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As part of a nation-wide organizational effort, thousands took to the streets of the Capital Region in a demonstration of civil indignation.

The Class of 2029 elected Winston Hewitt to be their president and Athena Elvey to be their vice president.

After six years, the Institute has changed its policy requiring students to take classes during the summer of their Sophomore year.

A consolidation of the discussion surrounding the CDC contract awarded to RPI, where Dr. Juergen Hahn is the principal investigator of a project that will study the relationship between vaccines and ASD.

The Polytechnic recently sat down with Dr. Juergen Hahn to discuss the recent CDC contract he was awarded to study the relationship between vaccines and autism.

In his seventh Town Meeting, President Schmidt provided updates about the Institute.

RPI’s Auxiliary Services, in conjunction with a Sodexo representative, met with the Residential Life and Dining Committee and the Student Government Communications Committee on Tuesday to discuss key changes to the dining halls coming up this year.

Discussed the changes coming with the renovations to the Student Union, W2SZ urges a call to action regarding the lifeline of their club—at the risk of losing their frequencies.

Web Technologies Group Chair Williams Chen presents an inquiry into upgrading the Rensselaer Union’s Club Management System and introduces several options to replace the current system.

The Poly recently sat down with President Schmidt to discuss a wide range of topics including deportations, staffing, enrollment, and more.

An inquiry committee has been formed to investigate the increasingly strained relationship between the RPI Players and the Union Executive Board. Also, RPI is seeking re-accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

In her first E-Board meeting as President of the Union, Isabele Lieber ’25, ’26G presided over the unraveling of the RPI Players as they were put on probation for the second time this semester. RPI Cricket Club got a starter budget, the Club Operations Committee got their own constitution, and Katie Bates ’26 got appointed as UPAC Chairperson.

The runoff will be held via a virtual ballot sent by email to all Greek-affiliated students.

Tiburon Benavides has been elected Grand Marshal and Isabele Lieber has been elected President of the Union.

In the wake of Monday’s primary elections, the Elections Commission received a challenge to the results. The challenge pertained primarily to the “Donuts with Candidates” event held the day of the primary. Two other concerns were brought to the EC’s attention regarding the date of the primary and the lack of a sample ballot. The EC concluded that the concerns were valid but that there was insufficient evidence to suspend the election result.

President Schmidt hosted his sixth town meeting at EMPAC on Friday where he discussed the situation in Washington, D.C. and the Institute’s goals regarding the finances and enrollment.

GM candidates Tiburon Benavides '21, '27G and Vicky Guo '26 advance to the final election along with PU candidates Isabele Lieber '25, '26G and Toby McDonald '26. Also, McDonald was sanctioned for improperly gathering signatures.

The primary debates for both the Grand Marshal and President of the Union candidates happened on Friday in preparation for voting on Monday. Candidates got a chance to give their insight into pressing issues facing the student body and how they would address them.

After nine years, political parties have formally returned to GM Week.

An endorsement tracker for all candidates running for Grand Marshal and President of the Union from other student organizations.