844 5.9020
3 Standard Outings TOTAL:
$920.01 $920.01
$613.34 $613.34
Food Coffee and Conversations Speaker MBLTACC 2013
$500.00 $300.00 $150.00 $325.00
$300.00 $200.00 $150.00 $325.00
$1,275.00
$975.00
$760.00 $273.92 $400.00 $0.00 $108.20
$435.00 $249.99 $400.00 $0.00 $100.00
$1,542.12
$1,184.99
$700.00 $880.00 $1,020.00 $3,850.00 $1,200.00
$195.00 $880.00 $510.00 $2,400.00 $600.00
$7,650.00
$4,585.00
Food Engineering Week Events
$150.00 $150.00
$150.00 $75.00
$150.00 $75.00
$150.00 $75.00
Engineering Networking Event Faculty Research Presentation
$300.00 $80.00
$200.00 $80.00
$200.00 $80.00
$200.00 $80.00
$680.00
$505.00
$500.00 $500.00
$300.00 $200.00
$1,000.00
$500.00
$0.00 $200.00 $300.00
$0.00 $100.00 $300.00
$500.00
$400.00
$400.00 $800.00 $700.00 $3,624.00 $600.00 $300.00
$225.00 $400.00 $400.00 $0.00 $600.00 $150.00
$6,424.00
$1,775.00
$300.00 $250.00 $300.00 $150.00
$180.00 $250.00 $150.00 $50.00
$1,000.00
$630.00
$300.00 $3,264.00 $525.00 $135.00
$300.00 $2,176.00 $350.00 $120.00
$4,224.00
$2,946.00
$280.00 $880.00 $210.00
$280.00 $880.00 $182.00
$1,370.00
$1,342.00
TOTAL: 390212 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Anime Club 29 7.6032 12.2694
Food Anime Fest Japanese Food Night (Diversity Week) Presentations Cosplay Ball
TOTAL: 390301 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Aquaneers 13 -36.8032 -44.3676
Food Open Water Classroom Session Advanced Classroom Session Dive Trip Tank Refills
TOTAL: 390232 Food Count bCRI
ASME 15 0.0000
hCRI
N/A
TOTAL: 390205 Food Count bCRI
Black Unity Congress (BUC) 20 19.4162
Food BUC Fun Events
hCRI
9.1725
TOTAL:
390211 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Bulldog Mud Boggers 21 -4.8060 -7.2472
Food Off Road Trips Monster Jam
TOTAL: 390231 Food Count bCRI hCRI
ChME Club 15 0.0000 N/A
Food Plant Tour Speakers National Conference CHME Car Competition Study Night
TOTAL: 390227 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Chess Club 12 -2.2517 3.1106
Food Michigan Chess Championship Kettering Speed Chess Tournament Chess During Lunch
TOTAL: 390303 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Cliffhangers 20 -5.6667 -14.3168
Food Climbing New Member Training Lead Certification
TOTAL: 390208 Food Count bCRI hCRI
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Dance Club 22 7.5213 -2.4967
Food instructor fee Dance Party
TOTAL:
390208
E-Sports
Food Count bCRI
25 N/A
Food Campus-Wide LAN
$200.00 $100.00
$200.00 $80.00
hCRI
N/A
TOTAL:
$300.00
$280.00
390306 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Fencing Club 9 0.6750 -2.5946
Food Instruction and Facility Fee Tournament Fees
$400.00 $1,600.00 $100.00
$135.00 $1,200.00 $100.00
$2,100.00
$1,435.00
TOTAL:
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$613.34 $613.34
$0.00
$300.00 $200.00 $150.00 $325.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$975.00
$300.00 $200.00 $150.00 $325.00 $0.00
$435.00 $249.99 $400.00 $0.00 $100.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,184.99
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4,585.00
$505.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$400.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,775.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$630.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,946.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,342.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$280.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,435.00
$2,946.00
$1,342.00
$200.00 $80.00 $0.00
$135.00 $1,200.00 $100.00 $0.00
$630.00
$280.00 $880.00 $182.00
$200.00 $80.00 $0.00
$1,775.00
$300.00 $2,176.00 $350.00 $120.00
$280.00 $880.00 $182.00 $0.00
$400.00
$180.00 $250.00 $150.00 $50.00
$300.00 $2,176.00 $350.00 $120.00 $0.00
$500.00
$225.00 $400.00 $400.00 $0.00 $600.00 $150.00
$180.00 $250.00 $150.00 $50.00 $0.00
$505.00
$0.00 $100.00 $300.00
$225.00 $400.00 $400.00 $0.00 $600.00 $150.00 $0.00
$4,585.00
$300.00 $200.00
$0.00 $100.00 $300.00 $0.00
$1,184.99
$195.00 $880.00 $510.00 $2,400.00 $600.00
$300.00 $200.00 $0.00
$975.00
$435.00 $249.99 $400.00 $0.00 $100.00
$195.00 $880.00 $510.00 $2,400.00 $600.00 $0.00
$613.34 $613.34
$280.00
$135.00 $1,200.00 $100.00 $0.00
$1,435.00
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390204 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Firebirds 52 -19.7296 -24.2352
Food Top Gear Night Karting Trips Winter Track Trip Dyno Day North American International Auto Show
TOTAL: 390209 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Gaming Society 47 27.3664 25.7348
Food Magic Tournament Tournament of Tournaments Euchre Tournament
TOTAL: 390219 Food Count bCRI hCRI
GEO 22 -11.3144 -2.5313
Food Living Greener Term Speaker Battle of the Bins Sculpture Challenge
TOTAL: 390222 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Grill Club 34 19.5070 23.6662
Food Steak Night Guest Grill TOTAL:
TOTAL:
Scheduled Date
$13,055.00
$5,502.00
$1,180.00 $740.00 $200.00 $73.00
$705.00 $634.05 $200.00 $73.00
$2,193.00
$1,612.05
$150.00 $500.00 $500.00 $800.00 $350.00
$150.00 $200.00 $300.00 $650.00 $250.00
$2,300.00
$1,550.00
$896.63 $343.75 $150.00
$590.45 $343.75 $0.00
$1,390.38
$934.20
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$934.20
$0.00
$934.20
$48,483.51
$27,229.58
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$27,229.58
$0.00
$27,229.58
Requested Amount
Granted Amount
Account
Description
390207 Food Count bCRI
International Club 37 10.7037
Food Flint Symphony Orchestra Show
$350.00 $200.00
$350.00 $150.00
hCRI
19.7898
TOTAL:
$550.00
$500.00
390203 Food Count bCRI
Martial Arts 10 -8.5000
Food Instructor Fee
$0.00 $2,000.00
$0.00 $1,800.00
hCRI
-0.7500
TOTAL:
$2,000.00
$1,800.00
390214
Laser Tag Club
Food Count bCRI hCRI
0 -13.0000 -13.0000
Food LazerQuest Lock-In Reservation Lock-In Food
$0.00 $1,050.00 $250.00
$0.00 $1,050.00 $125.00
$1,300.00
$1,175.00
Food Competitive Fighting Robots Presentation Build Session
$300.00 $300.00 $150.00
$270.00 $150.00 $150.00
TOTAL:
$750.00
$570.00
Food Arduino Night Raspberry Pi PCB Design Workshop
$450.00 $400.00 $300.00 $200.00
$225.00 $400.00 $150.00 $200.00
$1,350.00
$975.00
390229 Food Count bCRI
Mobile Robotics Club 18 0.5162
hCRI
N/A
390226 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Open Source Club 15 5.1598 2.9828
TOTAL: 390300 Food Count bCRI
Outdoors Club 55 4.1914
Food Annual Ski trip
$500.00 $7,840.00
$500.00 $4,300.00
hCRI
-9.0157
TOTAL:
$8,340.00
$4,800.00
390210 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Physics Club 13 -4.7621 -0.7445
Food Icecream Demonstrations Physics Project Plasma Demo Sigma Pi Sigma Induction
$500.00 $200.00 $250.00 $1,000.00 $100.00
$195.00 $200.00 $150.00 $0.00 $100.00
$2,050.00
$645.00
TOTAL:
$780.00 $150.00 $3,000.00 $0.00 $1,200.00 $372.00
$780.00 $150.00 $3,000.00 $0.00 $1,200.00 $372.00
Account Number
TOTAL:
$780.00 $150.00 $3,000.00 $0.00 $1,200.00 $372.00
$2,625.00 $150.00 $4,500.00 $3,500.00 $1,200.00 $1,080.00
390221 Food Count bCRI
Pre-Med Club 15 -0.9504
Food
$240.00
$225.00
hCRI
0.1895
TOTAL:
$240.00
$225.00
390218 Food Count
realSERVICE 20
Food
$500.00
$300.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$5,502.00
$0.00
$705.00 $634.05 $200.00 $73.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,612.05
$705.00 $634.05 $200.00 $73.00 $0.00
$150.00 $200.00 $300.00 $650.00 $250.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,550.00
Line-Item Change
Total Funds
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
Funds Spent
$0.00
$0.00
$1,800.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,175.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$570.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$975.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4,800.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$645.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$225.00 $300.00
$4,800.00
$195.00 $200.00 $150.00 $0.00 $100.00 $0.00
$225.00
$0.00
$975.00
$500.00 $4,300.00
$195.00 $200.00 $150.00 $0.00 $100.00 $0.00
$570.00 $225.00 $400.00 $150.00 $200.00
$500.00 $4,300.00 $0.00
$1,175.00 $270.00 $150.00 $150.00
$225.00 $400.00 $150.00 $200.00 $0.00
$1,800.00
$0.00 $1,050.00 $125.00
$270.00 $150.00 $150.00 $0.00
$500.00
$0.00 $1,800.00
$0.00 $1,050.00 $125.00 $0.00
Total in Account
$350.00 $150.00
$0.00 $1,800.00 $0.00
$1,550.00
$590.45 $343.75 $0.00
$350.00 $150.00 $0.00
$1,612.05
$150.00 $200.00 $300.00 $650.00 $250.00
$590.45 $343.75 $0.00
"Battle" "Battle" Request Amount
$5,502.00
$645.00
$225.00
$0.00
$225.00 $300.00
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bCRI
-14.1847
Philanthropic Fundraiser
$275.00
$200.00
hCRI
1.1790
TOTAL:
$775.00
$500.00
390206 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Trap & Skeet 20 -75.9000 -84.7168
$500.00 $1,500.00 $6,320.00 $1,680.00
$300.00 $1,500.00 $6,320.00 $0.00
$10,000.00
$8,120.00
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Food 1 Sanctioned Events 10 Trap & Skeet outings NRA Training
TOTAL: 390308 Food Count bCRI hCRI
Weight-Lifting/Fitness 0 0.0000 N/A
Food College Nutrition Presentation Personal Trainer
TOTAL:
$200.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$200.00 $0.00
$300.00 $1,500.00 $6,320.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$8,120.00
$300.00 $1,500.00 $6,320.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$8,120.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
390230 Food Count bCRI
Welding Club 9 -10.7347
Food Club Project Supplies
$300.00 $500.00
$135.00 $500.00
hCRI
-11.2674
TOTAL:
$800.00
$635.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$635.00
$0.00
$635.00
$28,155.00
$19,945.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$19,945.00
$0.00
$19,945.00
Requested Amount
Granted Amount
TOTAL:
Account Number
Account
Description
Scheduled Date
Grand TOTAL:
$100,098.51
$66,852.08
$135.00 $500.00
"Battle" Request $0.00
"Battle" Amount $0.00
Line-Item Change $0.00
Total Funds $66,852.08
KSG Snap Shot
Capital Funds
Gross Operating Funds
$87,500.00
0.05
Capital Funds
$4,375.00
0.0%
Connie John Fund
25% of Net Operating Funds
$0.00
Net Operating Funds
$83,125.00
Rollover from last term
$11,410.67
Rollover allocated to term
$6,508.33
Athletics Fund
$20,781.25
Funds Available
9042.95 Meeting Food
$68,852.08
Current Funds
Requested $100,098.51
KSG Budget Balance
$(31,246.43)
Distributed $66,852.08
350000 344300 5700 2850
$2,000.00 Difference Covered By Austerity Plan
Betsy Covers Difference Per term
$135.00 $500.00
Funds Spent $0.00
Total in Account $66,852.08
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Entertainment Kettering Acronyms Crossword
Crossword Hints By Erin Boyse Staff Writer Across 1. OMSI 4. SHPE 5. MC 6. PSAC 7. OIE
8. BUC 10. TH 12. AB 13. ASC 14. CC 15. KSG
Down 2. SARC 3. CETL 9. SWE 11. SCEC
Missing Dollar: A Riddle
By Rebeccah MacKinnon Online Editor
Inside Article
Three friends go in together on a new tv, buying it in cash for $150 (or $50 each). However, the manager realizes as they are leaving the store that the TV was on sale for $145, so he sends a clerk with the $5 to return to the customers. Realizing that $5 dollars could not be evenly split 3 ways, he gives them back $3 ($1 each) and pockets the other two dollars.
Solutions will be available online at http://bulldogs.kettering.edu/technician/ Now, each friend has paid $49 for the tv. That is ($49 ∙ 3) = 147 dollars, plus the two dollars that the clerk pocketed is $149 accounted for. Where is the other dollar?
FarmVille Finally Expands Into Real World By Tyler Van Eck Copy Editor Those who know anything at all about the giant of social gaming Zynga are all too familiar with the deluge of -Ville games, most notably FarmVille, which is renowned across the globe as an immensely popular, soul-consuming time sink. Since its deceptively humble beginnings as a simple farming simulation game on Facebook, its popularity and influence have exploded with additional presence in the app market, gaming news sites, and the name of a small town in Virginia, which presumably had a more sensible name until FarmVille came about. Last month, however, its influence reached a new height with the brainchild of two Kettering entrepreneurs. Brian Falther, a 2010 graduate, and Austin Lawrence, a current student, recently devised a smallscale aquaponics distribution system for sustainable crops, billed as a “real-life FarmVille.” Since merely harvesting crops via a series of clicks and starting a small agricultural empire on one's own is, at a funda-
mental level, not enough to sate the deep void that virtual farming creates, the duo birthed this project to make farming a more social experience. The unit itself is about the size of a laundry basket with integrated sensors to track factors like pH balance and is designed for use in homes, classrooms, and sheds purchased by people who take FarmVille too seriously. The sensors and other features will also enable “players” to learn more about the various important processes in agriculture; currently it is unknown if this information is provided in simulated dialogue boxes with accompanying pastel-colored npcs (non-playable characters). Another venture was attempted earlier in 2012 on a larger scale—as in the size of shipping containers and even vacant buildings—but the startup capital required was too large, in excess of $1 million. Scaling down the scope of the project has since made it more appealing to grant foundations such as the Start Garden seed from Grand Rapids, kes, the Awesome Foundation, and distantly on the horizon, the ever-hungry, ever-gaping maw of Zynga.
The major link to FarmVille comes in the form of a planned accompanying website, which would allow “players” to track their progress and compare setups against each other. “One single person can take care of these farms, but the beauty is that there will be an entire community of supporters to turn to for resources,” Falther said of the feature, Zynga's shadowy influence lacing his words. “It’s like FarmVille, just with real crops.” It is entirely possible, given the number of already-existing parallels, that one may in the future be besieged by both FarmVille requests and ratings requests for their home aquaponics systems should interconnectivity with Facebook be allowed. With any luck, and past trends related to interactive farm simulations, the world may soon see a day where people across the globe can hunch over their plots of sustainable crops, sending each other requests to remotely activate pH balance systems and rate their setups. One can only imagine the aftereffects of such a world on society as it is now known.