From The Poly, October 19, 1994
An increase in violence by players and fans at college hockey games convinced the NCAA to draft a set of rules last spring to maintain sportsmanship at the games.
The NCAA, in particular, has expressed concern with fans shouting obscenities and player violence instigated by taunting and other unsportsman-like activities.
The NCAA has also produced an annoucement that will be broadcast at college hockey games this weekend.
RPI hockey players and fans will hear the announcement during the Engineers’ first home game against McGill University on Saturday.
In response to concerns by students that they are being singled out by the NCAA, David Haviland, vice president for student life, has emphasized that all educational institutions with college hockey programs will have to abide by the new sportsmanship rules.
According to the NCAA, the announcement that will be broadcast on Saturday:
"The NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Rules Committee promotes good sportmanship by student athletes, coaches, and spectactors. The committee requests your cooperation by supporting the participants and officials in a positive manner. Profanity, racial or sexist comments, or other intimidating actions directed at officials, student athletes, coaches, or team representatives will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the site."
From The Poly, October 14, 1987
The recent snowstorm and an ensuing power failure that left some residence halls without power for 72 hours demonstrated a need for emergency measures that had not been previously anticipated.
"I think the campus community responded well to the situation overall," said Pete Snyder, director of Residence Life and Student Dining Services.
"Obviously, it was a surprise this time of the year—but we’ve dealt with snowstorms and loss of power before. What was a shock this time was the length of the outage and the fact that so many areas were affected."
Andrea Alphponso, an RA in BARH R-Wing, felt that students handled the situation well.
"Most people had tests on Monday and were very concerned about studying. They built fires in the fireplaces and tried to use that light, as well as candles and flashlights to study by."
John Mueller, director of Auxillary Support Services, noted that his department plans to meet with Physical Facilities and the Office of Public Safety to discuss a means of dealing with future power problems.
"We are looking into the possibility of wiring the hallways so that we could just plug in a generator and have hallway lights in case of another extended power failure."
