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i’d like to thank the academy Focus groups gather input for economic growth RPI team holds baseball clinic for area youngsters
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Fill those bubbles carefully, class surveys are important Editorial Notebook
Work piles up at bad time Come watch RPI baseball win Derby
Year finishes with many Union events Top Hat
Senate makes appointments Letter to the Editor
Apology for bad behavior Letter to the Editor
Sustainability favorable Letter to the Editor
People create atmosphere
Features
Shelnutt displays two realist styles poetry reading Field day comes to Troy Corpses are all that prevail in the end Words to Eat By
Take quick walk downtown for good lunch Dave Barry
Barry apologizes for offensive articles
Sports
Baseball rolls off 10 game win streak Youth pitching, bats lead Red Hawk softball Tennis downs rivals Second round shapes up in NHL postseason Johnson sets school record as RPI takes second, third nettin’ a win Road to finals muddled by tight match-ups Red Hawk crews dominate Union
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Rensselaer in Brief
Speakers announced
The keynote speakers for the third annual Teaching and Learning Colloquium have been announced. Eric Mazur, professor of physics at Harvard University, and Diane Ebert-May, professor of biology at Michigan State University, will deliver addresses at the event, scheduled for May 12 and 13.
For more information on the Teaching and Learning Colloquium contact Gary Gabriele, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education, at 276-2244. Hall of Fame inductees
The Rensselaer Alumni Association Hall of Fame has selected its inductees for 2003. The hall of fame was designed to honor RPI alumni who have “designed and shaped destiny, both nationally and internationally, with their innovations and inventions.” This newest group of alumni will be officially announced on June 14 and will be officially honored September 19.
The inductees are Douglass Houghton 1829, Walter E. Irving 1896, Howard P. Isermann ’42, Lois Graham ’46, J. Christopher Jaffe ’49, Myles N. Brand ’64, John “Jack” L. Swigert Jr. ’65, and Robert Resnick ’92.
For additional information on the Rensselaer Alumni Hall of Fame, visit
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/
NewsComm/sub/fame/. RAA Teaching Award
The Rensselaer Alumni Association has announced the recipient of its 2003 Teaching Award. This year it goes to Mark Mistur ’83 of the School of Architecture. He is both the associate dean of the school and a clinical associate professor.
Mistur received a bachelor of science in building science in 1982, a bachelor of architecture in 1983, and a master of science in building conservation in 2003, all from RPI.
The RAA Teaching Award has been presented once each year since 1994 and is designed to honor current members of the faculty for commitment to students, contributions to the campus experience, and outstanding teaching techniques. Nuclear fallout
A new book has been released detailing a botched nuclear test in Nevada that may have left an abnormal amount of radioactive material in Troy. Bill Heller, after examining recently declassified documents of the 1950s from the Atomic Energy Commission, concluded that the mushroom cloud from an atmospheric test of a nuclear weapon rose much higher than expected and may have been what set off the radiation-measuring instruments of an RPI professor. It may also have been the cause of some cases of cancer in Troy when a particularly harsh rainstorm blanketed the area three days after the test. The storm could have washed the fallout out of the air and into the ground.
In A Good Day Has No Rain, Heller asserts that the AEC knew about the contamination and did not inform the public other than a Kodak facility that was complaining that radioactive material was damaging its products. Congressional officials from the period now estimate that the contamination may have been as much as twenty times greater than contemporary AEC predictions. Examinations of health statistics in Rensselaer County from that time period found a small increase in cases of thyroid cancer in women while there was a drop in men. The former chief of the Bureau of Radiological Health said conclusive proof would be difficult to find since the government did not begin measuring fallout until the 1960s, and the highly mobile population of the time would complicate investigations in health records. Spring cleaning
The city of Troy will perform their annual flushing of fire hydrants in the areas surrounding campus starting today and continuing through Friday and Monday. During the flushing, students and area residents may experience a temporary discoloration in water and reduced water pressure. To fix the discoloration, run the water until it is clear. The colored water may stain clothes, so it is advised that residents not wash clothes while the flushing is taking place. College Ave. renovated
McCarthy Builders and August Bohl, in cooperation with the city of Troy, will begin the renovation of College Avenue today. The excavation of the old water main and laying of the new will be the first phase of the project, with the new house connections planned to start on April 30. Also at that time, McCarthy will begin to install new sidewalks, curbs, streetlights, and catch basins along both sides of College Avenue.
Because of the construction, there will be limited access to the road. The upper part of the street will continue to have no parking, and the lower half will be closed to all but residents. Construction and emergency vehicles will be allowed through, but cars will have to follow detour signs and flagman instructions. Further information on the project will be available at a public information meeting at the Heffner Alumni House today at 5:30 pm. |
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