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sports history quiz

Posted in RPI Trivia, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, tagged , , , , , on September 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Reunion & Homecoming weekend is coming up and sports will be a hot topic with all the excitement surrounding the dedication of the new East Campus Athletic Village.  With this in mind, I’ve prepared a little trivia quiz to engage you in some sports history.  I’ll post the answers on Thursday, October 1st [check the [...]

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at the beginning of the Hockey Line

Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on September 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »

The Hockey Line is a long standing (no pun intended) tradition at RPI.  When and why did it start?  Before 1972, student tickets rotated through sections on the North and West sides during the season so that everyone had a chance to sit in the best seats on the North side.  Brace poles, in place [...]

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Big Red Freakout #1

Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, tagged , , , on February 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »

The 32nd Annual Big Red Freakout is being held this weekend.  Thirty-two consecutive years of the same tradition with the same purpose is relatively rare at the ‘Tute, so I had to find out how the event got started and what it was like the first time around.
Big Red Freakout was the brain child of [...]

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