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Volume 126, Number 11 November 2, 2005
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Jackson addresses Senate, hosts town meeting

Last Thursday, President Shirley Ann Jackson held several campus events. Among these were a presentation she gave at an afternoon Town Meeting and one she gave to the Student Senate at their weekly Thursday night meeting.

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News

At-large candidates for City Council answer questions

New academic deans discuss school visions

Semester’s first pizza event held

Ed/Op

Staff Editorial
Rising energy costs need

Editorial Notebook
Think before stealing test

Editorial Notebook
Heckling at games energizes team

Letter to the Editor
Randazzo falsely accuses

Derby
Rensselaer Union

Top Hat
Go Be Red gains facelift

The Barstool
Stop overproducing kids

The Soap Box
Do your part to help save energy

Letter to the Editor
Heckling displays pride in team

Features

books and music

Halloween offers fun for all ages

Dave Barry
Men, women define humor in different ways

Primer joins small group of mindblowing movies

Engineering Your Health
Do not lose sight of health while at RPI

Hoosick’s I Love NY Triumphs in 2005 Poly Pizza Poll

Sports

Second half surge saves RPI’s playoff hopes

Engineers split pair versus Hockey East foes

RPI comes from behind

Red Hawks play rude hosts to Bombers

Women’s soccer ends season on high note

Year completed for field hockey, seniors say good-bye

Red Hawks win finale

Weekly Round Up
ROTC sailor makes history

One-Timers
Red Sox office lets down fans

Rensselaer in Brief
More lawsuits filed
Last Wednesday, the Recording Industry Association of America announced that it had filed lawsuits against 745 more individuals, including users at 17 colleges and universities. Four of these users were on the RPI campus network. As with the previous rounds of lawsuits, targeted individuals were cited for alleged illegal distribution of copyrighted materials using i2hub.

Review of a contract with online music service provider Ruckus is still ongoing, though administration officials have indicated in recent days that it will likely be approved.

Director appointed
President Jackson announced this week that Michael Tentnowski, former executive director of the Physical Science Institute, has been appointed as director of the Rensselaer Incubator. Tentnowski, in his former role, had focused on entrepreneurship and development in Southern Mexico.

The incubator, located next to the Alumni House on Peoples Avenue, was conceived as one of the first university-based incubators in the country. Many successful business ventures have developed in the incubator, and more than one has successfully moved to the Tech Park.

Race turns sour
There is no love lost between the major candidates for Troy City Council from District 4. Councilman Bill Dunne is seeking a second term as the Democratic candidate, and former Councilman Bill Pascarell is seeking to return to a post he previously held. Pascarell has raised questions about Dunne’s forced leave from his post at the state Dormitory Authority, and Dunne is raising questions about a Pascarell flier indicating that he had obtained the endorsement of Troy police.

Dunne has denied any wrongdoing and said that his agreement to leave does not permit him to discuss the circumstances. Pascarell explained that he was indeed endorsed by the Troy Police Benevolent Association.

District 4 includes much of the area surrounding RPI. City elections will take place on Tuesday, November 8.

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