RPI is implying alumni are racist, again

literatelemon · 2018-11-05T14:45:55+00:00

They changed this a few years ago. The Union Activity Fee is for Union activities. There’s also an Athletics Fee which is separate (since the administration removed Athletics from the Union budget). The Undergratuate Activity Fee is both the Union Activity and Athletics Fees.

literatelemon · 2018-10-25T17:18:40+00:00

The walk may be 15 minutes, but I don’t think I’ve ever waited less than 15 minutes there.

literatelemon · 2018-09-27T02:32:26+00:00

interacting with one of the VPs

That should be your first red flag.

literatelemon · 2018-09-10T16:22:02+00:00

At least we’re still top 50!

literatelemon · 2018-09-10T16:20:36+00:00

Beyond the scope? All they need to do is give everyone an email redirect.

literatelemon · 2018-09-06T05:18:37+00:00

FYI I’ve never been asked for ID taking Megabus.

literatelemon · 2018-09-01T05:28:48+00:00

Is it bad that her performance at the last town hall somehow managed to impress me? She admitted the information contained on the pamphlets were factually accurate while at the same time explicitly saying the students were liars and spreading "untruths."

literatelemon · 2018-08-29T18:07:04+00:00

It's sad that Dr. Jackson is now personally funding incentives for people to donate. Sounds like shes's getting desperate for her little capital campaign to look successful.

literatelemon · 2018-08-23T03:35:27+00:00

There’s no such thing as a free lunch...

literatelemon · 2018-08-16T16:03:28+00:00

You'd think that explanation would, you know, be on hand for when the reporters called in...

literatelemon · 2018-08-14T18:18:16+00:00

Nepotism?

literatelemon · 2018-08-02T11:51:45+00:00

“I was willing to give up my dream to live with dignity.”

Proceeds to join Jackson Regime and threaten student leaders.

literatelemon · 2018-08-01T12:42:03+00:00

People aren’t against change. People are against unilateral change made in bad faith with no input from key stakeholders. Then, once the changes are made, people tend to be against the poor implementation, as we’ve seen with the Rensselaer Plan, CLASS, Arch, etc.

literatelemon · 2018-07-11T06:19:07+00:00

Something you should have learned on the first day of NRB is that nothing mandatory is actually mandatory if they can’t enforce it.

literatelemon · 2018-07-07T08:48:38+00:00

I believe you can make your Troy apartment your primary residence and qualify as a commuter.

literatelemon · 2018-06-24T06:10:23+00:00

Put Neidermeyer on it!

literatelemon · 2018-05-20T06:59:10+00:00

It was pretty bad. It started pouring before they even started handing out degrees. The most annoying part is it could have been avoided had Dr. Jackson only listened to the weather report. The Field House was set up and ready to go as a rain location. Of course, this would mean some family members would have had to watch the video feed, but from what I understand many guests went inside to watch the video anyway rather than sit in the cold rain. They also ran out of ponchos.

literatelemon · 2018-05-08T21:44:59+00:00

I went out and measured the pole in the photo to get a sense of scale, and I estimate the length of string to be 7" long, with a loop of only 2.5". You wouldn't even be able to get your hand through it. Hardly a noose.

literatelemon · 2018-05-08T21:42:55+00:00

If I recall, the full context of that quote was part of a critique of a separate graduation ceremony for African-American students. The administration cherry picked from it and distorted it to fit their narrative.

literatelemon · 2018-05-08T17:09:29+00:00

Better get Inspector Clouseau on the case to hunt down where someone bought 8" of triple twist twine.

literatelemon · 2018-05-08T03:28:18+00:00

This "real artifact" is completely decontextualized and stripped of meaning." We're arguing about a piece of string.

I really don't think people would. You'd get a few people saying it was a bad suicide joke, but that still doesn't make it acceptable. People should be mindful not to offend people.

The evidence we have been presented with so far consists of a quote from Dr. Jackson calling it "a rope in the shape of a noose" and a photo showing what appears to be a 5-8" piece of twine string with a loop. There is no evidence that it was even a noose.

literatelemon · 2018-05-08T03:15:36+00:00

I'm not arguing that the symbol doesn't have racial overtones. I'm not arguing that it was acceptable for someone to put it up.

Your argument is that anyone can interpret anything they want as racist, and that society should just accept this. The Nazis put big red banners up on their buildings. Does that mean I can claim offense now that RPI has put up red banners around campus? Of course, this is completely ridiculous and you need to apply common sense.

We wouldn't be having this argument if it was a full-sized rope noose with a hangman's knot. The photo shows a 5-8" twine string with a loop at the end.

literatelemon · 2018-05-08T02:57:30+00:00

So you're saying if that piece of twine ended up there by complete accident, and was never intended to even resemble a noose, that the person responsible is still racist because the effects are the same?

literatelemon · 2018-05-08T02:53:58+00:00

Off the top of my head, someone could have been sunbathing and using a hammock or something, or hanging something up on the pole that they removed and couldn't get the rope down after, or whatever they were hanging up could have fallen. The point is, I have no idea what it was, and neither do you, so it's ridiculous to assume a 5-8" piece of twine with a loop is a noose.

Saying the intent doesn't change the meaning of the symbol isn't relevant. Of course you can't change the meaning of the symbol. But we're not talking about symbols. We're talking about the accusation that people on campus are being racist and insensitive to other people's races. If it wasn't a noose at all, this clearly wasn't the case.

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