Category Archives: Features
DIEFFENBACH (CENTER) SERVES on a panel for Sigma Delta on “Surviving College.”Marie Dieffenbach is the senior undergraduate student services administrator for the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering department and this year’s Poly Person of the Year. Her office is located in the Jonsson Engineering Center in the second floor lobby. I’ve … Continue reading
It is finally upon us: the final days of the semester. I mean, the summer movie season. If you’re looking to take a break from studying or writing papers or doing ridiculous end-of-semester projects, then brace yourself: big summer blockbusters … Continue reading
A MAG WARFRAME, LOW ON SHIELDS, FLEES from a Corpus Moa walker and a few crewmen during a defense mission on Europa. In defense missions, the player(s) fight off increasingly difficult waves of enemies.Warframe is a relatively new game to our world. It’s been in an open beta for a while now, and on occasion its play reflects that with bugged-out missions and character modeling and movement, but it is a very good … Continue reading
In the interim week before the start of the big summer movie season, one can often find it difficult to choose a movie to watch. Such was the case with myself, and in an effort to put together a review … Continue reading
This past weekend saw pre-release events for the new Magic: The Gathering set, Dragon’s Maze. The conclusion to the most recent block (started last fall with Return to Ravnica), Dragon’s Maze features all 10 of the guilds of the plane … Continue reading
April 22, 2033—we are pleased to announce the installation of seven new solar panels at RPI, making RPI completely carbon-neutral. Twenty years ago, there were only a few solar panels, mostly by the East Campus Athletic Village. Many buildings, particularly … Continue reading
BEECH (MORGAN FREEMAN), LEADER OF THE RESISTENCE, GIVES orders to subordinates Kara (Zoe Bell) and Sykes (Nikolaj Koster Waldau) in Oblivion , the story of the aftermath of a catastrophic war with alien attackers.Jack Harper, played by Tom Cruise, is a drone technician in a dystopian future where the earth has been ravaged by an alien war. Harper is plagued by impossible dreams and memories of before the war and before he was … Continue reading
CAMPUS TAKEOUT’S DUBIOUS LAMB QORMA SUFFERED from a surplus of oil and a lack of taste, much like the rest of the meal.Campus Takeout is a hole in the wall Indian/Pakistani restaurant located at 2207 15th Street, just north of Prospect Park on the opposite side of the street. I’ve walked past it day after day on my way between RPI and … Continue reading
Muza is one of the most beautiful restaurants in all of Troy, with a magnificent beer garden and wondrous inside decor not unlike what I might expect from a great homestyle restaurant in some quaint part of an eastern European … Continue reading
On Friday, April 19, I went to see a comedy show featuring Myq Kaplan, a professional comedian from Comedy Central. I’d never gone to see a comedian in person, but having seen one on television (and the internet) before, I … Continue reading