Cornell 2, CC 0 (game 1 Friday)

[dag14]

John Hughes '70 was not an engineer, nor was his son, David.

[Tcl123]

Ryan Hughes was in the agec department. Had alot of classes with him when I was there. I believe Jeff Raynak was an engineer however.

[marty]

I seem to remember a bunch of engineers in the Dark Ages when I was at Cornell (as distinguished from the Plestiocene when some others attended). David Burke and __ Vogel are two that I recall. And IIRC, Joe Juneau was aerospace engineering at RPI.

Legend has it that Juneau in addition to his study of engineering had to deal with learning English.

Is it true, Ralph?

[ursusminor]

I seem to remember a bunch of engineers in the Dark Ages when I was at Cornell (as distinguished from the Plestiocene when some others attended). David Burke and __ Vogel are two that I recall. And IIRC, Joe Juneau was aerospace engineering at RPI.

Legend has it that Juneau in addition to his study of engineering had to deal with learning English.

Is it true, Ralph?

http://news.rpi.edu/update.do

Q: You didn't speak English when you came to Rensselaer. What was your first day like?
 
A: It was probably the day in my life that I was the most nervous. It was hard to go into a store and ask for a pack of gum. I was very shy and was nervous about making mistakes. Instead of speaking up in class, I would go over a question in French in my head and work on translating it into English, and I wouldn't say it until I was comfortable. By the time I was ready to ask a question, it was three or four topics ago.

Q: How did you balance your academic program in aeronautical engineering and hockey at Rensselaer?
 
A: It was just a matter of being organized. Every day that I left my apartment, I had a list of every single thing that I needed to do that day. I don't think I ever failed a test in my life before I came here. And the first two tests that I took at RPI, I failed them, and pretty bad too. On one of them I think I got 22 percent, the other one 30 percent, if not less than that. When I got the results I went right away to the coach's office. I told Mike Addessa the situation, and I showed him all the homework that I did. The next week I had tutors in place for every single class I needed help with. What I gained the most from being around tutors was the fact that I had somebody one-on-one to discuss things with in English.

To the best of my knowledge, there have always been some engineering majors on the team, but they have been a small minority.

[marty]

I seem to remember a bunch of engineers in the Dark Ages when I was at Cornell (as distinguished from the Plestiocene when some others attended). David Burke and __ Vogel are two that I recall. And IIRC, Joe Juneau was aerospace engineering at RPI.

Legend has it that Juneau in addition to his study of engineering had to deal with learning English.

Is it true, Ralph?

http://news.rpi.edu/update.do

Q: You didn't speak English when you came to Rensselaer. What was your first day like?
 
A: It was probably the day in my life that I was the most nervous. It was hard to go into a store and ask for a pack of gum. I was very shy and was nervous about making mistakes. Instead of speaking up in class, I would go over a question in French in my head and work on translating it into English, and I wouldn't say it until I was comfortable. By the time I was ready to ask a question, it was three or four topics ago.

Q: How did you balance your academic program in aeronautical engineering and hockey at Rensselaer?
 
A: It was just a matter of being organized. Every day that I left my apartment, I had a list of every single thing that I needed to do that day. I don't think I ever failed a test in my life before I came here. And the first two tests that I took at RPI, I failed them, and pretty bad too. On one of them I think I got 22 percent, the other one 30 percent, if not less than that. When I got the results I went right away to the coach's office. I told Mike Addessa the situation, and I showed him all the homework that I did. The next week I had tutors in place for every single class I needed help with. What I gained the most from being around tutors was the fact that I had somebody one-on-one to discuss things with in English.

To the best of my knowledge, there have always been some engineering majors on the team, but they have been a small minority.

Any idea if there are plans to sing the Slovakian national anthem before home games this year.  Ya got the flag!

[ursusminor]

Any idea if there are plans to sing the Slovakian national anthem before home games this year.  Ya got the flag!

Good question. The topic came up on USCHO when the flag was first noticed, but no one reported anything. They probably can't find a singer who knows the words.

[Trotsky]

Any idea if there are plans to sing the Slovakian national anthem before home games this year.  Ya got the flag!

Good question. The topic came up on USCHO when the flag was first noticed, but no one reported anything. They probably can't find a singer who knows the words.

It's a kick ass anthem (and flag).  Verní sebe, svorne napred!

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Cl5fRPIJc[/video]

[ursusminor]

Any idea if there are plans to sing the Slovakian national anthem before home games this year.  Ya got the flag!

Good question. The topic came up on USCHO when the flag was first noticed, but no one reported anything. They probably can't find a singer who knows the words.

It's a kick ass anthem (and flag).  Verní sebe, svorne napred!

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Cl5fRPIJc[/video]

"Slovaks are rebounding"? Must be the basketball version.

[Trotsky]

Loose translation.

The shorter form is: "Fuck Hungary."