http://www.reportermag.com/ Author Joe McLaughlin from Reporter Online. en-us http://www.reportermag.com/article/143 Michael Deyhim, former candidate for Student Government President, claimed voting irregularities seriously hurt his election bid. "SG screwed up," he said. "After all the money and time I spent, SG is saying basically, Screw you.'" Deyhim's problems started early on Monday morning, when a profile was not posted next to his name on the election website. Deyhim had sent an e-mail to RIT student and SG Systems Administrator & Developer Bob Carroll the previous week, asking to review... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:30:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/143 http://www.reportermag.com/article/77 The Deaf, the Hearing, and the NTID Performing Arts Most students will be surprised to hear that RIT has a nationally recognized theater program. NTID Performing Arts has placed 95 students in professional theater, and approximately half (between 500 and 600 students) of all NTID students take classes in the department every year. However, about 20 of the students involved are hearing. Last week, I sat down with three people from the NTID Performing Arts department in the green... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/77 http://www.reportermag.com/article/219 Position » NTID Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Reason for Nomination » Spent the past several months reviewing and updating the curriculum for NTID students - an arduous yet vital task. Passionate and enthusiastic about her work. You were nominated because of your contributions in redoing the NTID curriculum. Can you tell us a little about this? I was given the responsibility to work with a group of 11 department chairs and our... Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/219 http://www.reportermag.com/article/191 The Academic Senate voted not to approve a proposal by the Student Athletics Advisory Committee (SAAC) to allow student athletes to register for classes one day earlier than they are otherwise able. By tabling the motion, the Senate has delayed action on it until next year. The proposal called for the Senate to "make a change in school policy so that student-athletes are extended the same courtesy of early registration as Honors Students and NTID Cross-registered students for the... Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/191 http://www.reportermag.com/article/192 The College of Applied Science and Technology's Dean Search Committee is finishing its search for a new dean, and has informed the Academic Senate that the dean will be appointed by May 30th. The committee named five finalists Valentine James is the dean of the graduate school at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. He earned his Ph.D. from Texas A&M with a major in Urban and Regional Planning, and wrote his dissertation on "Attractiveness of New Towns to Industries and... Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/192 http://www.reportermag.com/article/161 Dr. Harvey Palmer, Dean of the College of Engineering, said that he apologized to one candidate for an e-mail sent to all engineering students endorsing Student Government (SG) presidential candidate Ed Wolf in the closing hours of the election. "I certainly am not going to do this again," Palmer said. Palmer said that Wolf asked him to send the e-mail because he Palmer has access to an e-mail list of engineering students "Wolf can't access that. He had to go to someone in the... Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/161 http://www.reportermag.com/article/151 A couple weeks ago, there was a big ruckus in the media about the protesters trying to put out the Olympic Torch while it was on its multi-continental tour to Beijing. Protesters in Paris actually put the torch out. They were protesting for a variety of reasons. Some turned out against China's environmental record. Others thought it cruel to evict between 6,037 (the official government figure) and 1.5 million (according to the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, a European advocacy... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:30:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/151 http://www.reportermag.com/article/135 Correction The RIT Spring Juggle-In was listed incorrectly here as being 8 a.m. 10 p.m. on Sunday. It has since been corrected to the proper time 8 a.m. 5 p.m. on Saturday, with a show at 7 p.m. 19 Saturday RIT Badminton Play SLC, 2 p.m. 6 p.m. The winner of this tournament will be asked to represent the school in badminton tournaments at other schools. Cost Free. RIT Spring Juggle-In Clark Gym, 8 a.m. 5 p.m. with a show at 7. The 31st annual festival features a... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/135 http://www.reportermag.com/article/97 A Reporter poll conducted in week four showed current SG President Edward Wolf leading the race for Student Government President for next year, followed by Carlos Cornejo, Michael Deyhim, and Kari Hazzard. However, most voters are still undecided. A stratified random sample of 100 students near the Infinity Quad were approached and questioned. Ten percent of respondents were Deaf or Hard of Hearing, compared to approximately 9 of the student body. No other demographics were controlled... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/97 http://www.reportermag.com/article/84 After being shut down early this year, Humans vs. Zombies, a game played by RIT students using Nerf guns to simulate a zombie epidemic, has been authorized by Student Affairs to be played early this quarter. "Back in the fall, I had to do a lot of work to have RIT people listen to us. I was running around trying to communicate that Humans vs. Zombies has a place at RIT. I was finally able to do that during finals week of fall quarter," said Zach Bessler, a third year Computer Science... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/84 http://www.reportermag.com/article/85 Fli Digital, a company founded by two RIT alumni, recently launched their first major product, the Fresh Platform, a content management system designed to make selling cell phone content easier. Scott Teger, the firm's managing partner and a 2002 Computer Engineering graduate, said, "The company evolved into a digital ad agency. About two years ago, we came across a client selling ring tones and wallpaper on cell phones. We saw this as an opportunity. We didn't see that... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/85 http://www.reportermag.com/article/67 Note This story appeared in our April Fools Distorter issue and is for comedic value only. 29 Saturday The Game Ritter Arena, 230 p.m. 530 p.m. RIT's The Game team takes on SUNY Brockport in the game where every time you remember that The Game exists, you lose. The very knowledge of its existence means you are playing. Go Tigers! Cost 4 students, 6 facultystaff, 8 others. 30 Sunday Nothing ever happens at RIT on Sunday. Do your damn homework or something. 31... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/67 http://www.reportermag.com/article/21 Parking and Transportation Services (PATS) is planning a comprehensive strategy for automobile, pedestrian, and bicycle traffic for the next five to ten years. As part of this strategy, PATS plans on soliciting input from the RIT community at a series of public meetings. Jonathan Maurer, Director of Business Operations for Global Risk Management Services, said an overall plan was needed, because "all of the pieces of moving people, including parking for cars, shuttle buses,... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/21 http://www.reportermag.com/article/129 The Student Government Elections committee will be extending the election by three hours, so that it will end at 259 a.m. Friday instead of 1159 p.m. Thursday. Michael Deyhim, a candidate for SG President, claimed that the election process was unfair to him because he did not have a profile posted for the first three hours of the election. Bob Carroll, the SG Systems Administrator and Developer said that the profile was missing because "He didn't submit one to me. This requires... Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:29:02 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/129 http://www.reportermag.com/article/115 The race for Student Government President heated up at the debates on April 8th and 9th. Candidates presented their plans on issues such as the parking crunch, the relationship between clubs and SG, and financial issues. "When we saw the candidate list, we didn't see enough strong leadership" in the race, said Ed Wolf, who is running for reelection as SG President. Representative at Large Matt Danna is his running mate. Wolf and Danna are basing their campaign on their good relationships... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:15:57 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/115