The Rensselaer Polytechnic

The Rensselaer Polytechnic is the student-run news organization of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to 2018, it was published in print every Wednesday during the Institute's fall and spring academic calendars (except during holiday and examination periods), but now publishes online at poly.rpi.edu, following the same schedule.

The Rensselaer Polytechnic
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Typeweekly college newspaper
FormatTabloid
Editor-in-chiefJohn Stotz
Founded1869
HeadquartersThe Polytechnic
c/o Rensselaer Union
15th Street
Troy, NY 12180
 United States
CirculationAs of 2018 - online only
Prior to 2018 - 3,000
Websitepoly.rpi.edu

Organization

About The Polytechnic

The Rensselaer Polytechnic, which is also called The Polytechnic or The Poly, was founded in 1869; however, The Poly has only been publishing continuously since 1885. It marked its 125th year of service to the RPI community during the fall of 2008.

In addition to regular issues, The Poly has historically published a parody issue each semester and an elections issue that endorses student government candidates and provides profiles of registered candidates for all levels of student government. The Poly has also produced several special inserts throughout the year in the past, including the Club Directory, Troy Business Guide, men's and women's hockey previews, and Grand Marshal Week recap.

Distribution

The Polytechnic had a circulation of 3,000, with most of the copies distributed on campus to areas including the Rensselaer Union, dining halls, and academic buildings. The Poly was also delivered to the Rensselaer Technology Park, downtown Troy, and Russell Sage College in the past. As of September 19, 2018, The Poly is no longer distributed in print, as its Editorial Board unanimously voted to end the paper's regular printing schedule, instead focusing effort on online publication.[1]

Financials

For much of the club's history The Polytechnic had one of the largest club budgets, funded entirely through advertising revenue without any subsidy from the Rensselaer Union.

Major sections

The Polytechnic is organized into four major sections.

News
Includes In the Nation and World, Incident Blotter, Weird Off the Wire, and Rensselaer in Brief.
Editorial/Opinion
Includes staff editorials, staff notebooks, Top Hat, Derby, letters to the editor, and President's Corner.
Features
Includes reviews and articles on campus or area events.
Sports
Includes round ups.

Parodies

In 1980-81 a parody of The Poly, named The Folly, was published and distributed anonymously across the campus. Typical of the humor was the 'Sports In Brief' section featuring a scantily clad person performing yoga.

gollark: You probably don't actually have "no chance" of problems?
gollark: They were *initially* apparently decent at stopping transmission and stuff, but effectiveness has dropped a lot with delta/omicron.
gollark: This is a bad analogy, actually.
gollark: I see.
gollark: ???

References
  1. Parslow, Brookelyn (19 September 2018). "The Polytechnic no longer printing regularly". The Polytechnic.
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