ECAC 2014-15

[Trotsky]

So, who had Union starting 0-3 in the office pool?

No worries; they just need to run the table to better their record from last year (18-3-1).

Careful.  As of now we have to go 11-4-3 to better our ECAC record, and 17-6-4 to better our overall record.

[ursusminor]

Two tweets of interest out of the RPI-UConn game tonight:

https://twitter.com/without_a_peer/status/534884722804293632

Well, I know several people other than myself who won a Rensselaer Medal and turned down the half-tuition award to enroll in a better engineering program...  Anyway, I didn't hear the UConn students chant this, but there was maybe a busload of 50 students crammed into a tiny section in the cavernous XL center.  The same building that poser Buccigross called a "classic barn" last week.

Interesting note: RPI has a facility 2 blocks away from the XL Center for some reason. Closer than even UConn's Law School here in town.


https://twitter.com/without_a_peer/status/534878554212016129

Hey, them's fighting words!

RPI managed 1 shot in the 3rd, so it definitely felt familiar.  1-1 final.

It certainly was a long time ago, but I don't recall anyone at RPI when I was there who also applied to Cornell. MIT is another story. Then again, where one applied was not a frequent topic of discussion.  (I applied to neither.)

I have been told that RPI's Hartford Graduate Center consists mainly of people who work in the area and have companies who pay their tuition. The students are unlikely to feel a connection to RPI in Troy.

As to boring power plays, WaP forgot the RPI women who are currently 2 for 70.

RPI had 4 shots in the third period. Surprisingly the 'Tute had 7 in OT. I add that considering the injury situation with Curadi, Bradley, Nanne, Bubela, and Schroeder out, and Miller injured during the game, a 1-1 tie on the road was an acceptable result.

[Jim Hyla]

Two tweets of interest out of the RPI-UConn game tonight:

https://twitter.com/without_a_peer/status/534884722804293632

Well, I know several people other than myself who won a Rensselaer Medal and turned down the half-tuition award to enroll in a better engineering program...  Anyway, I didn't hear the UConn students chant this, but there was maybe a busload of 50 students crammed into a tiny section in the cavernous XL center.  The same building that poser Buccigross called a "classic barn" last week.

Interesting note: RPI has a facility 2 blocks away from the XL Center for some reason. Closer than even UConn's Law School here in town.


https://twitter.com/without_a_peer/status/534878554212016129

Hey, them's fighting words!

RPI managed 1 shot in the 3rd, so it definitely felt familiar.  1-1 final.

It certainly was a long time ago, but I don't recall anyone at RPI when I was there who also applied to Cornell. MIT is another story. Then again, where one applied was not a frequent topic of discussion.  (I applied to neither.)

I have been told that RPI's Hartford Graduate Center consists mainly of people who work in the area and have companies who pay their tuition. The students are unlikely to feel a connection to RPI in Troy.

As to boring power plays, WaP forgot the RPI women who are currently 2 for 70.

RPI had 4 shots in the third period. Surprisingly the 'Tute had 7 in OT. I add that considering the injury situation with Curadi, Bradley, Nanne, Bubela, and Schroeder out, and Miller injured during the game, a 1-1 tie on the road was an acceptable result.

But as with other generations, "a long (and probably longer, but I don't know how old you are:-}) time ago" there were also Cornellians, like me, who were accepted to RPI and chose Cornell.

[marty]

Two tweets of interest out of the RPI-UConn game tonight:

https://twitter.com/without_a_peer/status/534884722804293632

Well, I know several people other than myself who won a Rensselaer Medal and turned down the half-tuition award to enroll in a better engineering program...  Anyway, I didn't hear the UConn students chant this, but there was maybe a busload of 50 students crammed into a tiny section in the cavernous XL center.  The same building that poser Buccigross called a "classic barn" last week.

Interesting note: RPI has a facility 2 blocks away from the XL Center for some reason. Closer than even UConn's Law School here in town.


https://twitter.com/without_a_peer/status/534878554212016129

Hey, them's fighting words!

RPI managed 1 shot in the 3rd, so it definitely felt familiar.  1-1 final.

It certainly was a long time ago, but I don't recall anyone at RPI when I was there who also applied to Cornell. MIT is another story. Then again, where one applied was not a frequent topic of discussion.  (I applied to neither.)

I have been told that RPI's Hartford Graduate Center consists mainly of people who work in the area and have companies who pay their tuition. The students are unlikely to feel a connection to RPI in Troy.

As to boring power plays, WaP forgot the RPI women who are currently 2 for 70.

RPI had 4 shots in the third period. Surprisingly the 'Tute had 7 in OT. I add that considering the injury situation with Curadi, Bradley, Nanne, Bubela, and Schroeder out, and Miller injured during the game, a 1-1 tie on the road was an acceptable result.

But as with other generations, "a long (and probably longer, but I don't know how old you are:-}) time ago" there were also Cornellians, like me, who were accepted to RPI and chose Cornell.

And those like me who never applied to RPI because of location and who earned engineering degrees at Cornell.

[RichH]

I have been told that RPI's Hartford Graduate Center consists mainly of people who work in the area and have companies who pay their tuition. The students are unlikely to feel a connection to RPI in Troy.

Spot on, as my officemate in his late-50s is currently working on his MechE Masters from Rensselaer Hartford, paid for by the company. He has mentioned that most of his fellow students are in their 20s.

I'm curious about the history. Why Hartford?  It's smart for RPI as I'm assuming its a financial net-positive for them, but other than the Universities that have programs in Qatar (including Cornell Med), I can't think of another school that has a satellite campus outside their home state.

[KeithK]

I'm curious about the history. Why Hartford?  It's smart for RPI as I'm assuming its a financial net-positive for them, but other than the Universities that have programs in Qatar (including Cornell Med), I can't think of another school that has a satellite campus outside their home state.

Carnegie Melon has a campus in Silicon Valley.

I am starting to think that the future of (private) higher education will be name brand schools that have a bunch of satellite campuses around the country or the world.  Since one of the primary functions of a post-secondary degree is getting a credential why not go with name brand U, even at some brand new location with no history, as opposed to good school that no one has ever heard of?

[Trotsky]

I am starting to think that the future of (private) higher education will be name brand schools that have a bunch of satellite campuses around the country or the world.  Since one of the primary functions of a post-secondary degree is getting a credential why not go with name brand U, even at some brand new location with no history, as opposed to good school that no one has ever heard of?

Thus the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.  Prestige universities are discovering they can print infinite amounts of money as degree mills for post-secondary credentialing.  80% of the staffers on Capitol Hill have Masters in Public Administration/International Development/Public Policy the requirements for which are write a check and optionally include an essay on the intern you did on your summer vacation.

[ursusminor]

I have been told that RPI's Hartford Graduate Center consists mainly of people who work in the area and have companies who pay their tuition. The students are unlikely to feel a connection to RPI in Troy.

Spot on, as my officemate in his late-50s is currently working on his MechE Masters from Rensselaer Hartford, paid for by the company. He has mentioned that most of his fellow students are in their 20s.

I'm curious about the history. Why Hartford?  It's smart for RPI as I'm assuming its a financial net-positive for them, but other than the Universities that have programs in Qatar (including Cornell Med), I can't think of another school that has a satellite campus outside their home state.

I had heard of RPI @ Hartford when I was at RPI (BS '68, MS '70, PhD '74 to answer another question) but I really knew little about it. According to Wikipedia it was founded in 1955 as a joint venture with United Aircraft (now United Technologies). There is another facility in Groton, CT, and a third in Malta, NY. I never heard of the last one.

[Trotsky]

I have been told that RPI's Hartford Graduate Center consists mainly of people who work in the area and have companies who pay their tuition. The students are unlikely to feel a connection to RPI in Troy.

Spot on, as my officemate in his late-50s is currently working on his MechE Masters from Rensselaer Hartford, paid for by the company. He has mentioned that most of his fellow students are in their 20s.

I'm curious about the history. Why Hartford?  It's smart for RPI as I'm assuming its a financial net-positive for them, but other than the Universities that have programs in Qatar (including Cornell Med), I can't think of another school that has a satellite campus outside their home state.

I had heard of RPI @ Hartford when I was at RPI (BS '68, MS '70, PhD '74 to answer another question) but I really knew little about it. According to Wikipedia it was founded in 1955 as a joint venture with United Aircraft (now United Technologies). There is another facility in Groton, CT, and a third in Malta, NY. I never heard of the last one.

Groton is obvs Electric Boat.  Malta's just north of Schenectady -- GE?

[ursusminor]

FWIW, Murray Spiegel, who wrote many Schaum's Outlines in mathematics was a professor at RPI-Hartford. He received his PhD at Cornell.

[Dutchman]

I am also an RPI Alumnus (MS, PhD Computer Science) as well as a BSEE from Union. In the early mid 1970' the classes at RPI in Hartford were filled with engineers from Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky, Turbo Power and Marine, United Aircraft as well as programmers from all the insurance companies that resided in Hartford, like Aetna and The Hartford. Great resource for evening engineering students, excellent location, same instructors and professors as in Troy. What about Cornell NYC Tech ?  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_NYC_Tech

[nshapiro]

Thus the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Prestige universities are discovering they can print infinite amounts of money as degree mills for post-secondary credentialing. 80% of the staffers on Capitol Hill have Masters in Public Administration/International Development/Public Policy the requirements for which are write a check and optionally include an essay on the intern you did on your summer vacation.

Cornell is already on this bandwagon - many of the Lockheed Martin ELDPs (Engineering Leadership Development Program - snot nosed kids who will soon be the bosses) are getting their Masters in Systems Engineering from Cornell and spend less than 2 weeks total on campus.

[Swampy]

Two tweets of interest out of the RPI-UConn game tonight:

https://twitter.com/without_a_peer/status/534884722804293632

Well, I know several people other than myself who won a Rensselaer Medal and turned down the half-tuition award to enroll in a better engineering program...  Anyway, I didn't hear the UConn students chant this, but there was maybe a busload of 50 students crammed into a tiny section in the cavernous XL center.  The same building that poser Buccigross called a "classic barn" last week.

Interesting note: RPI has a facility 2 blocks away from the XL Center for some reason. Closer than even UConn's Law School here in town.


https://twitter.com/without_a_peer/status/534878554212016129

Hey, them's fighting words!

RPI managed 1 shot in the 3rd, so it definitely felt familiar.  1-1 final.

It certainly was a long time ago, but I don't recall anyone at RPI when I was there who also applied to Cornell. MIT is another story. Then again, where one applied was not a frequent topic of discussion.  (I applied to neither.)

I have been told that RPI's Hartford Graduate Center consists mainly of people who work in the area and have companies who pay their tuition. The students are unlikely to feel a connection to RPI in Troy.

As to boring power plays, WaP forgot the RPI women who are currently 2 for 70.

RPI had 4 shots in the third period. Surprisingly the 'Tute had 7 in OT. I add that considering the injury situation with Curadi, Bradley, Nanne, Bubela, and Schroeder out, and Miller injured during the game, a 1-1 tie on the road was an acceptable result.

But as with other generations, "a long (and probably longer, but I don't know how old you are:-}) time ago" there were also Cornellians, like me, who were accepted to RPI and chose Cornell.

Make that 2.

[Swampy]

I am also an RPI Alumnus (MS, PhD Computer Science) as well as a BSEE from Union. In the early mid 1970' the classes at RPI in Hartford were filled with engineers from Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky, Turbo Power and Marine, United Aircraft as well as programmers from all the insurance companies that resided in Hartford, like Aetna and The Hartford. Great resource for evening engineering students, excellent location, same instructors and professors as in Troy. What about Cornell NYC Tech ?  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_NYC_Tech

As much as I think Cornell NYC Tech is an abomination that betrays both Cornell's specific philosophy ("Imagine a university where students go to gain knowledge for its own sake ... a university that's free of religious influences ... free of political influences ... free of commercial influences ... a university that's broad and balanced, including all areas of higher education and balanced between them" -- Andrew Dickson White) and the idea behind the Morrill Land Grant Act ("Education will usher in the millennium of labor" -- Jonathan Baldwin Turner, who originally proposed using the land-grant mechanism to endow a national system of higher education for "the industrial classes" ), Cornell does have some legitimacy being in NYC. Cornell is the state's only land-grant university, historically many of its students come from NYC (almost certainly more than any other one city), in the 21st century there are just some things that can be better done in a substantial city, let alone NYC, rather than a "bustling town" located "in the middle of nowhere," and Columbia does not have either hockey or lacrosse teams.

RPI in Hartford as a continuing education operation makes considerable sense. What other nearby school has strong engineering that might serve the continuing education needs of Hartford and the Connecticut River Valley? Yale had the Sheffield School of Science (headed by A.D. White's good friend and classmate, Daniel Coit Gilman when Yale was still Connecticut's land-grant institution), but Yale closed it in 1945 and created an engineering department. Only in 2008 did Yale turn the department into a school. (Harvard and Brown also recently decided to create engineering schools.) But what else was there in CT? So RPI makes good sense.

[ugarte]

The only thing more embarrassing than everyone here sneering that they didn't even apply to Harvard is when you all greet ursusminor - an RPI fan who comes here to talk hockey and is nothing but courteous - with a fucking safety school chant.