Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Volume CXXXVIII, No. 22 • poly.rpi.edu FEATURES Page 8 FEATURES Page 8 EDITORIAL Page 4 Anna The importance of Koenig body positivity Staff Exercise your civic Red Sparrow relies on violence and The Neighbourhood’s new Editorial duty as a student graphic imagery album disappoints CAMPUS SECURITY Students told to leave campus Courtesy of Google THE MARKER PICTURED above indicates where two students were asked to leave either campus or stop handing out "Renew Rensselaer " buttons. Darby Burns were—which was by the cross- People’s and Burdett Avenue. the Student Bill of Rights which Senior Reporter walk just before the entrance to the According to the Washington appear to directly contradict your Houston Fieldhouse. Free Beacon, Vice President claim…Would you please direct WHILE HANDING OUT "RENEW RENSSELAER" Gardner said that, when he held for Strategic Communications me to the policy requiring prior buttons to the student population, out a tax map that he had brought Richie Hunter said in an email authorization to distribute materi- graduate student Michael Gardner and told the officers that it was that students can distribute ma- als on campus?” was ordered by Public Safety officers public property, he was informed terials on campus, but must have Hunter responded with the to either stop or leave campus. that it “is private now,” because prior authorization to do so. The section of the handbook related A couple of hours before the start “RPI has eminent domain over this Beacon article can be found at to the reservation of buildings, of the Big Red Freakout hockey property during hockey games.” poly.rpi.edu/s/eminent. classrooms, and outdoor facilities game on February 24, Gardner said He said he was also told that he Gardner asked Hunter about at Rensselaer. When questioned Serving the that two Public Safety officers ap- couldn’t go towards Sunset Terrace her statement in an email saying, further, she redirected Gardner proached him and one other student, and People’s Avenue because that “upon searching for such a policy, to the Student Life Office, and Rensselaer and told them that they couldn’t was also private property, and that I was unable to locate it; however, said that “eminent domain is not community hand out the buttons where they he had to go down to the corner of I have located several clauses of relevant in this situation.” since 1885 STUDENT SENATE Division of Student Life presents Inside Comics . 6 accomplishments, future plans Editorial/Opinion . 4 Brookelyn Parslow achieving the structural goals of Clustered theoretical example of a student who is greatly Features . 8 Senior Reporter Learning Advocacy and Support for Students, struggling with a class like Data Structures; developing a Greek Life Commons struc- the counselor would recognize this as a major ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, MEMBERS OF THE ture—on which Strong is hoping to do more stressor, and walk the student to the Advising Division of Student Life gathered in the work—and the implementation of the Off and Learning Assistance Center or, if the situ- Shelnutt Gallery to present on the past year Campus Commons. ation is bad enough, to their class dean. of progress and goals for the future, and get Student Life also “worked on enhancing Separately, Lawrence said, “If you don’t Connect input and feedback from the Student Senate. student health services availability and accessi- see an appointment on the [health] portal, Interim Vice President for Student Life LeNor- bility,” especially through the implementation we always hold back a certain number of Visit us online at: man Strong began with an explanation of Student of a triage model in the Counseling Center. appointments. Because I’ve started to see poly.rpi.edu Life’s purpose, which is to provide support for Executive Director of the Health Center Leslie things on Reddit about how the Student Like us on Facebook: students, advance the Institute’s goals of intel- Lawrence elaborated more on the service, Health Center never has appointments—and facebook.com/thepolytechnic lectual agility and multicultural sophistication, which aims to allow students to be seen on the I’ll admit we’ve been busy the last month and Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: and establish partnerships and links that help the same day that they seek assistance. a half—but we always have extra appoint- @RPIPoly division provide for students. One of the triage counselor’s main goals is to ments. Please pick up the phone and call us. He then elaborated on the accomplishments work with the student to alleviate stressors on of Fiscal Year 2018, which included fully the same day as their visit. Lawrence gave the See SENATE, Page 2 2 • News Wednesday, March 21, 2018 poly.rpi.edu EXECUTIVE BOARD Changes made to Special Rules of Order to reallocate $140 from club contin- year with a vote of 8-3-1. gencies to the German Longsword Next, W2SZ President Galen club, voting unanimously 13-0-0. Gold ’20 asked the Board for UPAC Sound then requested to money to replace some of their reserve the McNeil room on Sunday, hardlines and rotor cables. Gold ex- March 26 from 12 pm to 6 pm for plained that hardline is the coaxial a training show. Equipment Chair cable that is used to connect radios Kealan Hofler-Marron explained in their shack to antennae on their that UPAC Sound is bringing in a towers. Alongside the cost of the sound professional so that they can cables themselves, W2SZ would improve their skills as a club, and bet- also need to hire tower climbers to ter provide services to organizations replace the cables themselves, as on campus. Hofler-Marron further well as perform other routine main- mentioned that rooms elsewhere tenance and repairs. The E-Board on campus and in the Union will be approved a transfer of $1,678 from reserved and serve as study spaces, club contingencies for W2SZ’s Jonathan Caicedo/The Polytechnic and that the show will be well ad- cables with a vote of 12-0-0. vertised with posters beforehand so Following W2SZ, Policies THE GERMAN LONGSWORD CLUB RECEIVES funds to purchase a pair of masks and swords (file photo). students know the McNeil room will Committee Chair Anissa Choiniere ’20 Jonathan Caicedo P-Board is also planning DCC After to students late last year, there were be unavailable. The Board’s motion presented some recent changes to the Senior Reporter Dark, which will take place April 13. several concerns from students as to to allow UPAC Sound to use the Board’s Special Rules of Order, nota- Pencille also stated that the P-Board the legitimacy of the organization. McNeil Room passed 12-0-0. bly to the “Audio/Video Recordings THIS WEEK’S MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE is working with the Union’s admin Knowles said that Union affiliation RPI TV President Jason Lee ’19 and Live-Streaming” section. Fol- Board was opened by President of the office to create a calendar for all and the subsequent listing of the also came before the Board with lowing the Senate’s resolution ear- Union Matthew Rand ’19, with the their events, and with other program- organization on the Union’s website a proposal that would reallocate lier this month, which prohibits agenda containing several proposals ming groups on campus to prevent might calm those concerns, provid- $2,600 from their current budget to any Union body from prohibiting from various on-campus organiza- conflicts between events occurring ing more legitimacy to the organi- their reserves for the purchase of a livestreaming at their meetings, the tions, and discussion on changes to at the same time. zation. The Board voted to affiliate new 4K camera next fiscal year. Lee E-Board’s policy had to be changed the Board’s Special Rules of Order. Graham Knowles, associate di- NSLS with a vote of 7-3-3. explained that while they believe the to reflect this mandate. The language First up was the report from the rector of the Archer Center, along Following the affiliation of NSLS, camera would make a good addition of the policy still states that “The committee of the week: UPAC. with several representatives, came to the Historic European Martial Arts to their current lineup of equipment, Executive Board or its members are Programming Board Chair Lauren the Board seeking Union affiliation club, also known as the German they still would like a demo before encouraged to not actively take part Pencille ’18 presented, first announc- for their organization—the National Longsword club, came seeking a the purchase. The demo couldn’t be in live-streaming of meetings,” but ing the success of Winter Carnival, Society of Leadership and Success. starter budget to begin their organi- scheduled before the large purchasing removes language that permits the which drew in 500 to 1,000 people Knowles outlined that the purpose zation. Currently, members provide deadline set by the Union. A motion President of the Union from asking for events and activities at the East of NSLS, whose chapter at RPI was their own equipment, but the club to reallocate the $2,600 to RPI TV’s guests to remove recordings at her Campus Athletic Campus. Pencille started July 2017, is to build “stu- was looking to purchase a pair of reserve account failed with a vote of request. The full amended policy is further mentioned that tickets for dent’s leadership capacity” through masks and swords to have on hand 4-4-5. After further discussion, the available at poly.rpi.edu/s/ebprop.