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120TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION INSIDE THIS ISSUE News...............................................................2 Buildings and Dorms......................................3 New Technology.............................................4 National News................................................5 Campus Traditions.........................................6 Sports..............................................................7 Greek Life.......................................................8 Hoboken.........................................................9 Ads................................................................10 Logos..............................................................11 Archive Fun Facts..........................................12

Girl Officially In Class of ‘75 DEANS IMPRESSED BY CO-ED FEBRUARY 5, 1971 No Techman ever said this: “It will be quite a switch going from an allgirls school to Stevens, but actually, if you are really interested in a school for the education itself. It doesn’t matter whether there are

more boys or girls in your classes.”

Maria Grato, 1135 Bloomfield Street, Hoboken, and a senior at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, was discussing her feelings at being accepted as the first girl undergraduate in the 100-year history of Stevens.

1st Tech Co-ed Interviewed Hopes For Active Social Life FEBRUARY 5, 1971 STUTE: What made you decide to come to an engineering school?

Maria: Well, I picked Stevens in particular because I was here before. I attended a course in Math. I’m very interested in Math and it might lead me to an engineering career.

STUTE: Then you’re planning to go into mathematics courses?

Maria: Yes, I’m going to be a math major.

STUTE: Why did you decide to come to an all male school? Why the adventure of being the first Coed?

Maria: Well, it’s a challenge and Stevens is one of the best. I like it here because Stevens is a small school and it has a sort of homey atmosphere, everybody knows each other and I’m used to that type of school because the high school that I come from only has 250 girls. It’s a big switch from all girls to all boys but I think that I’m going to like it.

STUTE: How do you think it will affect you being one of a relatively small number of females in a school of over 1400 males?

Maria: I don’t think it will affect me too much because I did attend a course here and I;m used to being outnumbered by males. I think it’ll be alright.

STUTE: What about the affect you will have on the school?

Maria: I don’t know about that yet. That I’ll have to wait and see.

STUTE: What do you plan on going into when you’re through with Stevens?

Maria: I might teach mathematics but it would be on the high school level.

STUTE: Any other possibilities?

Maria: I could go into business, maybe accounting or something like that.

STUTE: What do you think of the future of women in engineering?

Maria: Well I don’t think that too many women will go into engineering. I know one girl going here next year who is interested in engineering. I really don’t think there will be too many girls at all going into engineering.

They’ll probably go for math or science.

STUTE: What about extracurricular activities here at Stevens? There’s clubs teaching scuba diving, a radio station, various student publications, etc. Have you given any thought to which of these activities you would like to join?

Maria: Well, I know that I would be interested in something like the school newspaper or Student Council–I’m on the student council in high school this year and I enjoy student government work.

STUTE: What sort of work would you like to do with the newspaper?

Maria: Well, I’d probably start out as a reporter. I’ve worked on my high school newspaper as an editor on the layout staff. I enjoy organizing the articles, too.

STUTE: Do you think there will be any problems arising with professors showing favoritism or prejudice towards you?

Maria: That depends on the individual professor.

I’ve had two Stevens professors in my SSTP courses given here and they seemed to treat everyone equally. I don’t think that will be too much of a problem.

STUTE: What do you think will happen to your social life?

Maria: It might change drastically.

STUTE: Which way?

Maria: For the better, I hope.

STUTE: Any additional comments you wish to make?

Maria: Just that I’m looking forward to coming here and that the kids that I’ve met have really been nice to me.

STUTE: Thank you very much.

STUCO To Debate Raising of SAF NOVEMBER 13, 1981 On Sunday, November 15, 1981, the Student Council will hold a special meeting for the sole purpose of discussing and voting on a proposal to raise the Student Activities Fee (SAF).

The decision will be made by a ⅔ majority vote of the voting members of the Council. If the vote is in favor of such a raise then the Council will present its decision to Dean Everson.

If properly prepared, the Dean will ask President Rodgers to seek approval for the increase from the Board of Trustees who will be meeting later in the week.

A little background on the history of the SAF follows for some of the most common asked questions: The last SAF increase occurred in the fall semester of 1977. The Student Council was being reformed into the structure that exists today with its present constitution. At that time it was necessary to hold a general referendum in order for the new constitution to take effect.

The coincidence of the need to raise the SAF and the formation of the new student governing body allowed both subjects to be voted on in the form of referendum.

The Student Council subsequently met and voted unanimously to favor the decision of the referendum.

Last year the subject of an increase in the SAF came up and the Council voted to waive its option to decide on the SAF on its own and allow a referendum to take place. Upon counting the votes it was found that the minimum required percentage of the student body had not voted. The actual results that did come in through showed that of the 330 students voting. 160 votes yes and 170 voted no to the increase. It seems that the Council had been a bit conservative in its decision to run the decision (which by the way was never made) through the referendum route. It is the duty of the Council to make the proper decision for the Student Body in a responsible and informed manner, Therefore the Student Council will take up this proposal and make its decision this coming Sunday.

Now, for the actual figures, The Student Activities Fund has approximately $45,000.00 in it right now, while the Student Improvement Fund is in debt by approximately $5,000.000. When allotment come around in the Spring, the Student

Activities Fund will have about $40,000.00 in it, due to losses from students dropping out. The Stuco improvement Fund will have approximately $34,000.00 in it. This money comes from the game room in the center.

Normally, for the Spring semester, allotments run around $5,500 for SAF and $10,000 for SIF. If the activities fee is not raised, that will mean that this figure will have to be cut by around 33%.

If the Student Activities Fee is raised by $12.50 this semester (that means $25.00 for the full year, so that next year’s fee would be $100,00), the added income will be approximately $18,500.00 This will be enough to cover expenses for the next semester.

As usual, the meeting will be open to the campus for discussion. I do not know what kind of response to expect, therefore, if one desires to guarantee themselves a chance to make a point at this meeting, I would ask that you submit your name to the STUCO box at the Post Office. If you wish you may also include your statement or question so that it can be met with a complete answer. The meeting will be held on the second floor of the Center at 8:00 p.m.

A note from the editor

BY ISABELLA ZIV, EDITOR IN CHIEF As we celebrate the 120th anniversary of The Stute, I am so proud to be a part of this organization that not only honors our rich history but also remains dedicated to progress and positive change. This special edition takes us on a journey through 120 years, showcasing articles dating back to our founding in 1904.

Learn about the history of Stevens through our past articles on buildings and dorms, campus traditions, greek life, and much more.

With over a century worth of documentation to share, all through the student perspective, you will learn what life was like for the students that came before you.

As we reflect on 120 years of Stevens history, we are reminded of the resilience, innovation, and unwavering spirit that define our community. The Stute continues to serve as a platform for expression, creativity, and intellectual discourse, and it is truly remarkable to witness how far we have come.

I would like to thank the generations of students who have contributed to this commemorative edition, from our dedicated staff to the alumni whose stories continue to inspire us.

Here’s to 120 years of The Stute, and to the countless stories yet to be written.

Stevens Myths Stevens arsonist sentenced to probation said “luck” prevented Sieb- in one of the men’s bathrooms. and Legends: JANUARY 23, 2009 tor, el’s actions from escalating. On April 25, a book was set on Last year, the Stevens com- Specht had recommended that fire in one of the Davis Hall The Canon munity was rocked during a se- Siebel be sentenced to three rooms. Residents of Davis Hall JANUARY 31, 2003 In 1830, a pavilion was erected in Elysian Fields

by Col. John Stevens and later was turned into a hotel which faced the Hudson River. In 1888 when the hotel was torn down by the Stevens family, a cannon was excavated whose legend dated back to the Revolutionary War. It was believed to be brought over from France during the Revolution. It was placed on Castle Point where the Stevens Family resided and is still there as a protector of the Point.

ries of attempted arsons. This month, that ordeal drew to a close when Zachary Siebel was sentenced to three years probation. Siebel was the 19-yearold former freshman who was arrested last year on charges of lighting fires in Davis Hall and threatening to blow it up.

State Superior Court Judge Paul DePascale of Jersey City ordered Siebel to drug and alcohol counseling as part of his sentence. Siebel was charged with three counts of arson and one count of making terroristic threats in April, but those charges were dismissed when he plead guilty to criminal mischief last October.

William Specht, the Assistant Hudson County Prosecu-

years probation. Tim Griffin, Stevens Police Chief, said “We are satisfied with the sentence, which we believe sends a strong message to others about this type of conduct and the consequences that result from this type of behavior.”

Griffin also took a moment to recognize that “all those who participated in the events can recall the spirit of unity that was demonstrated by all those involved.”

In April, Siebel had set fire to fliers that were posted on several doors to rooms of Davis Hall over a period of several nights. The fires subsequently set off the alarm. According to Griffin, Siebel was also accused of leaving a bomb threat note

were taken to the Canavan Arena and questioned about the fires which led to Siebel admitting he was the arsonist. Siebel was expelled after his arrest.

Siebel offered “no excuses” and was “ashamed” of what he had done in a written statement read by John Young, his lawyer. Young explained that Siebel had “consumed too much alcohol and went out and did...a dangerous act.”

Chief Griffin said “there’s a line a person crosses from practical joke to a dangerous condition.” He also warned that “any conduct that potentially places students in danger will be pursued by this department and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

Farvardin: If the students succeed, Stevens succeeds OCTOBER 21, 2011 The parents and families of the freshman students filled DeBaun Auditorium this past Saturday morning, waiting to hear from Dr. Farvardin, the newly inaugurated president of Stevens. When he first took the stage, he assured the parents that their children are in good hands and that the Institute will help each student reach his or her full potential. He explained that “roses become most beautiful and bless their surroundings when they bloom. I view our students as roses.” Dr. Farvardin promised that the Institute will provide a nourishing environment that will cultivate the minds of the students and allow them to grow into the future generation of engineers and entrepreneurs.

Dr. Farvardin welcomed the parents and students into the ever-growing fam-

ily of Stevens Institute of Technology and expressed his enthusiasm for working with the students. “The success of Stevens and the success of the students are connected... you succeed, we succeed.” When he opened the floor for questions from the audience, he was welcomed with positive comments from the parents. He invited all the parents back to the campus. It is Dr. Farvardin’s view that the greatest success in this community will be making this family bigger. The faculty and students are the core of the institution and uphold its reputation. This group also includes around 30,000 alumni, as well as many neighbors, supporters, and parents. The numbers only continue to grow, and Dr. Farvardin would like to create a greater sense of unity and pride among members of the community.

Dr. Farvardin stressed that “this institution was

founded by a family of inventors and entrepreneurs” and that this spirit still runs strong in students today.

Dr. Farvardin told the audience that he’s been building academic entrepreneurial programs for almost fifteen years, and it’s important to instill these values in students regardless of their field. He wants to give students the opportunity to “take their ideas and wrap them” for commercial use.

“Just ideas aren’t enough” for something great to happen. There is a program at Stevens where students are formed into groups of three to five students and work on a project they deem commercially important for two years. One out of five of the groups winds up going into business.

The students of Stevens receive a broad-based education. Dr. Farvardin does not think it is the Institute’s job to teach the students just skills, he believes that

“it is [the Institute’s] job to prepare them for success in the world.” Dr. Farvardin spoke about the importance of students having proper values. This was backed

by Stevens’ long history of having students abide by an honor code. The Institute cares about the students’ character just as much as their intelligence, skills, and professionalism. The Institute also cares about the students’ well-being during their time at Stevens; “[we] care about the safety and security of our students, emotionally and physically.” He stresses that there are resources that students have on campus for any problem that they may encounter; the Institute wants to see the students become individuals that can succeed in the work world. Great ideas and individuals have come from this institution in the past and Dr. Farvardin is eager to uphold this proud tradition.

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120th Anniversary Edition

News Stevens launches new Accelerated Masters Program OCTOBER 12, 2018 The Office of the Provost will be unveiling the Accelerated Master’s Program, a replacement for the 4+1 program that offers Stevens undergraduate students an accelerated process to obtain their graduate degree.

Previously, Stevens offered the 4+1 Master’s Program, which allowed selected students to obtain a graduate degree with a 20% tuition scholarship for the final year of full-time graduate study. Only students who received this offer upon admission into Stevens were able to pursue this program and receive the 20% scholarship. The Office of the Provost is leading the development of the Accelerated Master’s Program (AMP) as a replacement of the 4+1 Master’s Program.

AMP will allow students to take up to three graduate-level courses that fulfill the requirements of both the undergraduate and graduate programs as undergraduate students, thus counting those three courses for both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Furthermore, AMP will be an application-based program. Stevens students enrolled in their sixth or seventh semester, including current students, can apply to the program, as long as they have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA and have completed all credit requirements for their first five semesters at Stevens. For students enrolled in the co-op program, the sixth or seventh semester refers to the number of academic semesters completed, excluding semesters spent on co-op. AMP requires that students spend one semester as a full-time graduate student (taking nine to twelve credits) but allows them to complete the rest of their graduate degree either full-time or part-time, online or on-campus.

Within the application for AMP, students must declare the graduate program which they wish to pursue, include a list of the three graduate courses which they plan to utilize for both their undergraduate and graduate degrees, and provide a faculty letter of recommendation. There will be no fee to apply to AMP, and the program will not be capped at a certain number of students.

Current juniors and seniors will still be able to take advantage of AMP as long as they meet the requirements and have free slots in their schedule to take advantage of the double-counted courses.

Juniors and seniors would also be applying in their sixth or seventh academic semester and should

submit the application one semester before they plan to enroll as a graduate student.

The Office of the Provost decided to create a new program instead of expanding the 4+1 Program to all students because the new Accelerated Master’s Program is structured in a way that makes it easier for students to follow. AMP also clearly defines when a student is an undergraduate and a graduate student, the distinction of which is essential for financial aid purposes, both through Stevens and on the state and federal levels. The name of the previous 4+1 Program was also misleading, since not all students had to stay for an entire additional academic year to earn their graduate degree. Giving the new Accelerated Master’s Program its own distinct name aims to prevent confusion with the prior 4+1 Program.

The creation of the Accelerated Master’s Program is being spearheaded by Cindy Chin, the Assistant Provost for Administration and Finance in the Office of the Provost. Provost Christophe Pierre asked Chin to lead a working group with representatives from the Office of Undergraduate Academics, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, the Office of Graduate Admissions, the Office of Financial Aid, and the Office of the Registrar to find ways to improve programs for students seeking advanced studies at Stevens. The group determined that revamping the 4+1 Program into the new Accelerated Master’s Program was the way to go after extensive research, benchmarking against other universities, and consultation with internal constituents.

Current Stevens students who were offered the 4+1 Master’s Program upon admission can choose to stay in the 4+1 Program, but they can also choose to apply to the Accelerated Master’s Program instead. Chin recommends that students speak to an advisor to determine what is the best option for them, as this is on a case-by-case basis based on their current study plan.

When deciding which three graduate courses to take for AMP, students must ensure that those courses will fulfill both their undergraduate and graduate degree requirements and that they meet the prerequisites for those graduate courses. Thus, if there are no overlapping courses for their undergraduate and graduate program, students will have to use the graduate courses to fulfill their

New Curriculum Forecast MAY 16, 1964 More Stress Placed On Generalized Background In Engineering And Science Engineering is understandably difficult to teach. In the teaching of the pure sciences and mathematics, the professor must deal with basic laws and principles while the student exercises his manipulative abilities to provide the one answer he knows will exist for the problem at hand. Today there is only a small fraction of the time and money that is spent annually on engineering education that is devoted to the promlem of how to teach a student. To approach a situation which is, generally speaking loosely defined; that involves the nature of the world outside which seeks the answer; that has an infinite number of possible solutions, where it is not easy to determine which of this group of solutions is most satisfactory.

More and more the practicing engineer find himself crossing from mechanical to electrical to metallurgical engineering in a single design problem. Increasingly he finds that he is capable of making the transition adequitely from one field to the next, with the result that either his project lacks certain elements, or that these elements are provided, but with additional cost of advisory departments.

recognizing that something had to be done to alter and enhance the undergraduate education of the engineer and ordered to meet the increasing demands of our complex society, President Davis in February of 1962 appointed the Stevens Committee on Engineering Education to examine our present curriculum and offer what suggestions they could, so that Stevens could keep apace with the demands of the industry.

Committee Objectives There were two constraints placed by President Davis: the curriculum had to lead to an unspecialized degree in engineering; the course of study would last for 4 years. This Committee has now released its report to be examined by the President and the members of the faculty to determine if its suggestions will educate men who will adequately meet the ever-increasing needs of the industrial world.

In the past Stevens has concentrated on the basic subject material rather than on the infinite number of special cases that might be derived from them.

For this reason Stevens has always taught an unspecialized undergraduate curriculum that prepares the student for a career in any of the major fields into which engineering or physical science is conventionally divided.

The Committee, faced with the problem of specialization versus

general elective requirements as an undergraduate. However, if an undergraduate student enrolled in AMP has space in their schedule to take more than three graduate courses throughout their undergraduate semesters, they will still only be able to count three predefined graduate courses towards their graduate degree, and the superfluous courses would need to fulfill undergraduate degree requirements. Students who are ahead in their curriculum should speak to an advisor to determine when it would be most appropriate to take the double-counted courses. Chin recommends that students who still have a significant amount of free space in their schedules consider taking additional undergraduate courses towards a minor or double major.

Future Stevens students will have the possibility of being offered the Accelerated Master’s Program upon acceptance, but they would still have to apply to the program as a sixth or seventh semester Stevens student.

The Accelerated Master’s Program will be officially announced by the Office of the Provost on the week of October 22 through an email. Information sessions about AMP are also in the works, as well as the incorporation of information regarding AMP into the Office of Graduate Admissions information sessions.

Applications for AMP will be available starting this fall, and the inaugural group of students enrolled in AMP will be in fall 2019.

The second phase of implementing AMP will be to create predefined study plans that depict which undergraduate and graduate programs are easy to pair together to pursue both degrees sequentially.

When asked about the expansion of graduate programs at Stevens, Chin says that Stevens is “always looking for ways to improve and provide more educational and research opportunities for students, especially those in areas where there is growth and demand in the field.” Three new graduate programs are currently in the works: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science.

If students have questions about the Accelerated Master’s Program, their main points of contact are staff members of the Office of Undergraduate Academics and the amp@stevens.edu email alias, but more information will be available with the official announcement of the program on the week of October 22.

113th Commencement at Stevens MAY 3, 1985 Frank Sinatra Heads List of Honorary Degree Candidates.

Frank Sinatra, the charismatic performer whose unique vocal style, control and phrasing have profoundly influenced the course of modern popular music, heads the list of four who will be honored at the 113th commencement of Stevens Institute of Technology. The ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 23 at 5 p.m. at a special pavilion on the John A. Davis Athletic Field. Admission is by invitation only.

Baccalaureate and advanced degrees will be conferred upon some 725 individuals. Baccalaureate degrees in engineering will number approximately 300 and in science will number 40. Master’s degrees will be awarded to 260 candidates.

The Engineer degree to two individuals, and doctoral degree to another 20 men and women.

In addition to Mr. Sinatra, the honorary degree of doctor of engineering will also be conferred upon Dr. Stanley S. Bergen, Jr., president of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; and William R. Cuming, president of the Cuming Corporation. An honorary degree will also be conferred posthumously upon Lawrence Schacht, former president of Schacht Steel Construction Inc. Frank Sinatra An entertainer for 44 years, Frank Sinatra is considered to be among the greatest performers in the history of American popular music. As an artist, he has been honored with awards for singing, recording, acting, producing, directing and conducting. As a humanitarian, he has been recognized for his efforts on behalf of children, education, health and international friendship. Hours before coming to Stevens, he will be honored at a White House ceremony as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.

A native of Hoboken, Mr. Sinatra is an alumnus of Demarest High School. He holds honorary degrees from universities in California and Nevada. Mr. Sinatra has stated on more than one occasion that it was his intention as a youth to attend Stevens Institute of Technology and become an engineer.

The doctor of engineering degree to be conferred upon him on May 23 will make the youthful ambition a reality.

Stanley S. Bergen, Jr. President, University of Medicine

and Dentistry of New Jersey Standley S. Bergen, Jr. is president of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. An alumnus of Princeton University, Dr. Bergen received the M.D. degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and serves his internship and residency at St. Luke’s Hospital.

Trained as an internist, Dr. Bergen has a special interest in diabetes and nutrition. He has been the recipient of numerous professional honors, and has served the State of New Jersey as chairman of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and as chairman of the Task Force on Biotechnology of the New Jersey Governor’s Commision on Science and Technology. He is a resident of Englewood, New Jersey.

William R. Cuming President, The Cumming Corporation William R. Cuming is president of the Cuming Corporation, a Massachusetts firm established in 1980 that specializes in high technology materials. His previous company, Emerson & Cumming, Inc. produced dielectric materials and was sold to W.H. Grace & Co. in 1978. A 1942 graduate of Stevens, where he was elected to Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, Mr. Cuming subsequently earned the M.D.A. degree at Harvard University. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Society of Plastics Engineers. Mr. Cuming is a resident of Sharon, Boston and Cotuit, Massachusetts.

Lawrence Schacht Former President, Schacht Steel Construction, Inc. The late Lawrence Schacht, entrepreneur in the construction industry, was president of Schacht Steel Construction, Inc. He graduated from Stevens in 1927. Extraordinarily involved as a philanthropist, Mr. Schacht has served the United Jewish Appeal as national chairman, the Techmen Israel Institute of Technology as a governor and his Alma Mater Stevens Institute of Technology, as a trustee. He was the contractor of the college’s modern management laboratory, established and named in his honor in 1980 and of an identical facility established in 1983 at Tel Aviv University in Israel. Mr. Schacht who maintained residences in South Orange, New Jersey, New York, New York, and Boca Raton, Florida died in December 1984.

MORE STRESS PLACED ON GENERALIZED BACKGROUND IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE unification, and to what extent, rightly determined that Stevens is too specialized in modern-day terms. They proposed that more emphasis be placed on trying to give the student a general overall picture of engineering rather than be bogged down with the departmentalized structure that presently exists. This will enable the student to familiarize himself equally with all phases of engineering in such a manner that he can readily call to the fore any specific area that is required to complete his project.

Proposed Plan Starting in the freshman year and carried into the sophomore year with additional facilities proposed for the last two years, the Committee has introduced design courses which will require the student to utilize all facts of his technical background to solve problems which will have meaning and importance in the physical world. To aid the student in the first two years the basics of Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, will be given, but the emphasis in instruction will be a complete and thorough understanding of the problems and methods involved. in addttion, a more basic form of Mathematics will be provided for, which will greatly Aid the student to perceive the sequence of the design courses.

In the present curriculum where the Humanities serve more

or less a passive role—broadening the cultural background of the student—the new curriculum will call for a more active role on its part. Besides the increase in the amount that is offered, the aesthetic qualities that it will engender, the humanities courses will not only widen but sharpen the student’s ability to analyze complexities, especially qualitative problems, and to develop his confidence and skill in making decisions and coming to conclusions in situations very much similar to those he will face in the design courses.

Engineering science courses will form the technical basis that the student will need. Such courses as Thermodynamics, Fluids, Statics, and Dynamics, all of which are part of the present curriculum, are to be given.

The material that is presented in these courses, however, is to be carefully weighed and analyzed before it is included so that it will serve the student when he comes out of the theory into practical engineering application.

Junior Electives The present curriculum does not provide for any technical electives to be taken by engineering students during their junior year. The Committee’s report urges the inclusion of two technical electives to be broadly based in engineering science so as to provide a foundation for the student’s excursion into an area

of his interest in the senior year elective program.

However, at all times the main emphasis of the curriculum should not be lost. Instead every attempt should strive to bring about the student’s own recognition of the relationships among the various disciplines and the necessity of interdisciplinary thinking in modern engineering practice.

The engineering electives of the senior year, which presently served no concrete purpose in the curriculum, are constructed in such a manner in the Committee’s report to be a culmination of the design sequence that had its beginning during the Freshman year. Real engineering problems will be presented and the student is expected to call upon all the phases of his education to both define and solve the problems at hand.

The design courses, coupled with the humanities, bring order out of the chaos that is present in the current curriculum. The strong departmentalized orientation of the curricula by necessity forces the courses to lose any sense of unity, a unity that forms the basis of every educational method. The curriculum that is proposed by the Stevens Committee on Engineering Education has an educational basis and therefore seeks this unity.

What they recommend is truly a unified curriculum.

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120th Anniversary Edition

Campus Buildings River Lot sinks S.S. Stevens Towed Away Happenings on Ship Remembered into Hudson SEPTEMBER 12,1975 On August 26th the SS Stevens, an integral part of the Stevens campus, was towed away amid pomp and grandeur to the junk heap. It left behind many memories for its former residents. It accommodated them with comfortable rooms, as a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.

According to former residents, the SS Stevens was a community in itself. Because it was somewhat isolated from the rest of the campus, the ship provided peace and quiet that allowed concentrated study. There was a special relationship among students living on the ship. It was common for them to congregate in the kitchen at midnight to just talk and have coffee.

However, it wasn’t quiet on the ship all the time; the ship parties were well-known by the whole campus and even by neighboring

colleges. The SS Stevens had a bar twice the size of the Rathskeller, and some of the best parties at Tech. Though former residents each have their own collection of memories, most of them remember when WCPR was first hooked up to the ship. The wires were hooked up to the lines in the power room, and due to a short in the wires and the length of the string of lights over the ship (one-half wavelength of the radio signal), the Stevens began transmitting WCPR. They broadcasted from Maine to Florida and as far west as Illinous. In fact, the 10-watt station blocked out WABC, a 50,000 watt station, on Manhattan for half an hour. After half an hour, someone from the F.C.S. showed up to take care of the problem.

Another incident illustrates the ingenuity of Stevens engineers.

They managed to start the ship

and were going to cruise down the Hudson, but one main obstacle stood in their way… no one knew how to drive the ship. Needless to say, after that, part of the drive shaft was removed.

Other than the economic burden, the major disadvantage of the Stevens was its long distance from campus. To make it easier to get to campus, the Ho Chi Minh trail was established. It was a winding dirt path down the hill below Castle Point that culminated in a pipe to “slither” down… It was rather risky and sometimes muddy, but it was more convenient than taking the long way around; many students cite the journey up to the main campus as the major disadvantage of living on the Ship.

But disadvantages or no, most students who have lived on it will agree that it will be long remembered by the Stevens community.

PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVENS,EDU

River Street dormitories near completion

600/602 remains unfinished

RESIDENTS OF 604/606 RIVER STREET TERRACE MOVED IN SEPTEMBER 2 SEPTEMBER 8, 2006 Renovations began in the Spring to turn the buildings at 600/602 and 604/606 River Street Terrace into Undergraduate Housing. However, the renovations were not completed by the start of the fall semester due to what were called by Assistant Director of Residence Life Tony Blazini., “normal delays, nothing in particular.” On September 2, the residents of 604/606 moved into their new rooms, however 600/602 has not yet opened.

Blazini stated that the Office of Residence Life (ORL) is aiming for a move in date of September 15 for 600/602. The capacity of 604/606 is 94 students, where as 600/602 has a capacity of 52, according to Blazini.

Until September 2, residents of 604/606 were staying in the Sheraton Suites on the Hudson in neighboring Weehawken. The residents of 600/602 remain there, awaiting their move-in date.

When asked about the quality of the rooms, Phil Mainwaring ‘08 described them as, “Cheaply expensive.” To get from the hotel to campus, students can take a complementary shuttle bus that runs about every hour. However, Mainwaring has experienced times where the shuttle bus has missed a run, or when it has been extraordinary late, forcing him to walk.

Residents of 604/606 had between the hours of 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. on September 2 to move from the Sheraton to their new dorms, according to Suzanne D’Addio ’07, a resident of 604/606 River Terrace. The only transportation provided by Stevens from the hotel to the dorms was the shuttle bus. D’Addio reported seeing one distressed student almost miss the noon checkout. However, the bellhops at the hotel assisted the student in loading her belongings onto the shuttle bus. Once the students arrived in front of the River Street dorms, they were greeted with contracted moving men and

a work crew from ORL. The River Street dorms are equipped with an elevator, which made the move in process much easier, according to D’Addio.

The River Street dorms use a card swipe system that handles access to the building, suites and the individual rooms. However, the card swipe system is not yet perfect and at least one student is using a key system to gain entry into the rooms because the card swipe is not working.

The units in 604/606 are equipped with new appliances: a full size refrigerator, microwave and stove. D’Addio’s unit also has a kitchen table and two love seats provided by ORL. Each room is a slightly different shape due to the construction of the building. D’Addio commented that the size of the doubles seems small, but the common area should be enough space to offset the lack of bedroom size.

The singles, however, seem very large.

ABBY JACOBS FOR THE STUTE

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Last Sunday, the Stevens Riverside Parking Lot on Sinatra Drive completed its long journey into the Hudson River, bringing one car with it. The lot portion next to the Griffith Physical Plant building is constructed on an old shipping pier. Its collapse caused one car to fall into the Hudson River and several others to teeter on the edge as Stevens police attempted to tow and then lift the cars from the brink of disaster.

Stevens police were notified of the situation at 1:22 that morning.

The police initially believed that there might have been people in the car, responding officer Sgt. Collins mentioned. Collins, who works the 11 pm to 11 am shift, notified EMT personnel in case bystanders had sustained any injuries. Hoboken Fire Department, the Coast Guard, and the New York City Police Harbor Patrol responded to the call as well.

Many Hoboken residents ridiculed the incident. “Let’s all thank goodness the incredible flushing toilet tower is still standing!” one resident remarked on Hoboken411.com.

A portion of the River Lot had been roped off in late summer after a chunk of the lot deck broke off.

No personal or property damage occurred in that incident. This section is not immediately adjacent to the current collapse and has since been repaired and reopened.

The area of the Lot affected by this collapse had also been roped off using police tape. However, observers noted that the tape had been repeatedly knocked down when cars drove over it to park in the affected spaces. These spaces also had signs posted in front of them alerting drivers to hazardous conditions and stating “no parking.” These signs were visible on adjacent vacant spots; however, the fence in front of the bays where cars had parked is submerged, making a determination difficult. “They didn’t [have signs], and I had no idea it was structurally unsound,” Becki Kozel said.

When asked, Henry Dobbelaar, Vice President of Facilities and Community Relations, refuted this statement.

A liberal arts student at Bergen CC, Kozel routinely parks in the River Lot. “Once a month or so,” she remarked when asked exactly

how often this occurs. “Oh man, I just messed it up so bad for people who were illegally parking in that lot,” she expressed remorsefully.

“Most of my friends park in that lot when using the PATH.” Kozel claims that Stevens mailed her a $20 ticket for parking on private property. It was “totally pointless and insulting,” she said.

“I’m not concerned about the ticket at this point, I’m just concerned about insurance,” she commented.

It is unclear if Kozel’s insurance will cover the cost of replacing the car because she was parked illegally. The university has insurance to pay for repairing the damaged cars, university spokesperson Patrick Berzinski told the Jersey Journal on Monday. Dobbelaar confirmed this fact. However, Kozel claims no one ever informed her about this. “The sergeant who I talked to said my insurance may not cover it because I was parked illegally. He never said anything about Stevens insurance,” she said.

Woodworms contributed to the decay of the parking pier, according to Dobbelaar. He explained that as the river has been progressively cleaned, it has become easier for woodworms to thrive in the river. Earlier this year, investigators found what might have been two shipworms near the wooden supports of the Tappan Zee Bridge. As a result, many old piers have had their pilings coated with cement to prevent decay. Stevens has done some maintenance as necessary to keep the pier functional, Dobbelaar noted; however, they had not been coated in cement, as the pilings are past their expected usable life.

“To address the loss of spaces, Stevens will ensure that only vehicles with valid hang tags are parked in Institute lots. Those with no hang tag or expired ones will be ticketed and repeat offenders towed at the owner’s expense,” Hank Dobbelaar said in an email to all students. He added, “Non-Stevens vehicles will be ticketed and towed starting Friday, October 20, 2006 after 5:00 pm.”

The loss in parking spots will be covered by the opening of the Babbio garage to all those who were permitted to park in River lot. Faculty spots in Castle Point Apartments upper lot have also been opened to students to cover the loss.

Plans For New Building Approved; Thirteen Story “Stevens Center” To Be Completed By September 1961 JANUARY 29, 1960 THE STEVENS CEN T E R. The new thirteen-story studentfaculty center will be one of the most impressive buildings on the west side of the Hudson River, as the above architect’s rendering ably demonstrates. Construction on this gigantic structure will begin soon; the building should be ready for occupancy in September, 1961. Containing approximately 100,000 square feet of floor space, it will be the most

expensive building ever erected at Stevens.

Contained within the metal and glass walls will be dining facilities for seven hundred, offices for student activities, the administrative functions of the school, the Stevens bookstore, a snack bar, and many other features which will appeal to students and faculty alike. Located on the grassy promontory of Castle Point, it provides a fitting successor to the beloved Castle Stevens.

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New Technology ChatGPT poses challenges for academic integrity FEBRUARY 3, 2023

WITH ONLY A FEW WORDS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO ENTIRE PROJECTS FOR THE USER.”

ChatGPT, the powerful artificial intelligence program that has gone viral in recent months for its ability to emulate human writing, has prompted concerns about its potential for abuse among students.

ChatGPT is an interactive artificial intelligence and machine learning program that allows users to communicate directly with a computer running the powerful natural language syntax. OpenAI, the company that runs and owns ChatGPT, is a leader in machine learning and has produced many other power intelligence programs in the past.

ChatGPT, released in November 2022, follows the success of OpenAI’s GPT-3. The program takes inputs from a user in their natural language and can produce accurate and specific text responses and make computer code. However, with the power of a synthetical study of the entire Internet, stu-

dents have begun to take advantage of ChatGPT responses, which are undetectable by traditional plagiarism and anti-cheating software.

In the history of academic integrity, there have often been developments in technology that require the educational systems to adapt and evolve to combat ways to cheat. When smartphones entered the market, there was a consideration of how to prevent students from using them to cheat. With the advent of ChatGPT and other more advanced systems like Chegg, Photomath, and other machine-learning academic aid programs, academic integrity must reform again.

ChatGPT is uniquely challenging for professors and schools for two reasons: it is easy to use and hard to trace. The program is simple and takes only a quick Internet search, an email, and a login. From there, the user can ask the program any question, from simple prompts like “What is the weather today?”

to much more complex ones, like “Write a C++ program to track daily activity in 500 lines of code.”

With only a few words, it is possible to do entire projects for the user.

Worsening the challenge schools face with ChatGPT is how difficult it is to detect the presence of ChatGPT use. The functionality of ChatGPT is a synthesis program. When the user prompts the program, it analyzes the terms and syntax of the prompt and searches and compares the input to the entirety of its database (the entire Internet), and puts together a response that best represents all of the information on the Internet.

Because the program does not copy a single source or even ten sources, it does not trigger plagiarism software. Students can ask for code, equations, essays, or even visual art and musical creations — all with no signs of plagiarism or cheating.

With such a challenge, schools and professors are beginning to

adapt to the new program. Some professors allow it as an outside source while some individually distinguish fair uses of the tool from academic violations, while others are trying to convince students that using ChatGPT is more harmful than good. However, some schools are encouraging professors to integrate ChatGPT into their assignments. An article from the University of Pennsylvania addressing faculty and staff recommends asking students to “consider designing assignments that ask students to engage with AI tools and AI-generated materials.”

ChatGPT is sure to play a significant role in the development of education shortly. Already, professors at Stevens are beginning to research its application. Although it is traditionally thought of as immoral to use outside help for assignments, perhaps ChatGPT will offer a new tool for the students of tomorrow.

Stevens home pages set up on the World Wide Web SEPTEMBER 30, 1994 During the summer of 1994, David Belson, a graduate of the Class of 1994, designed and set up the first “Stevens Pages” on the Internet’s World Wide Web (WWW), explained Richard P. Widdicombe, Director of the S.C. Williams Library.

The Pages, stated Widdicombe, are accessed through the World Wide Web, or Web, at the following address: “HTTP://WWW. STEVENS-TECH.EDU”. The Pages, written by Belson in the HTML programming language (a program-

ming language that Web pages are written in), contain descriptive text and color pictures regarding general information about Stevens.

From the main set of pages, there are “links” to other pages regarding other aspects of Stevens, such as a subsection that describes the Library. There is also a subsection of the Stevens Pages entitled Hoboken X, which contains guide material to the City of Hoboken (such as a list of restaurants and their menus).

The Web pages were originally designed by Belson to be accessed

by Internet users using the Web

PHOTO COURTESY OF WAYBACK MACHINE STEVENS-TECH.EDU WEBPAGE IN 1998

New computer arrives at Stevens APRIL 7, 1976 After an expectant nine months, a new baby was delivered to the Stevens Computer Center this Wednesday. The “baby” is a new DEC System 10 computer, which will replace our present 8 1/2 year old computer. It is a large scale time sharing system manufactured by the Digital Equipment Corporation and is one of the best time sharing computers made.

Funds for the computer, which cost over $900,000, came from a special grant and not regular school funds. Besides the computer, other improvements will be

PHOTO COURTESY OF KERMITPROJECT.ORG DECSYSTEM-10 COMPUTER IN A 1968 AD

made to the Center. An air conditioning system will be installed within the next two weeks to ensure that the super-sensitive computer is kept at the proper temperature and humidity.

Also, there will be a few alterations to the setup in the Center.

The new computer will be situated in Room 36 of the Computer Center. The present teletype room, which is next door, will be converted into an in/out room for cards, etc., and also a tape store room.

The in/out and machine rooms will be connected by a window.

The present machine room is to be converted into a teletype room.

“browser” Mosaic, which is a program that can run through Microsoft WindowsTM. Browsers, explained Widdicombe, are software packages designed to interpret certain display formats. Other browsers include File Transfer Protocol (FTP) (allowing files to be downloaded from the Internet) and Gopher, which allows a user to view parts of the Internet using a menu structure. Files written in HTML support both audio and color graphics formats. Currently, the opening of the Web pages for Stevens, if a user is using Mosaic, begins with the Stevens logo presented in color and an audio greeting by the President of the Institute, Dr. Harold Raveche.

Approximately $15,000 was funded toward the costs of employing Belson and purchasing the equipment to design and maintain the Stevens Pages on the Web. According to Widdicombe, the original idea for Stevens to have its own pages was first brought up by Belson in the fall of 1993 to Widdicombe and Leslie Maltz, Director of Computing and Communications Resources.

The project was given approval by

Dean Arthur Shapiro, the Provost of Stevens, and Belson began working on the pages after he graduated from Stevens.

Two separate WWW servers operate the Stevens Pages. One server is located in the Library, while the main server is located in the Computer Center. The servers in both locations are 486 microprocessor computers running the Linux operating system. According to Widdicombe, the servers have had “no downtime and no problems.”

The library server has independent direct access to the library portion of the pages so that updates and changes can be made to them directly without having to go through the main server in the Computer Center. Belson designed the Pages, explained Widdicombe, so that such changes to other subsections could be made in a similar manner. The last update to the Stevens Pages, the sections of the pages that the library server has direct access to, was done during the week of September 18. The first pages for Stevens were set up on the Web by Belson on June 12, 1994.

Currently, Kurt Hockenbury, User Consultant in the Computer Center, and Youcef Oubraham, of the S.C. Williams Library, maintain the Stevens Pages on the Web. Additionally, three other students are also employed by the library to assist in maintaining the Pages: graduate student Steve Byrne, Junior Paul Buttgereit, and Sophomore Chad Robinson.

For the future, Widdicombe hopes to have multiple servers installed around the campus, allowing direct independent access to the pages, either by campus organizations or academic departments. Additionally, Widdecombe hopes that information on the Stevens Pages could be expanded to include descriptions of the various administrative and student run organizations (such as listing the officers and constitutions of the student run clubs and societies). Obtaining and using Mosaic through Windows for students (specifically, for upperclassmen) using Digital Equipment Corporation’s PathworksTM will be addressed in a follow up article at a later date and later issue of The Stute.

“The Panama Canal” DECEMBER 11, 1909 The Engineering Society lecture last Tuesday was delivered by Mr. Charles Whiting Baker, Editor-in-Chief of the Engineering News, and he described the work being done on the Panama Canal. Mr. Baker has been in close touch with the various Isthmian projects for many years, and was among those who visited the Canal Zone with President Taft and his board of Consulting Engineers last winter. Thus he was able to speak of what he had witnessed personally, which is a decided advantage, as the public is often at a loss to know from the popular newspaper and magazine articles what are facts, and what are reporters’ inventions, concerning activities in such a remote part of the world as the Isthmus.

The speaker told a little of the history of the attempts to make a waterway across the Isthmus; it was somewhat surprising to hear that as early as 1534, the King of Spain had a survey of the region made, with a view to constructing a canal; the report brought back, however, was that the feat could never be accomplished.

The first actual work on the canal was undertaken by the celebrated Frenchman, Ferdinand de Lesseps, the promoter of the Suez Canal. The

Interesting Lecture Delivered Before the Engineering Society LECTURE ILLUSTRATED

BY LANTERN SLIDES first attempt did not succeed, and was abandoned thirty years ago, after a comparatively small amount of excavation had been done. It was in 1904 that the United States began operations, preparatory to the actual work of excavating. The preliminary arrangements involved a prodigious amount of labor, as a miniature nation with all its intricacies had to be developed, and all the detailed plans drawn up before “making the dirt fly.”

The gratifying statement was made that, in the opinion of the speaker and the other visitors to the region, the work was being carried on honestly and efficiently, and that those in charge had every reason to be proud of their progress.

The objections to the sea-level canal were pointed out convincingly.

The cost of construction for a sea-level canal is of course greater than for one with locks. Then the Chagres

river, which would flow into the sea-level canal, would tend to fill it up by discharging earth, gravel, and even boulders. Another objection is that, contrary to most people’s ideas, the time of passage through a canal at sea-level would be considerably greater than through a canal of the lock type, as the latter would be composed of a large, deep lake for two-thirds of its length.

A number of lantern slides were shown, which illustrated clearly such branches of the work as a sanitation, excavating in the enormous Culebra cut where the steam shovel proved better than the traveling bucket type of excavator, blasting with great quantities of dynamite, dumping the flat-cars without any manual labor by the use of a sort of plow, hydraulic dredging, and the feeding and housing of the large colony of workmen employed.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF EBAY.COM LANTERN SLIDE WHICH DISPLAYS AN IMAGE OF THE PANAMA CANAL

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National News President Humphreys Addresses Students JANUARY 11, 1919 College Will Now Run On Peace Time Footing.

First Term Extended Three Weeks.

Once more we enjoy peace after a year and a half of war time chaos. The college as well as the entire nation turns away from guns and armament, and the science of destruction and again goes back to the upbuilding and development of humanity.

During the Christmas vacation the student body had gradually become accustomed to civilian life as well as civilian clothes. At eight fifty Monday morning the auditorium was filled with college students, Stevens men; no longer soldiers, sailors, although several who were loath to adopt the tortuous stiff collar and pointed shoes still clung to their tattered uniform.

After reading a letter from the War Department to the S. A. T. C. thanking the men for their services and the excellent spirit with which they co-operated with their superiors, President Humphreys proceeded with the matter on hand. Many adjustments must be made before the college will be running upon its normal basis. In every case the interests of the students will be considered first. In many cases this may mean a considerable loss to the Institute. All men will be considered as if they were discharged on December

twenty-first although the Government only pays the men’s tuition up to the actual date of discharge which in many instances was before this date. The first term will have to be extended three weeks due to the time lost in late starting, and during the influenza epidemic.

The President devoted considerable of his time to a discussion of the honor system, the observance of which has become somewhat lax during the last few months of college.

The honor system was started twelve years ago by request of the students of the Senior class.

At the time of its adoption Stevens was the first college of engineering in this country to try such a system. Since then it has worked with the utmost success.

No definition of a violation of the honor system should be necessary. The pledge will point out what a violation is even if a man’s sense of honor will not. It should be entirely up to the student body to see that the honor system is carried out although help from the faculty is not undesirable.

Castle Stevens will again be used as the college dormitories and lunch room. Meals will be served to the students at as low a price as is possible in order that the commissary department may make both ends meet.

The meeting last Monday was the first step in the reorganization of normal conditions and activities.

World War II Address from Stevens President DECEMBER 10, 1941

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Campus Traditions Rag Baby Rush.

NOVEMBER 4, 1904 Following the established custom, the upper classmen this year arranged a Rag Baby for the Sophomore and Freshmen, which was held at the Cricket Grounds on Wednesday afternoon, October 19th.

Both classes marched in lockstep from the Institute to the grounds, and after a few preliminary yells settled down to wait while the committee made the

necessary preparations.

The conditions decided upon were about as follows: The two classes to line up two and a half yards either side of a line midway between the goal-posts; the “baby” (a stuffed canvas cylinder about four feet long and fifteen inches in diameter) to be thrown in the air by two of the upper class men; each class to rush for the baby at a pistol shot, and attempt to push through its opponents with it; time to be called if the baby touched the

ground; time to be called if the baby touched the ground; rounds to be of five minutes duration, with five minutes intermissions; that class succeeding in carrying the “baby” over its opponents goal line, or having the “baby” in its opponents territory at the end of the round to be the winner of that round; the class winning two rounds out of three rounds to be the victor.

These conditions were followed.

After a hard struggle the Freshmen

succeeded in slowly pushing back the Sophomores, and at the end of the period it was found that 1907 had given way some thirty yards.

Nothing daunted, although outnumbered two to one, ‘07 returned to the contest, and the second round proved to be oven a more difficult proposition for the Freshman, but finally force of numbers told, and at the end of the period the “baby” was seen to be in 1907’s territory, and the contest was over.

The affair proved to be very

interesting, especially to the onlookers. The spectacle of a struggling mass of some two hundred and thirteen individuals was even more exciting than that of some of the little exchanges of courtesy, of the pushing nature, which have been happening of late.

(Again we are sorry to have to explain that we go to press too early to include an account of the Cane Sprees, Tie-up, and Tug of War, in this.–Ed.)

cabinet and Gear and Triangle as well as resident assistants were also instrumental in making the night happen. Annette Chirichella and Dave Zimmerman were also among those who planned the evening. Abel Alvarez stated, “Annette Chirichella was instrumental in making this event a suc-

cess.” She and Dave Zimmerman were responsible for creating the menus as well as setting up the room and decorating. Alvarez continued, “The event could not have been a success without her and David’s hard work. It was a true collaborative effort from various ends to make the night a success.”

First ever Founder’s Day Ball held FEBRUARY 19, 2010 The first ever Founder’s Day Ball commenced as students, faculty and alumni entered the Bissinger Room on February 15, 2010. This first-time event was held to celebrate Stevens’ 140th anniversary. The event drew a crowd of over 130 students dressed in an array of suits and dresses, with some even dressing in tuxedos and gowns. About 15 faculty members, administrators and other guests were in attendance, including President Raveché, Maureen Weatherall, Joe Stahley, Dean Kenneth Nilsen, Nathalie Waite, Kristie Damel, Dean Trina Ballantyne, Barbara Migliori, Linda Volkommer and Tony Blazini, just to name a few.

Bandwidth started the evening off with some upbeat music as they performed an array of cover music. Bandwidth is composed entirely of Stevens musicians.

They covered a mixture of rock and R&B classics. Bandwidth continued to play until dinner was finished, when the dance floor was given to DJ Amlan and WCPR, who swapped back and forth playing music for the remainder of the evening keeping the floor full of dancers of all types. Dinner and dessert were courtesy of Sodexo and included steak and scalloped potatoes among other items for dinner and a fondue fountain for desert.

There were also a few raffles that were held for those in attendance, ranging from an assortment of books to a Stevens gear basket. The raffles were drawn towards the end of the evening and culminated with the announcement of the new Student Govern-

ment Association (SGA) president and vice-president. Stephanie Spelman and Kendra Appleheimer were recognized shortly after the polls were closed and will be filling the roles of president and vice-president for the upcoming year.

Dean Nilsen, Kristie Damell,

Barbara Migliori as well as the rest of the Student Life and Special Functions staff were responsible for making the event happen.

Abel Alvarez noted, “Working with them was a pleasure and they were always there to help, work with, and bounce ideas with students.” Members of the SGA

Col. John’s: A Short History MARCH 2, 1979 Since its doors opened in 1974, the Stevens Rathskeller has provided a place for “drinking and thinking” for the Stevens community.

How did Col. John’s come into existence, who are the men behind the bar, what are the Rat’s plans for the future, and other questions that pop up in many members’ minds will all be answered in a series of articles, named “Col. John’s Past, Present, and Future.”

Back in the early ‘70’s and interest of having an on-campus pub rose among students and administrators alike. The feeling was so strong that Khoda was asked to perform a feasibility study to discover whether it would be practical to have such a place at Stevens and if it was, where could it be located.

At that time, the legal drinking age in the State of New Jersey was 21. There was also legislation in Trenton that would lower the age

limit to 18. Khoda advised against the proposed organization because there was only a small number in the Stevens community that would be eligible for membership, but the bill in the Senate showed promise of passing. If this was to occur Khoda remarked that the Stevens Rathskeller would in all probability be a success.

Several localities on campus were evaluated as to whether or not they could accommodate the club, and the Center Snack Bar on the first floor of the Stevens Center was chosen as the logical spot over such places as a corner location of the “A” building and the basement of the Rifle range. The organization was to pay rent to Stevens in the amount of $1.00 a year.

Before the law was actually changed, work was started on the Stevens Rathskeller Association, Inc. The Snack Bar, which, because of its failure to stand on its own legs, had become a large game

room, was soon to have a new floor, table, paneling and countless other renovations. By-laws were drawn up to maintain legality by a Stevens lawyer. The students had a contest to name the Rat, and since then we have known it as Col. John’s, named after the founder of the Institution.

After the drinking age was finally lowered in the Stute, the doors of the Ray swung wide to admit students, administration, staff, alumni, and faculty members despite a hearing requested by several tavern owners in the city of Hoboken.

A large amount of money was needed to perform the necessary improvements in the Rathskeller.

Donations came from the IDC, IFC, and loans were given by the Board of Trustees and Stuco to defray those expenses.

Next Week: Who decides what goes on at the Rat, and why are the prices so “high” if we are members of a “corporation not for Profit.”?

1912 cremate arch-fiend Calculus JUNE 18, 1910 A most successful cremation of Calculus was held by the Class of 1912 on May 30th. In spite of the bad weather and the poor day set for the affair the class turned out unusually well.

Soon after 7:30 strange creatures were seen walking near the Morton Laboratory, and at 8 o’clock when the transparencies were brought from A.S.K. Lodge and lit, these creatures were shown to be the class of 1912. The costumes were unusually good and many of very original design.

The parade started from Morton Laboratory, and after marching down town to third went west as far as Garden and then to the field. Here a trial was held in which a most sober court officiated. During the trial it rained very hard driving away many of the spectators, but the rain in no

way warped the decision of the convict jury and the prisoner was sentenced to death.

A triumphant march was made up to Bloomfield St. to 13th to Garden to the Cricket Grounds, where three wagon loads of boxes and barrels made a roaring fire in spite of their wetting.

After dancing, cheering and singing about the fire the class dispersed to dress and then to celebrate in various ways. The members of the committee wish to thank all their classmates who helped in any way. Especial thanks are extended to Mr. John Foster, ‘10, and Mr. Carpenter, ‘11, to whose work the artistic success of the transparencies is largely due. The unusual success of proclamations is principally due to the clever drawing done

by Mr. Bartlett, ‘11, to whom the Committee’s thanks are also extended.

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Sports

DUCKETTES WIN DECEMBER 6, 1974 History was made on November 19 when the first women’s varsity team for Stevens Tech foiled Princeton women’s team, 10-6. The “Duckettes” showed strength and power by defeating the Princeton “Tigerettes” with no difficulty. With outstanding preseason coaching by Linda “V for Victory” Vollkommer, the

girls showed the poise and confidence of an experienced team.

Leading the charge for the girls were the co-captains Lindy Ellis (3-0) and Michi Wada (3-0).

Also largely responsible for the victory were Terri Burnett and Lorraine Sheehan, each with two victories. The “Duckettes” next meet will be against Kean College on December 7 and are confident that it will be their second win!

Stevens Changes Athletic Conference OCTOBER 26, 2018 In July 2019, the majority of Stevens’ athletic teams will be leaving the Empire 8 to join the Middle-Atlantic Conference, otherwise known as the MAC. The MAC is made up of two separate conferences, and Stevens will be joining the Freedom Conference.

“We are excited because the MAC is a very well-established conference with an extensive history,” said Russell Rogers, the Stevens Director of Athletics, who had significant involvement in the move to the new conference.

Stevens is no stranger to the MAC, making its return to the conference after a 42-year absence. Stevens will look to continue to add to its history in the MAC and carry over its dominance from the Empire 8 to the new conference.

This change, which will affect 23 of Stevens’ 26 teams, is predominantly driven by an effort to reduce the long travel times for Stevens’ student-athletes.

“We need to travel six hours for a two-hour game; it is really time consuming,” said Eloi Pradier, a freshman tennis player at Stevens. “I am really looking forward to the change.”

The shortened travel times that will result from Stevens’ transition to a new conference will provide student-athletes with a much more balanced student life. Not only will traveling to competitions become

less of a hassle, but students will be able to spend more time on campus as well. Accordingly, students will miss less class and have more free time.

Moreover, because of an increased proximity to conference teams, families and friends of students will be able to attend more competitions, enhancing the athletic experience for them as well.

“Our longest trip right now is 6 hours; the longest trip in the MAC is going to be 3 to 3.5 hours,” Rogers said.

Further, the direct product of less time spent on the road is an economic benefit for Stevens Athletics. Shorter trips means less time spent in hotels and in buses, cutting costs and creating an opportunity for reinvestment, further bolstering the quality of the program.

“We didn’t want to just make a change just for change’s sake.

While there was a sense of urgency, there was also a sense of ‘Let’s do it the right way, let’s find the right group of schools that make sense for all the right reasons like the location, competitiveness, and the quality of the conference.’ The MAC Conference really fit all of those characteristics that we were looking for,” said Rogers on behalf of the change.

The only Stevens teams not transitioning to the MAC are the Men and Women’s Fencing Team and the Equestrian Team, which will remain in their current conferences.

The Game with Pratt NOVEMBER 4, 1904 On Saturday, October 22nd, our team scored a victory against Pratt Institute, at Borough Park, Brooklyn.

The game was well played, and, since the teams were of about the same weight, the score of 17-0 in our favor shows the result of good coaching and hard practicing against the scrub.

Pollak, ‘08, who was put in during the second half, unfortunately received a fracture of the left collar bone. Our faithful doctor was there, however, and his temporary bandage enabled him to reach the surgeon safely.

The line up was as follows: Stevens.

Comstock Kaltwasser Cowenhoven Lewis Mudge, Norris Cruthers, Mudge Johnson, Turner, Spencer Roberts Buckley Matthews, Pollak, Matthews Pratt

In the first half Pratt kicked off, and after the teams had exchanged the ball on downs, Stevens recovered and Buckley gained fifteen yards around the end to Pratt’s fifteen yard line.

Matthews and Pratt went through the line for six yards each, and Buckley carried the oval over the line for our first touchdown.

The goal kick was not successful.

Score 5-0. Stevens kicked off to Pratt, but soon regained the ball on downs near the twenty-five yard line. Stevens backs were put through centre for good gains until Matthews made the second touchdown and Roberts kicked the goal, making the score 11-0

our way. The remainder of the half was played without further score by either side.

In the second half Stevens kicked off to Pratt’s twenty-five yard line, and after a “to-and-fro” game of punts and small gains, Stevens recovered the ball on Pratt’s thirty-yard line. Kaltwasser went through twice for ten yards, and Pratt, our full-back, forced another touchdown. Roberts kicked a goal, and the score stood 17-0. Stevens kicked off, but with many excellent plays the half ended without changing the score. The team, together with a bunch of rooters, came home in fine spirits.

Line up.

Left End Left Tackle Left Guard Center Right Guard Right Tackle Right End Quarter-back Right-half Left-half Full-back

Pneuman Hays Dewitt Cotler Fisher Engleman Hart Peters Brown Chalmers McAllister

Pratt.

Cheerleaders Add Color to Tech MARCH 19, 1982 On Tuesday, November 24, 1981, at New York Maritime College, a bit of Stevens history was made. It was the first appearance of the Stevens Tech Cheerleading Squad. The following Monday marked their first home appearance, where the cheerleaders and their 7 year old mascot Theresa Gasper were well received by the players, coaches and fans.

The squad worked hard all through basketball season trying to perfect not only their routines, but the other aspects of their operation such as management, regulations, finances, and purchasing.

The squad currently consists of nine girls: co-captains sophomore Josephine Mills and senior Maria Florio, senior Leslie Lindsay, junior Carol Boylan, sophomores Joy Marie Lisa and Caroline Donahue, and

freshmen Jeanie Savitsky, Darlene Singley and Denise Alfano. During the fall semester, sophomore Hassanah Haqq was also a squad member.

In addition to the cheerleaders, a new club will exist next fall to help promote even more school spirit, the Stevens Tech Pep Club.

Hopefully, through the cheerleaders and pep club, apathy at Tech will be a thing of the past!

STEVENS NOT TO HAVE FOOTBALL NEXT YEAR DECISION ARRIVED AT BY PRESIDENT HUMPHREYS AFTER CONSIDERATION OF RECENT EXPERIENCE. JUNE 14, 1925 It seems that Stevens will not be represented by a football team next year. The first official announcement of this momentous change will be in Doctor Humphreys commencement address today. Stevens has been represented almost continuously since 1873 by a football team, and although not always with distinction, still always creditably.

To give up football now, after having been so long identified with the game, seems to many most unfortunate, but Dr. Humphreys has marshalled many reasons for its suspension. They can be best presented by printing the letter which was sent to each of the colleges with which Stevens had games scheduled.

The letter: THE AUTHORITIES of STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, after careful study and consideration of all the conditions necessarily involved, have decided finally that intercollegiate football must be abandoned by the INSTITUTE’S students. This decision is due to the changes in football

caused by the adoption of “open play.”

This change in the nature of the game has, with us, resulted in a large increase in the number of injuries being of such serious character as to threaten fatal results.

Incidentally, these injuries have necessarily kept the students, so injured, from their studies, so preventing them from graduating with their classes or threatening them with this misfortune.

It may here be explained that all of our students follow the one full, fundamental course in Engineering, requiring them all to maintain their standing in this one course of study in shops, classes, lectures and laboratories—including, necessarily, a full demand for preparatory study. This program offers no opportunity for adjusting the course of study to the requirements of intercollegiate athletics and particularly to the extreme demands of “open play” football.

To avoid the many and serious injuries suffered by our players in this open game our observations indicate that this game demands specialized physical development, and, to this end, the players

should be kept in special training the year round by requiring that they pursue certain forms of exercise during the winter that are intended not only to train them as football players but also to build them up physically and so maintain them continuously to avoid shocks as far as possible and to meet these shocks when unavoidable. It follows that in the spring the players should be called out promptly to practice; and, if in any way possible, provision should be made to keep the players “fit” during the summer vacation—individually, if collectively it is impossible.

All of this indicates a program that is impossible of acceptance for our students in view of the serious character of our course of study, as above indicated.

It is perhaps proper to mention that this important decision, as now announced, has been made as the result of investigations made simultaneously and independently by Director Davis of our Department of Physical Education, by a special Committee of Alumni appointed for the purpose by the Executive Committee of the Alumni

Association, and by myself.

(Signed) ALEX C. HUMPHREYS, President.

Director Davis recommended in his report the creation of a training table and possibly training quarters. If this could not be done this year, he recommended that intercollegiate football be suspended.

As the authorities did not see fit to make this investment, Dr. Humphreys has recommended that football be dropped. According to present plans, interclass football will be featured during the fall, with the possible addition of soccer, but in this day of high specialization, the old system of practice apparently will no longer furnish successful teams. Diretor Davis has expressed the hope that conditions at some future time may be more favorable for football and that this will be merely a temporary suspension.

The special committee of alumni composed of Helms, ‘07, De Hart, ‘90, Bell, ‘11, Pratt, ‘03, and Gerdes, ‘02, concurred with Dr. Humphreys in the final decision.

TO GIVE UP FOOTBALL NOW, AFTER HAVING BEEN SO LONG IDENTIFIED WITH THE GAME, SEEMS TO MANY MOST UNFORTUNATE"

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Greek Life Throughout its history, Greek Life at Stevens has been characterized by both triumphs and challenges.

The Stute Archives document significant milestones, such as the establishment of new Greek Life Houses in 1909, and the addition of the first sorority in 1982. However, there have also been setbacks, including instances of heightened violence leading to injuries, property damage, and the temporay closure of a fraternity. These events have left lasting impressions on the Greek community at Stevens.

New Houses on Campus MARCH 6, 1909 The outlook for new fraternity houses at the north end of our field is steadily growing brighter and before another year and a half three houses instead of one should stand on the campus.

Omitting Delta Tau Delta which already has its house, the general prospectus is as follows, the lots being apportioned as shown in the accompanying cut.

Beta Theta Pi has already bought a lot and filed plans with Professor Pryot, and expects to begin building operations as soon as the final specifications and estimates are received.

Chi Psi has paid for an option on a plot and expects to begin building this Summer.

Theta Xi has an option on a lot, but as yet has no further plans. Phi Sigma Kappa has the right to take up an option but as yet has not done so.

Chi Phi has taken no steps so far and Sigma Nu expects to remain where it is for some time.

All the houses will be finished in the same general style as the Delta Tau Delta house and will designed to add as much artistically to the campus as possible. The Hedden Construction Company will probably do the work on the Beta and Chi Psi houses.

In 1971, when women began attending Stevens, there were no official sororities; instead, fraternities had “little sister” groups for social and service activities, though women weren’t granted membership. However, in 1977, a local interest group called Zeta Omega was established, eventually affiliating with Phi Sigma Sigma and becoming the first official sorority, the Delta Zeta Chapter of Phi Sigma Sigma, at Stevens in 1982.

ZETA OMEGA

It’s A Sorority!

NOVEMBER 4, 1977 On Sunday, October 16th, STUCO approved the constitution of Zeta Omega, Stevens’ first sorority.

STUCO approval Is the sorority’s first step towards becoming a fully recognized campus organization.

The sorority’s constitution was presented to STUCO on September 25th, and tabled for the usual two week period. At

the first meeting thereafter the constitution was discussed and approved unanimously.

While approval of the constitution was pending officers were elected. Cathi Pizzo was chosen as President, Tray Ivan as Vice President, Sue Geraldi as Treasurer, and Doreen Foster as Secretary.

Presently, Zeta Omega Is awaiting the approval of the Student Affairs Committee.

Once Zeta Omega has been fully recognized the members will start work on their new home In the basement of the Health Center. Due to the amount of work Involved and the approach of the end of the semester rushing will not be conducted until the spring term. Anyone Interested in lending a helping hand should contact one of the officers.

PHI SIGMA SIGMA

Sorority Intiation Held MARCH 5, 1982 On Saturday. February 27th, Anna Marie Longacre, Lisa Mascolo, Liz Wrzeslen, Carol Boylan, Judy Niedzwiecki, Ginny luorno, Kathy Cartwright, Lisa Chirlian, Leslie Lindsey became part of national Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority.

These nine sisters were present-

ed a charter which makes them the thirty-seventh active chapter, namely the Della Zeta Chapter.

Phi Sigma Sigma sorority Is found at many of the schools around Stevens. Fairleigh Dickinson,Rutgers Newark and New Brunswick all have chapters on their campuses.

In a formal initiation which

took place on the fourth floor of the center they were officially made the first national sorority at Stevens.

Right now the sorority has seventeen pledges to increase their numbers. They plan to keep growing and become active Greeks on campus.

I’ll bet any local TV station would have loved to see us that day, especially with all the bad press fraternities have been getting due to hazing incidents.

This brings us to the point of public relations and IFC “unity”.

It is said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Likewise the entire fraternity system is judged according to its worst members. Just one broken window or an abusive party is enough to undo all the blood drives and open houses that were held in the past year. Furthermore, interfraternity relations do not improve from such actions.

Not all that happened that night was negative. When the parties started, all were welcome at the different houses and the general consensus was that things just got out of hand. The next morning, out in the rain, members from

all the houses cleared the street and sidewalks in front of their respective houses. But alas, the time was too late, for Pledge Night will never again be as we know it.

With all the money that is now going to be spent in repairs, each house could have had a barbeque or a beerfest. Why not have an IFC field day next year? It could be held on the athletic field where teams of brothers could compete in different events. This, combined with a few kegs of beer and some hot dogs could prove beneficial to the IFC than the riotous events of last Friday.

Please do not mistake me as a preacher for I am not standing in a pulpit. I claim no innocence to any of these events that took place, for I was out in the street along with everyone else. However, I must ask one question: was it worth it?

On The Matter of Pledge Night OCTOBER 31, 1980 In the past, the last Friday before Halloween has traditionally been the biggest party day for the Greeks and the campus as a whole. I am, of course, speaking of Pledge Night. However the events of this past Friday could possibly terminated, or at least strictly curtailed, one of the biggest events on the Greeks social calendar.

The “traditional”, and I use this term loosely, food fight on the Terrace started about ten years ago with an exchange of water balloons between the Delts and the Bates. This has since escalated to pumpkin throwing back in 1976 and only turned into a full fledged food war three years ago in 1977.

However back then the “throwing” took the form of a playful snowball fight. Just eggs, lettuce, tomatoes, and rotten squash were

used for ammunition. The “throwing” was more of, could-I-get-theother-guy-dirtier type.

This year, unfortunately, the ammunition became ammunition in the strictest sense of the word. Rotten vegetables became rock hard potatoes, apples, and vomit. The “playful throwing” turned into the bombing of 10 to 20 pound pumpkins, cantaloupes, and a television set off the roofs of houses and a beer keg through a window. It was no longer who can get the other one dirtier as much as who can break the most windows.

The results of all this was one broken wrist, one set of badly bruised ribs, one bloused eye, and more than likely numerous other injuries that I have no knowledge of.

Gary Smith, president of the IFC, went through a lot of trou-

ble sending letters to the nonGreek residences of the Terrace, informing them of the events to come. Charles Smith, head of security, was able to get a special favor from the chief of the Hoboken police department to have the Terrace blocked off to the public.

This is all history as I have been informed by the Dean’s office that none of this will take place next year. Furthermore, at the past IFC meeting, a motion was passed to impose a mandatory non-appealable $500 fine on any house that throws anything by a vote of 8-02. In response to this Dean Eversen stated that, “You can be rest assured that this office will back the IFC100%”. He also said, “This doesn’t do a thing to enhance fraternity life either in the eyes of the fraternity members, the Institute, the campus and certainly not the public.

Sigma Phi Epsilon Charter Revoked and House Closed JANUARY 31, 2003 On Tuesday, January 28th, The Office of Student Life informed the brotherhood of Sigma Phi Epsilon that their charter has been revoked. This event starts a chain of repercussions that the brotherhood will have to deal with this semester and in the near future.

First, the more than thirty brothers who were living at the Sig Ep house, located at 530 Hudson Street, had to make a very prompt, important decision. A brother may apply for campus housing, but if he wishes to do so the application had to be in by noon Thursday, January 30th, less than 48 hours after they were originally notified; and he must also register for a meal plan. However, this number is capped and, presumably, is on a first-come-first-serve basis because the Office of Residence Life offered only a little more than 20 spaces to them this semester. On the other hand, if a brother chooses to remain in the house he will not

be allowed to go through the room selection process for campus housing for next year. Of course, seniors who are graduating this spring are not really affected by this, and can remain in the house without problems. But even if a brother chooses to stay in the house until the end of the semester, Student Life will require him to fill out a contract with the school to follow certain policies and procedures.

The effects are both individual and organizational. Sigma Phi Epsilon will no longer be allowed to participate in any Greek sports.

They will not be allowed to participate or be a member of the Inter Fraternity Council (IFC). They basically cannot participate in any event on campus as a Greek organization. They are, of course, still allowed to participate and any campus event or organization individually. Ken Nilsen, Dean of Student Life, reports, “[the brothers are Sigma Phi Epsilon] are good men, honorable men...the institute simply does not want to continue

the relationship with them at this time.” “It’s not the individuals; it’s the organization,” he further elaborates.

Ken Nilsen wants to reassure the community that this decision did not come swiftly and was made only after a culmination of “numerous behavioral incompatibilities” that “didn’t support or enhance the university and its mission”. After the fight at the house last spring, which left one person severely injured and had 4 of their brothers arrested, and after finding 3 kegs in the houses two weeks ago, when they were supposed to be under restriction not to even have empty containers in the house, the school put their foot down against this “blatant disregard for authority”.

The school admits that the ultimate decision to revoke their charter was theirs alone, but that they had the cooperation of the Sigma Phi Epsilon alumni. It wasn’t something that the institute wanted to do, but they felt they had no other course of action. In

the meantime, the alumni are going to try and work with the current brotherhood to bring them up to standards acceptable by their national organization and by the school. They plan on implementing their national ‘balanced man program’ – “...a four year membership development program... [that] concentrates on [both the] individual and [the] chapter... [through] mentoring, campus and community involvement, and the Ritual.” – as a first step in re-establishing themselves, and in hopes of becoming a colony in a couple of years. Ken speaks on behalf of the institute, “when they are ready to come back, they will write to us”.

The school will then consider their application based on all of their recent efforts and whether they think they are ready to rejoin Greek life.

The last Greek organization, before Sig Ep, to have their charter revoked by the school was Pi Lambda Phi, whose fraternity house is today the Lore-El Center for Women. When they lost touch

with the institute many years ago, they not only owed the university an overly large amount of money but they also had an extremely low membership and the actual house, which they leased from the school, was in terrible condition.

Sigma Phi Epsilon, on the other hand, owns their own house and does not have an outstanding bill with the institute. On top of that, although Ken admits that they need to do some work on the house, it only encompasses minor electrical work, a few simple repairs, and, as all residential facilities associated with the school will be eventually retrofitted with a sprinkler-system.

Sigma Phi Epsilon has quite a bit of work ahead of them, but their alumni have proven themselves to be, thus far, a group of people who are not willing to give up and who have genuine interest in wanting to work with them in order to help re-establish the chapter as a strong leg of their national enterprise.

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Hoboken News Train crashes at Hoboken Terminal, Stevens sets up online check-in for students SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 A train crashed full speed into the Hoboken Terminal on Sept.

29 at approximately 8:45 a.m. The train started in Spring Valley, NY and was traveling through Hoboken on the Pascack Valley line.

Stevens setup a “Stevens Check-in” page on the intranet MyStevens portal for students to self-report themselves as “safe” and also report names of students they may have been concerned about.

A Stevens Alert went out at 9:20 a.m. about the Train Accident. An email announcement was sent out at 1:10 p.m. from Marybeth Murphy, Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs with instructions for student, faculty, and staff. Students were told to contact Dean Nilsen if they had concerns about a fellow student.

“All staff and faculty supervisors are asked to determine the status of all team members. Please notify Human Resources … if you have any concerns about a colleague.”

The Blue Line Stevens Shuttle was

temporarily suspended, and the Red Line was rerouted. People were also instructed to avoid the area of Lackawanna Station One Stevens student who was on the train provided information.

“We entered the station and everything seemed normal,” said commuter student Omar Maamoun, “then I noticed we weren’t slowing down.”

Omar was aware of the speed and was only confused for a few moments before the train hit. “It sounded like an explosion. It felt like an explosion when it stopped,” he stated.

As the train was entering the station, many passengers were standing near the doors preparing to exit. The sudden stop threw them from their feet as the train crashed into the concrete barrier.

Being in the middle of the second car, Omar was able to walk away from the crash with only a bruised arm. He remembers helping an older woman to her feet and out the emergency window after the crash.

“First responders were really

quick. They said if you didn’t need medical attention, leave.” Omar took a few photos on his phone before leaving the terminal. Over twenty interviews with a variety of news stations awaited him as he left the station.

At 2 p.m., Governor Chris Christie held a press conference at Pier A in response to the crash.

During his speech, the governor offered condolences to the injured victims and to the family of the one fatality. He also urged that no one jump to any conclusions, as the investigation to the cause of the crash is still very preliminary.

Investigation into the crash site is difficult as the train crashed through multiple structural support beams in its derailed and uncontrolled state. At this time, aside from the activities of Search and Rescue teams, much of the debris from the accident has remained untouched. In photos released, the train has become the support structure for the remaining part of the roof and wires attached.

For more news and updates check your local news sources.

City Council Approves Nuclear-Free Ordinance SEPTEMBER 28, 1984 The proposed city ordinance that would make Hoboken the second nuclear-free city in the nation was overwhelmingly approved by the city council last Wednesday evening. Under this new ordinance no nuclear materials may be transported through the city,

no business connected in any way with nuclear research can do business in the city, the future nuclear research here at Stevens is now forbidden .

“As far as nuclear research is concerned, the new law could be interpreted to mean a variety of things,” according to Dr. Milos Seibl, of the Department of Phys-

ics. “A number of nuclear materials including radioactive sources and neutron sources are stored at Stevens for teaching purposes. However, I am not aware of whether or not they fall under the scope of the new ordinance’s restrictions.”

According to Dr. Ajay Bose, of the Department of chemistry, nu-

clear research does take place in his department in the form of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

However, this research does not involve either the fission or fusion of nuclei as would research in the area of nuclear weapons. It is for this reason that several professors at Stevens are concerned that perhaps the city council should be

more informed about the research they are regulating.

Despite the possible imposition of restrictions on research at Stevens, the ordinance was passed with its vague wording. However, it is highly possible that certain exceptions for researchers at Stevens not involved in the development of nuclear weapons or energy.

“Hoboken “curfew” ordinance could affect underage Stevens students” SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 This past April, the Hoboken Municipal Council, under the leadership of Council President Christopher Campos, 4th Ward Councilman, passed an ordinance entitled “Curfew.” The Spring semester was winding down as the Curfew was passed, therefore few students know about the intricacies and prohibitions detailed by the ordinance.

The Curfew ordinance applies only to minors; it was deemed necessary by the Council to help protect the minors of Hoboken from partaking in illegal activities. The curfew specifies that individuals under 18 must be off the streets by 11:59 p.m. on Friday

and Saturday nights and by 10:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday nights. These times apply between September 15 and June 15, when most high schools are in session.

Dean of Student Life, Kenneth Nilsen noted that since the curfew ordinance took effect in April, he has not been aware of any Stevens student being stopped for violating the restrictions set forth in the curfew.

As the ordinance stands, Stevens students who are under 18 are subject to the curfew, but Dean Nilsen pointed out that even if a freshman is still a minor, the student, by living away from home and attending Stevens, is afforded the same rights as an adult. Dean Nilsen suggest-

ed that it would be wise to create an amendment to the ordinance exempting any students enrolled at Stevens. This would serve to clarify the issue for students and to protect the rights of anyone enrolled at Stevens. When asked about a possible amendment, 2nd Ward Councilman Richard Del Boccio only commented that “if the proposal was put in writing and sent to Hoboken City Hall, it will be considered as a possible amendment to the Curfew.”

When asked about the subject of a possible amendment regarding Stevens students, Mayor David Roberts countered Dean Nilsen’s proposal questioning “why should Stevens students be excluded?”

Regardless of this debate, the ordinance was passed upon final reading on April 19, and was effective 20 days following the final reading. However, the Hoboken Police Department was unsure whether the Curfew had been implemented yet.

Some Stevens students are still under 18; they must consider how this ordinance could affect their life at Stevens. Freshmen quickly learn that all-nighters are commonplace at Stevens and that the accompanying early morning hour runs to Bagels on the Hudson or Dunkin Donuts are essential as campus establishments close well before those hours.

Should this ordinance be strictly enforced, this is just one aspect of

life that could change for Stevens students under age of 18 years old.

While the Curfew has not yet adversely affected any Stevens students, it still remains a key consideration on all students minds as they participate in activities that stretch into the wee hours of the morning.

Stevens Institute of Technology falls under the 6th Ward of the Hoboken City Council. The current 6th Ward councilman is Nino Giacchi. The full text of the “Curfew” ordinance can be found in the April 5, 2006 Hoboken Council minutes on http:// hobokennj.org/html/ccouncil/ccagenda.html.

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Ads The Stute has historically included advertisements for local businesses and sponsors. See below for a compilation of ads for cigarettes, guns, and more that were published in our print copies from the past 120 years.

1971

These advertisements were from the year the first woman attended Stevens

1904

This advertisement was from The Stute’s first issue

1967

A Benny Tudino’s menu 1926

This advertisement was for a paint company before they knew the negative effects of lead

An advertisement for cigarettes used to be in The Stute. Often, the advertisements from this time were catered towards men, or “college boys”.

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Logos

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April 23, 2010

The Stute Logo's Evolution Just as the Stevens logo has evolved through the years, so too has The Stute’s emblem transformed over its extensive 120-year history. With over 25 iterations, ranging from handdrawn designs to designs embracing font-centric aesthetics, each version of the logo navigated the delicate balance of legibility and recognition, often employing custom fonts to carve out its distinct identity. Below unfolds the evolution of The Stute's logo, a visual narrative reflecting the publication's journey and commitment to innovation and excellence.

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Archive Fun Facts Students used to have to pay to read The Stute?

Yes, you read that right! From 1904 to 1923, The Stute was priced per issue, with a high of 15 cents per issue. On February 28, 1923 The Stute switched to a yearly subscription and continued this until 1964.

121 Volumes in 120 Years The Stute has published 121 volumes in 120 years. How is this possible? The January 30th, 1946 issue inexplicably jumped from volume 42 to volume 43 which is why we have more volumes than years printed.

The History of The Stupe THE STUTE’S ANNUAL JOKE EDITION The first joke issue, “The Shoot”, was published in Volume 39. The subsequent version of this annual edition had creative names such as “The Soot,” “The Chute,” and the “Stoop.” annual. We eventually settled on “The Stupe,” which was published in Volume 64 (1967). In recent years, The Stupe has intentionally coincided with April Fool’s Day

The Stute used to announce and recap the parties being thrown by frats each weekend. Here is a snippet of the Fraternity Row column from 1960.

The Stute has varied the number of issues published from volume.

The peak of 38 issues in a volume was during the 1942-1943 school year due to Stevens involvement in WWII.