Although a far cry from the cinematic cliff battle between Westley and Inigo Montoya, modern fencing still contains elements of the original dueling sport. In the beginning, sport fencing featured ...

Ben Viner ’24 and Ava Gallagher ’23G have been elected Grand Marshal and President of the Union, respectively. Ria Massoni ’24 was reelected as Undergraduate President. All three candidates ran ...

Morgan Rodgers was a member of the women’s lacrosse team at Duke University. During her senior year of high school, she began to experience “high levels of anxiety.” After seeking professional help ...

West Hall has a reputation at Rensselaer for its otherworldly, cryptic nature. When I arrived at RPI, one of the first things I heard about campus were the stories of the ghosts of West Hall. Rumor ...

The fourth annual film festival, hosted by UPAC Cinema, took place March 28 in DCC 308. The screening began at 8:30 pm and ran until 10:30 pm. Opening speeches were delivered by Film Festival Director ...

Rensselaer President Martin A. Schmidt ’81 hosted a town meeting last Thursday, his fifth one since becoming president in 2022. The semesterly meeting was delayed from its initial date of October 15 ...

In last week’s Top Hat, our Grand Marshall Advaith Narayan gave his tips for managing academic stress. He talked about time management, goal setting, and motivation. Consider this a follow-up to ...

With Spring semester course registration right around the corner, many RPI students are trying to put together their course schedules. A popular scheduling tool among RPI students is QuACS, the ...

This past Friday, 6 pm was a popular time slot for student events across campus. First up, “A Night of Rock and Blues,” presented by the Rensselaer Music Association, took place in the McNeil room ...

UPAC hosted its annual Winter Carnival this year at ECAV, with free food, axe-throwing, different carnival games, and tickets you could deposit to win various prizes. Those prizes included: a Nintendo ...

For the first time in 15 years, primary elections will be held for both Grand Marshal and President of the Union during GM Week. Three students are running for GM and four students are running for PU.

With the NCAA Division I varsity hockey team receiving most of the attention on campus, the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II team doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. Outside of ...