The Rose-Hulman community came together this week to mourn the loss of Robert Rea, a senior biomedical engineering
student.

Rea committed suicide Monday afternoon, leaving behind his mother, father, stepfather, two sisters, and a brother, as well as his Lambda Chi Alpha fraternal brothers and countless friends and relatives.

Students and faculty alike joined in honoring Rea’s memory and recalling his life.

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Stimulus encourages school reforms

As part of the stimulus package, a small part ($4 billion) of the $110 billion allocated to education was set aside for a program known as the “Race to the Top” education grant. Despite the relatively low dollar amount of the grant, many states have been reforming laws to meet the grant’s standards; these standards include linking educators’ pay to student test scores, raising the number of charter schools allowed, adopting internationally accredited academic standards, and turning around low-performing schools. 8 states have already begun altering their laws to fi t these goals. Some have speculated that the grant has fueled a competition of sorts among states hoping to be “the winners.”

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