News

Natural causes take life of Adam Kostial

RPI hosts kids for FIRST contest

Vice President David Haviland ’64 retires

Re-accreditation process ends, draft report released

segwaying to success in education

Ed/Op

Staff Editorial
Poly wishes Haviland good luck in retirement

Editors Corner
Poly staff welcomes input

Editorial Notebook
End of semester stresses students

Top Hat
Senate’s efforts help improve campus life

Derby
New semester brings renovations to student Union

Letter to the Editor
Tax break benefits everyone

The Barstool
Share facilities with locals

The Soap Box
Feedback allows for better results

My View
Commons should reduce costs if services are cut

Letter to the Editor
Responses to Alito rulings deemed inaccurate and mischaracterized

Features

Loyal crowd attends hours of diverse music

Words to Drink By
Test scores improve with sleep and diet

Dave Barry
Call waiting interrupts urgent phone calls

Words to Drink By
Local sports bar contributes to hometown rivalries

Mark Rust plays songs for the whole family

Sports

Geiger, RPI leave league foes in wake

Sacred Heart prevails with miracle bounce

Weekly Round Up
Athletes receive academic honors

Men’s basketball loses five straight

Giants defense silences Cowboys’ guns

Engineers crush Brock

RPI wavers to country’s best

One-Timers
Cheer intelligently, please

Rensselaer in Brief
Sage purchases center
In 1993, the City of Troy mortgaged City Hall to fund the $2.5 million construction of a recreation center in South Troy. The building was completed in 1994, but administrations since then have claimed that the city could not afford to operate the facility.

In 1999, Troy finally sold the facility to the Troy Boys and Girls Club for $725,000. When the Boys and Girls Club found that Seventh Avenue facility was much busier, they leased the gym to Redemption Christian Academy. Now, the facility has been sold to Russell Sage College for use as an athletic complex for $1.2 million.

Russell Sage College plans to use it primarily for field sports, as the softball and soccer teams currently play on rented fields. In the future, Russell Sage also plans to add a Division II varsity lacrosse team. Additionally, community groups and summer camps will have access to the 21,000 square-foot facility when it is not otherwise in use.

Troy seeks workers
Workers from the Unemployment Insurance Telephone Claims Center have been displaced as a result of their Manhattan office being closed, and they have been offered the option of moving to Troy or Endicott, near Binghamton, N.Y.

Mayor Harry Tutunjian took the task of persuading these Labor Department workers to take residence in Troy as busloads of potential residents arrived from Manhattan to meet with him. It is anticipated that as many as 100 workers may choose to do so.

The move itself has been extremely controversial and has been the subject of campaigns, rallies, and lawsuits, and it may be over a year before all the issues surrounding the move are resolved. The union is fighting to keep the jobs in New York City, but the state is planning to train new people and replace those who quit their jobs rather than move.