The lottery for on-campus housing is currently underway and several recent changes to the room selection process have created both challenges and opportunities for students looking to live on campus.
On December 18, 2009, Vice President of Student Life Eddie Ade Knowles and Vice President for Administration Claude Rounds sent out an e-mail to [...]

As a student at RPI, you pay a great deal of money to the Institute and a significant amount to the Rensselaer Union, be it through hard-earned scholarships, loans you will be paying back for years, or personal savings. As such, The Poly encourages you to take an interest in the budget decisions at each [...]

Experimental. Thought-provoking. Weird.
These are some responses that could be garnered about Thursday’s and Friday’s performance of choreographer Jeremy Wade’s “there is no end to more” at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center. The performance was based on the Japanese kawaii culture, from which the “cute” genre of anime has sprung, and its growing [...]

After a rough overtime loss to Brown University on Friday night, the men’s hockey team rebounded with a stunning 4-0 shutout of No. 8 Yale University on Saturday at Ingalls Rink. Saturday’s win also marked an Engineers sweep of one of the best teams not only in the league, but also the nation, following RPI’s [...]

Troy Fire Chief Tom Garrett wrote a letter in mid-January to New York State requesting it to shut down RPI’s Voorhees Computing Center due to “unsafe” access roads and alleged fire code violations.
Garrett wrote that the Institute did not construct a road to the VCC that could handle a fire truck, detailing that [...]

On Tuesday, January 12, the Office of the President announced to the faculty that, as a cost-cutting measure, research incentive funding would be eliminated as of July 1, 2010. The stated reasons are the ongoing fiscal crisis and the need to redirect funds to hiring new faculty.
When a research professor wins a grant from [...]

When illness hits, it’s not usually a big deal for me or most of the people I know. You lie low for a few days, drink fluids, and e-mail your professors about missing class or assignments. But occasionally, it looks a little different. What happens when you get unusual or severe symptoms that you don’t [...]

For more than 230 years, the United States has achieved remarkable prosperity and freedom that has been unparalleled in human history. The economic success of our nation has stemmed from the entrepreneurial spirit and ingenuity of the American people. The ability of anyone with a new idea to start a business and hire workers has [...]

I was auctioned off for $210 last weekend to support Clothe-a-Child, which raised money to support children in the Troy community. Thank you to all of those who supported the event, I guess I’ll be having a nice candle-lit dinner at McDonalds soon…
The first week back has let me think about what should be done [...]

For seniors on campus, this semester is a very busy and exciting time. Academics are as important as ever, but time also needs to be allocated to work on that ever-vital notion of life after college. Some will choose to go on to graduate school, either in Troy or elsewhere. Many others will search for [...]