http://www.reportermag.com/ News 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/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/60 Note This story appeared in our April Fools Distorter issue and is for comedic value only. RIT students Jeremy Baetlow and Matt Lanciaux want a little more elbow room when it comes to driving on campus. The two are more than fed up with sharing the campus roads with polite drivers. "I am so sick of waiting while someone waves another car through an intersection, or while two drivers exchange insurance information," said Baetlow. "It's time for a ruder roadway." The problem has... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/60 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/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/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/189 At 6 p.m. on Friday, May 2nd, RIT Jewish community organization Hillel hosted its weekly service in the Allen Memorial Chapel. Normally, this happens in Hillel House, which is located in the dorm-side tunnels under Colby Hall, but for this occasion, larger numbers were expected. The Shabbat service, which celebrates the weekly day of rest, featured traditional songs and prayers, which were aimed at introducing and opening the Jewish community to any interested RIT students or... Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/189 http://www.reportermag.com/article/187 COB Elections "College of Business (COB) elections will be next week," said Student Government Vice President Sasha Malinchoc. "There will be tables in the COB in a similar voting fashion to what happened in the SAU during the primary elections. These elections will span four days." Laptops will be set up for voting for an hour on each of the four days in the COB. Club Review Board Denies Parkour Club, SG Overrules The Club Review Board has decided to deny Parkour's application for... Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/187 http://www.reportermag.com/article/186 10 Saturday John "Leno" Maucere Show 08-2355, 9 p.m. 1 a.m. Maucere will be presenting a new monologue reflecting Deaf cultural issues. The show is a "Deafywood" spinoff, and consists of jokes like Maucere's infamous John Leno' character, a parody of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Cost Free. Kim Murray Karate Tournament Clark Gym, 9 a.m. 4 p.m. Karate demonstrations in a tournament setting for those interested. Cost 2 spectators, 35 participants. 11 Sunday Art Show and... Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/186 http://www.reportermag.com/article/162 On April 22, Facilities Management Services (FMS) conducted their annual waste audit on the Quarter Mile, opposite the Eastman Kodak Quad. "The goals of this year's waste audit were two-fold," said FMS Recycling Coordinator, first year student Tyler Stewart. "First, we were looking to see how contaminated the waste was in terms of recyclables that could have been thrown out. Second, we wanted to get students active and aware about how much they were throwing out. We did this by piling... Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/162 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/164 Recently, you may have noticed a group of students in navy blue jump suits walking around the Quarter Mile in spray-painted gas masks, yelling random words out of megaphones, playing the violin, standing around what looks like a giant, futuristic bugle made out of aluminum tubes and spray painted plastic cups, with a giant face on the front. They look as if they might be protesting something. In fact, they very well could be protesting something, although that's not completely clear. They... Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/164 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/163 Deyhim's Apology Michael Deyhim, former Student Government (SG) presidential candidate, spoke to the Senate, stating, "Ed Wolf is proposing positive change to the SG bylaws and... this change is a testament to the excellence of RIT." Constitutional Reform Changes have been made to the SG Constitution. SG President Ed Wolf and many other members of the Senate have revised and updated many parts of the document and to create new elected positions. "We are very satisfied with the changes... Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/163 http://www.reportermag.com/article/178 3 Saturday RIT Innovation & Creativity Festival Campus wide, 10 a.m. 4 p.m. This festival constitutes an exhibition of creative innovation occurring in every college and across the entire campus. Don't miss this opportunity to examine the best of RIT's work. Cost Free. 4 Sunday RIT Orchestra Spring Concert Ingle Auditorium, 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Enjoy "Order Out of Chaos" conducted by Michael R. Ruhling, with Tamari Gurevich, piano soloist. Cost Free. 5 Monday Writing the... Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/178 http://www.reportermag.com/article/144 Katherine Kennedy, New York State Special Deputy Attorney General for Environmental Protection, spoke at RIT last Wednesday to raise awareness of the environmental challenges that face New York State, and to work with the public to bring light to problems and explore new solutions. The evening opened with a short speech by Kennedy highlighting key areas and court cases that the Attorney General's office had been investigating over the last year. Topics ranged from air pollution to... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:30:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/144 http://www.reportermag.com/article/154 SG Election Results The election results for Student Government are in after the polls opened on April 14th, finally closing on April 18th. There was a total of 3,369 voters. Ed WolfMatt Danna won the SG Presidency with a total of 1,939 votes. The COB Election will be held again later in the week, because one candidate was accidentally placed on the wrong ballot, being in the COS instead of the COB. One presidential candidate, Michael Deyhim, asked that the election results be sealed... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:30:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/154 http://www.reportermag.com/article/153 26 Saturday Toracon SAU, 8 a.m. 1159 p.m. The annual convention held by the RIT Anime Club. Here's an excuse to dress up in a costume-make sure you can dance in it, though! Undressed (not in costume, that is) spectators permitted. Cost 18. 27 Sunday SCCA Autocross Parking Lots G & H, 7 a.m. 5 p.m. Autocross tests the bend maneuvering skills of competitors on a tight course with speed and noise limits in place. Cost Free for spectators, 10 for Jr. Drivers, 25 for SCCA... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:30:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/153 http://www.reportermag.com/article/120 The Good Samaritan Policy, designed to give a one-time disciplinary break to students involved in an alcohol-related medical emergency, was recently put into effect. It drew mixed reactions from administrative figures and the student body. Designed to protect students involved in alcohol-related incidents on campus who need to call the authorities. Under the policy, no charges will be brought up against the student who made the call, but they will be required to complete an educational... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/120