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New research at RPI promises efficient energy IFC discusses new plans for semester
Ed/Op
Staff Editorial
Resist illegal downloading Editorial Notebook
What’s your soundtrack? Editorial Notebook
Valentine’s Day approaches Derby
Have fun at carnival FAFSA needs renewing Letter to the Editor
Upkeep costs money, too Letter to the Editor
Plan advises openness Letter to the Editor
Complaints unfounded Interfraternity Council
Spring Rush comes to end Executive salaries limited by bailout
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EOP entertains audience with mix of shows Book discusses circumstances of African AIDS crisis Violins dazzle audience in Troy Student housing has troubled past
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RPI drops two to Union in route seven rivalry Engineers sweep Clarkson in season series, fall to SLU Red Hawks hunt down Herons in league play Men’s basketball trampled by Continentals
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Rensselaer in Brief
Ruckus disappears
Ruckus Network, the college-sponsored digital media content service, closed its doors on February 6. Users who enter the website of Ruckus see a message stating that the company’s services will not be provided anymore.
Ruckus was one of the Student Senate’s projects back in 2005, which provided students with a legal way to download music amidst the Recording Industry Association of America’s targeting of college campuses for music piracy. Ruckus content can only be played until its renew date, at which point students will no longer be able to access any of their music.
Ruckus was originally subscribed to by individual schools, but then chose to give up subscription fees and went for contracts with ad agencies and sponsorships from colleges and universities in 2006, giving students free access to the website’s content. Bud Peterson the finalist
Former RPI Provost G.P. “Bud” Peterson was recently announced as the finalist for the presidency at Georgia Institute of Technology. Peterson left RPI for the position of chancellor at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2006.
Peterson was hired as provost at RPI in 2000, after serving as a research scientist for the NASA-Johnson Space Center in Houston and working for Black & Veatch Consulting Engineers in Kansas City, Mo. He taught mathematics and science in several Kansas high schools early in his career.
Peterson is credited with stepping into the University of Colorado at Boulder chancellorship at a crucial time in the institution’s history and positively correcting its course. Senate discusses updates
The Senate meeting last night began with updates on the winter carnival to be held on February 28. The Senate members were encouraged to participate and mingle with the Board of Trustees, who will also be attending.
The introduction was followed by an hour-long revising session of the Grand Marshal handbook for the upcoming year. GM candidates will now have an extra four days to obtain signatures for their campaign after the return from spring break. A considerable amount of debate occurred regarding the effects the signature extension could have on the motivation of potential GM candidates, as well as how it would conflict with campaigning rules. The motion to approve the extra four days straddling spring break passed 17-1-1.
Following the approval of the first motion, Senate Liason Brian Zaik ’09 covered the proposed student senate bylaw revisions with the help of GM Kara Chesal ’09 and Senator Michael Zwack ’11. The proposed senate bylaws were passed.
Following the approval of the second motion, graduate student Ben Cohen announced the new chair of the Student Sustainability Task Force, Ben Hunt ’10. The committee is also working on a Senate Support of the Student Sustainability report, which documents the Senate’s approval of the SSTF’s recent work.
After discussing the development of the future approval of the Senate Support of Sustainability report, the Senate moved on to Committee and Constituent Reports.
The Student Relations Committee is proposing a housing fair in the spring in which students could tour a number of apartments and houses in one weekend. The idea received support from the GM and other members of the Senate and is in currently in the planning process.
The Finance and Facilities Advancement Committee has been discussing the improvement of the east campus parking and announced that the Voorhees Computer Center hours will return to 24/7 on March 1. The committee is also trying to meet with RPI CIO John Kolb to discuss Russell Sage Laboratory hours.
The other Senate committees gave weekly updates. |
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