http://www.reportermag.com/ Author Andrew Rees from Reporter Online. en-us http://www.reportermag.com/article/141 Urban Design Plan Enters Third Stage On April 14th and 15th, Parking and Transportation Services (PATS) held open focus groups presenting proposals made for improvements to parking and transportation on campus. The focus groups were held in cooperation with national consultants Martin Alexiou Bryson (MAB), a transportation and traffic engineering firm, and Cooper, Robertson & Partners (CRP), an urban planning firm. These latest proposals represent the third phase in a... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:30:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/141 http://www.reportermag.com/article/123 New bio-plastic cups and plates are not being recycled by RIT Dining Services, but instead thrown out. On March 10th, 2008, the RITz Sports Zone began introducing special tableware products made from compostable material. This introduction was to act as a pilot program to facilitate the reduction of the amount of waste generated by on-campus dining facilities. After use, the compostable product would be sold to Freshwise Farms, a local organic grower, to help defray RIT's additional... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/123 http://www.reportermag.com/article/31 When Mara Ahmed moved to the United States from Pakistan with her husband in 1993, the world was a different place. Terms like "Muslim Extremist" and "Islamic Jihad" barely registered in the minds of Americans. However, after the events of September 11, 2001, these words became irrevocably embedded in the American consciousness. Ahmed, who grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, is a Muslim woman living in Rochester, and has two master's degrees to her name. Until 2003, she was a financial... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/31 http://www.reportermag.com/article/217 Position President of Global Union Year and Major Third year, Industrial and Systems Engineering Reason for Nomination As President of Global Union this past year, he has led numerous initiatives to make the RIT campus more friendly to international students. What is GU, and how are you involved? Basically, GU is an organization that was founded about 11 years ago by an international student. Ever since, it's been promoting diversity on campus... Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/217 http://www.reportermag.com/article/201 Six Things That Could Save Your Life You're driving down a stretch of an old state highway which Google Maps recommended, when all of a sudden, a deer darts across the road. You swerve to avoid it and lose control of the vehicle, helplessly pumping the brakes as the car smashes through the guardrail. It slides down a steep embankment and comes to a stop in a stream. Disoriented but unhurt, you get out of the car and assess the situation. Your car is totaled, the embankment is too... Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/201 http://www.reportermag.com/article/188 On Saturday, May 3rd, people of all ages swarmed to RIT's campus to attend Imagine RIT, the inaugural "innovation and creativity festival." The festival, coinciding with the traditional Spring Festival, sought to showcase the Institute's commitment to becoming an "innovation university." With over 400 exhibits, Imagine RIT displayed a wide variety of projects by students, faculty, and businesses. Some of the more popular exhibits included an automated hot-dog-making robot designed to... Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/188 http://www.reportermag.com/article/165 RIT's Provost Dr. Stan McKenzie After over four decades of service to RIT, Dr. Stan McKenzie is retiring from his position as Provost. McKenzie began his career in 1967 as an instructor and after rising through the ranks, was appointed provost in 1994. President Destler has called the man an "RIT institution" who has played "a major role in the advancement of the university into the ranks of the nation's largest and finest private universities." In recognition of his years of... Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/165 http://www.reportermag.com/article/83 On April 19th, the RIT Rotaract Club, a Rotary-affiliated student organization, will hold RIT's first Relay for Life at the Gordon Field House. The event is designed to raise money and awareness for cancer research and treatment. "It's all about awareness and spreading the word about it," said Gary Wolyn, coordinator of the Relay for Life, President of the Rotaract Club, and a second year Marketing major. Wolyn described that money would be raised by teams or... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/83 http://www.reportermag.com/article/40 On Monday, March 10, President William Destler announced that Dr. Jeremy Haefner would be succeeding Dr. Stanley McKenzie as RIT's Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs. This announcement comes after a five month, multi-national search for a replacement for McKenzie, who is retiring after 13 years as provost and a total of 40 years at RIT. The search, which narrowed a pool of about eighty applicants down to five finalists, placed the shortlist on Destler's desk in... Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/40 http://www.reportermag.com/article/117 College of Science (COS) Senator Heather Drake, a fourth year Photojournalism and Biomedical Science major, is running unopposed in the upcoming election. While technically the incumbent, Drake is relatively new to the job, having started during spring quarter. She does not currently serve on any Student Government sub-committees, but is interested in working with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, as well as the committee dealing with the new Global Village housing project. As COS... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:03:43 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/117