News

E-Board renews Ruckus contract

Student Senate starts year off on good note

Crank maintains fast pace

Ed/Op

Staff Editorial
Respect, protect intellectual property

Editorial Notebook
Movies show insensitivity

Editorial Notebook
Red Army begins with Stakeout

Top Hat
New Big Red Stakeout begins next Monday

Derby
Bookstore supports Union, makes no profit on books

Panhellenic Council
Panhel announces events

My View
Cast aside apathy

Features

Medics struggle to save a life in new exhibit

Words to Eat By
Salad replaces fried food

Dave Barry
Childbirth makes

Sports

RPI powers through first tournament

Men’s soccer flies high in Red Hawk Classic

Strong defense not enough for Red Hawks

Tennis women open 2006 on high note

Rensselaer in Brief
PACE launches partnership with RPI
September 8 will mark the start of a new partnership between RPI and the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education. This joint effort will bring together General Motors, Electronic Data Systems, UGS Corp., and Sun Microsystems with Rensselaer, along with a number of other collegiate institutions, to develop the product lifecycle management team of the future. PLM is an approach to development that starts at a product’s inception and lasts through the manufacturing, marketing, distribution, maintenance, and disposal phases, thus encompassing its entire lifecycle.

Friday’s events will be held in the Biotechnology Center, beginning with the official announcement—to be made by Dr. Lawrence D. Burns of GM—at 1:15 pm. Student project demonstrations will follow at 2:15, and the festivities will conclude with a reception open to the entire campus at 3:30.

President of SUNY Albany dies
SUNY Albany is moving on, despite the sudden loss of its president last month. Kermit L. Hall died in a swimming accident while on vacation in South Carolina. His tenure as president was short; he had only taken office on February 1 of the previous year. Even so, he touched the lives of many and has been described as an exemplary leader. Governor George Pataki called him a “scholar and a friend” and RPI President Shirley Ann Jackson said that he would leave a lasting impression on the entire Capital Region.

While the campus still mourns Hall’s passing, the academic year is just beginning. Classes began yesterday, just a week later than in 2005. Provost Susan V. Herbst is the acting officer in charge; she says that Hall left behind significant written communications, and that he has left behind a road map of future plans that will lead the way for the future.