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I wonder what hat she'll be wearing in December!

We have received a forward of an exciting email from a club president.  Aretha Franklin, “The Queen of Soul” will be performing on campus on December 4th as a part of “Celebration Weekend,” a “Tribute to the Transformation of Rensselaer.” The weekend also celebrates a the 10th anniversary of Dr. Jackson’s tenure at RPI. In 2008, Franklin was ranked #1 on Rolling Stone’s list of The Greatest Singers of All Time.

You could say Franklin’s paying her R-E-S-P-E-C-Ts to our fine school.

This is really exciting, more details sure to follow!

photo: flickr user bo_mackinson

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This is a new perspective on the world...

News out of the Office of Undergraduate Education:
While having all students study abroad is still apparently a goal of the Institute, REACH an “initiative that ultimately will require all of its students to have an international experience as a requirement for graduation,” it seems that they have recently closed off some opportunities. Now students that go abroad on an unaffiliated program will NOT be able to transfer their earned credits back to RPI, according to the Study Abroad FAQ’s. Why would the school do this? Your guess is as good as mine. ($$$?) It’s ironic, as they just recently changed the name of REACH from “Rensselaer Engineering Across Cultural Horizons” to “Rensselaer Education Across Cultural Horizons.” I guess RPI just wants it to be their horizons.

News out of an awesome blog (All Over Albany):
Little Italy is hosting a stickball tournament on September 26th. For more details, click here. (We’ve heard these tournaments are pretty fun!)

News out of the Times Union:
No, Angelina Jolie isn’t back to baby snatching in the area, but Will Ferrell’s new movie will be in town soon. They’re casting for extras this Saturday at the Crowne Plaza. More info here.

News out of the trees:
Alby is definitely still alive.

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This looks promising...

All Over Albany pointed out that the notorious baby snatcher Angelina Jolie might be in the Capital District in the coming weeks, filming scenes from the upcoming spy movie Salt. Filming will center on the ramps around the Empire State Plaza in downtown Albany, presumably being used for a car chase. Due to there being tons of production equipment, famous people, and those gigantic trailer parks for said famous people, they are closing down various roads during these times for most days between April 23rd- May 4th. Field trip anyone?

The Times Union has an article about it here.

Specific dates and closures below.
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