Monthly Archives: January 2010
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 12 affected and continues to affect people across the world. With estimates of 150,000 dead and more now homeless, there is an international effort to help rebuild and comfort a … Continue reading
No matter what potential Clustered Learning, Advocacy, and Support for Students holds for RPI, it means a big change and big changes are often difficult. Recent housing reform has not been met with open arms, whether unhappiness has been voiced … Continue reading
The spring season at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center promises to bring events to the RPI campus that are sure to both challenge and interest students, faculty, and staff alike. The season will start off big with Jeremy … Continue reading
RPI women’s hockey started off the new semester with a bang, tallying two wins over opponents that have given the squad much trouble in the past. The Engineers took their first-ever program victory over the Dartmouth College Big Green on … Continue reading
On December 18, the American Association for University Professors announced an investigation into key issues of shared governance at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, specifically, the ongoing suspension of the Faculty Senate. Having suspended the Senate in August 2007, the Board of … Continue reading
RPI is offering a new degree program: a Bachelor of Science in cognitive science, offered by the Department of Cognitive Science in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. The program has been in development for over three years … Continue reading
Throughout my life, music has played a very important role. I’m not a musician; I once played the saxophone decently, but other than that, I haven’t really touched another instrument. However, my taste in music is something that has contributed … Continue reading
I’m not sure what influenced me to take a chance with Data Structures, formerly Computer Science II, after having such a miserable time in Computer Science I. Why couldn’t I program? I ended up spending my entire summer break trying … Continue reading
A new decade, year, and semester begins. Welcome back, the winter break was long, but hopefully everyone took advantage of some time to rest and get ready for another term at RPI. It was almost seven weeks of not having … Continue reading
This past weekend, the Executive Board was hard at work reviewing every line of every club budget submitted. This completes the first step in the process of allocating funding for the next fiscal year, which began with the review of … Continue reading