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Around 9 pm on Friday, there was an incident at Peoples Avenue and 15th Street involving a Safe Ride vehicle and another vehicle.

Hozier’s new EP, Nina Cried Power, is just as moody as his first album, but with newfound confidence, Hozier shows how he has grown since his debut.  The artist has been in a musical drought since 2014, when his first album released.

This year, the Office of the Registrar tried a new procedure for registering the incoming freshmen. For all students attending the first three student orientation sessions, the Registrar provided premade class schedules and allowed them to choose any Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences course.

“Sophomore” is a call to action. It is an opportunity “to become” rather than merely “to be” that marks experiences which test, reaffirm, challenge, explode.

On Wednesday, the Executive Board approved the opening of Halal Shack in the Union, gave money for buses to Alpha Phi Omega, and granted the African Students Association a starter budget.

Coming into college as a new student is one of the most stressful things any young person can do. You’re suddenly thrust into an open world, where rigid schedules don’t exist, and where no one is there to hold your hand.

With the beginning of the fall season for television approaching, many people are getting ready for new seasons of their favorite shows.

This weekend, we will be welcoming members of the Rensselaer family back to campus for this year’s Reunion & Homecoming festivities!

Hi everyone! I hope you are enjoying the small drop in temperature this week; this weather is certainly my favorite.

The other day, I had a strange realization after class. My professor had been trying to further explain the accounting cycle by using relatable examples.

Since its launch in 2014, the Netflix original BoJack Horseman has risen to unprecedented levels of popularity both with critics and audiences alike.

The Executive Board held its second meeting of the year last Wednesday; it included the “punishment” of the Rensselyrics for neglecting financial policy and revisions of the policies regarding room reservations and events.

I remember the first time I started cooking. I must have been 11 or 12. I was left to my own devices as my parents were both industrious business owners, so I tried my hand at making a seemingly simple egg omelette.

The ’86 Field was taken over by numerous fraternities and sororities for a celebration called GreekFest on Sunday.

This past spring, our Editorial Board unanimously voted to end our regular printing schedule and to instead refocus our efforts toward online publication.

Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying your week! With the completion of the Student Leadership Summit this past weekend, we are officially through with our wave of trainings for the fall.

Director of the Union Charlie Potts emphasized “relationships, trust, ideas, listening, project lists, [and] prioritization” during his meeting with the Student Senate on September 10.  During the special orders of the day, the Student Senate met with newly appointed Charlie Potts in order to “get to know him.” During his talk with the Senate, Potts expressed his satisfaction with this new position, went over the experience he has accrued through prior projects, and answered some questions that the senators had for him.

Earlier this month, the Department of Public Safety issued two RPIAlert messages—one on September 10 and another on September 12.

As students struggle to wake up early in the morning, their foremost adversary is grogginess. But soon, stomachs begin to wake up and assert their control, leading to a noticeable feeling of hunger.

The movie BlacKkKlansman (yes, three K’s) is a movie as racially charged as one might expect from the somewhat oxymoronic title.

The Student Senate is constantly working to improve the student experience here at Rensselaer, and you can join the effort!

After fourteen years of anticipation, Pixar finally released the sequel to the beloved film, The Incredibles.

Nighthawks Restaurant & Bar sits in the heart of Downtown Troy, at the cute corner where Nibble Inc. used to be.

Eminem’s album debut in 2017 was disappointing, to say the least. Revival, his ninth studio album, missed the mark on many things fans have come to expect from Eminem, and throwaway lines coupled with bad production led fans like myself to rank it near the bottom of his discography.

“41 is the number I want you to remember. 41 billion tons of carbon dioxide is being released by humans every year.

I graduated from RPI with my master’s degree in 1998. Although I was only a graduate student at RPI, I nonetheless have many fond memories of the Institute; I met my wife there, I made scores of close friends, I have a degree that is taking me places that I’d never imagined, and I have developed an affinity for college hockey (as well as other RPI Engineer athletics).

I’m obviously biased and would love to see all RPI students participate in Student Government, but I know that it isn’t for everyone!

With the start of this school year, I am officially an upperclassman at Rensselaer. Saying this out loud has been hard for me.

Hello, RPI! I hope everyone had an exciting first week of classes and is getting settled into the new semester!

If for some reason, you had been taking a break from Netflix binge-watching like I had this past summer, then you could be excused from missing the release of the recent cinematic phenomena that is To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.  Released August, 17, 2018 on the platform, the film follows Lara Jean Covey after love letters she wrote to all her past crushes get sent out.

“Not more of the same, but the other.” This is Johannes Goebel’s motto as the director of the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center.

Walking into Troy Kitchen, the first thing I noticed was the music. Unlike traditional food courts, Troy Kitchen had R&B music blasting from the speakers.

Fellow students, As you may have seen from emails recently released by the administration, President Shirley Ann Jackson has appointed a director of the Union on August 8, 2018.

Welcome Fest, Rensselaer’s pre-semester tradition where freshmen shake President Shirley Ann Jackson’s hand, high-five members of her cabinet, and then wind through the streets of downtown Troy before arriving at Riverfront Park, took place on Tuesday.

Just over two years ago, the Editorial Board wrote, “Our Union is unique; it’s completely student run.” After the events of the past year, this is no longer the case.

The idea of an emotional college move in with tears, hugs, and farewells is cliché for a reason. Everyone was ecstatic to get accepted to college, and the idea of moving out was something to look forward to.

Professor Jonathan Dordick retired from his position as vice president for research and returned to full-time faculty.