October 8, 2009
'Boiler Bytes 3' to debut on BTN
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"Boiler Bytes 3," a 30-minute video news magazine produced by Purdue, will premiere on the Big Ten Network at 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. today (Oct. 8).
The program, which has Purdue students as host and reporters, has five featured segments on these topics:
* Purdue's 27th Golden Girl, MerriBeth Cox, who this year won the top U.S. national twirling competition, then took third in world.
* The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest of 2009, in which the task was to replace an incandescent light bulb with a more energy-efficient light-emitting device.
* The annual electric guitar-making workshop conducted by the College of Technology.
* Professor J. Paul Robinson's climb to the summit of Mount Everest to raise funds for AIDS research and awareness, and his work to create a testing device usable and affordable in Africa.
* Purdue Pete and what three of the students who share that role do to prepare for and act out the role.
"Boiler Bytes 3" also includes glimpses of Purdue Hero honorees Helen Bass Williams, Mindy Paulet and Brian Lamb.
The program will have other showings in later weeks.
Previous "Boiler Bytes" segments are at www.purdue.edu/boilerbytes/ and on Purdue's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/purdue.
BTN features campus programming from all Big Ten universities, as well as extensive coverage and replays of Big Ten athletics. More is at www.bigtennetwork.com.
BTN is on Boiler TV at Channel 12. In Lafayette-West Lafayette, it is on Comcast at Channel 67 or digital Channel 552 (Channel 958 for HD); on DirecTV on Channel 610; and on DISH Network on Channel 439 (Channel 9500 for HD).
A summary of at least the next few days of Purdue-related programming on BTN is at www.bigtennetwork.com/schedule/Big-Ten-Network-Purdue-programming.asp.