Nor did I know the new Student Information System would become the topic of so much acrimony. But it did.

What I did know was that I planned to cover what was happening as it happened. And, with a few exceptions, I did. 45 posts and 23,500 pageviews later, I can call the experiment a success.

Here are the stories that helped make it so:

The Many Predicaments Of Reporter

April 3 — Distorter cover changed at administrator’s request, profanity removed, prints discarded
April 9 — An escalating series of unfortunate events, how Distorter lost a cover
April 20 — Reporter retracts “plagiarized” stories, writer fired, two editors resign
May 2 — Traditional print era ends at RIT lab, press to be sold, future unclear for Reporter

The Much Unloved New SIS

March 28 — New SIS introduced to students, registration to become “enrollment”
April 1 — Frustrated by new SIS headaches, students create software cure
April 10 — Dueling online campaigns wage battle over perception of new SIS
April 18 — Destler weighs in on new SIS controversy
April 20 — Open letter author calls Destler’s new SIS response “frustrating”
April 25 — Destler on new SIS: send me the complaints

A Student Government Election

March 23 — On social media, SG campaign steams ahead, unofficially
March 27 — Santiago running for SG president
April 14 — For seat in SG senate, the toughest opponent may be nobody at all
April 25 — SG debate video now online
April 27 — Taylor and Sarah win SG president, VP

Plus Some Other Stuff

March 16 — Broadcast by broadcast, here’s how RIT umbrella scare began
March 26 — 48 hours and a business plan later, contest molds startup ideas
April 30 — Next year, TE3 could run in afternoon, go to Park Ave., charge fare

I don’t know what next year will bring for RIT or this site, but I hope to get more people involved. If you’re interested in that, send me a note at chris@infinityquad.com with a sample of work.

Till then, happy trails.

Taylor Scott, a player on an opposing team, pressed assault charges after McDonald hit him during a recreational hockey game in Perinton, N.Y. The punch knocked out teeth and caused nerve damage.

The court ordered McDonald to pay restitution, according to the report, and will fully sentence him next month.

Read the report: RIT Women’s Hockey Coach Takes Plea Deal

Last Monday
12 a.m. Grace Watson Hall. Unknown person stole property from a dorm room. The investigation continues.

12 a.m. – last Tuesday 12 a.m. Unknown person posted harassing ads to Craigslist. The investigation continues.

10:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. University Commons. Unknown person entered an apartment, which may or may not have been locked, and removed property. The investigation continues.

12:33 p.m. Crossroads. A student stole property. The case was referred to the Office of Student Conduct.

7:58 p.m. A student reported his bike stolen. Officers looked for the bike nearby, but didn’t find it. The case is closed pending new leads.

8 p.m. – last Tuesday 12 p.m. Unknown person put an unknown adhesive in the key hole of a dorm room. The investigation continues.

Read more: Cookies chucked, a sticky situation, kleptomania

Thumbnails from RIT Image Nation.

Spectators of all ages milled about as students demonstrated robots, canons, websites and other creative or innovative endeavors.

If you want to live or relive the experience, a class of photojournalism students published a rad photo album on the web.

Check it out: RIT Image Nation

The protest was a slut walk, organized by the Student Advisory Board of the Center for Women and Gender.

Read more: A slut walk protests sexism

The Goss Sunday sits in the Printing Applications Lab today. It is slated to be shut down and sold.

For decades, RIT operated a massive printing press, a clattering behemoth stamping out thousands of high quality prints a minute. But those days will soon be gone, the press sold and the people who kept it in shape laid off.

That will deal a devastating blow to at least one customer, the weekly student-run Reporter, which may be forced to stop printing the full-color glossy magazine which gives the publication its unique style.

The magazine’s leaders were informed of the impending shutdown in a meeting earlier today. Alex Rogala, editor in chief of Reporter, said the impact of the move remains unclear.

“This would likely mean Reporter would have to distribute in reduced volumes, or solely online with a monthly or quarterly print issue,” he said in a statement.

Read more: Traditional print era ends at RIT lab, press to be sold, future unclear for Reporter

Tuesday
8:08 p.m. Mark Ellingson Hall. Somebody from off-campus punched a student in the nose.

10 p.m. Kate Gleason Hall. Students possessed drug paraphernalia.

Thursday
10:01 a.m. Crossroads. A student and his companion attempted to steal juice and cough syrup. Staff confronted them.

Friday
3:40 a.m. Grace Watson Hall. Officers discovered an unknown person had written graffiti on the side of a Public Safety patrol car and on the north wall of the building.

Read more: Man tased, patrol car tagged, Club Car joyride ends in creek (updated)

A sign marks the TE3 stop at the Park Point Barnes & Noble. Under a proposed plan, the stop could be eliminated next year.

The Tiger East End Express (TE3) may gain a stop on Park Ave., lose two stops on campus, run for an additional period in the afternoon and cost money to ride.

Those possibilities for next year were discussed at a Student Government senate meeting Friday in an informal session led by Phil Amsler, SG vice president.

The current route, which began as a trial in early January, has seen an explosive surge in use, sometimes requiring three articulated buses running at the same time to carry the hundreds of students heading to Rochester’s East End.

The bus begins by looping around campus at 9 p.m. Saturday, then ferries students to a single stop on Pitkin St. and East Ave. until 2 a.m.

But the 9 p.m. trip serves relatively few riders, so Amsler proposed ending service at that hour and starting at 10 p.m. Senate seemed to agree, or at least didn’t object.

Read more: Next year, TE3 could run in afternoon, go to Park Ave., charge fare

About 60 people marched down the Quarter Mile today to protest racism.

“We’re here because we know we can do better,” said Rebecca Johnson, President Bill Destler’s wife and associate of the university, addressing protesters today after a “Stand Against Racism” march down the Quarter Mile.

Read more: March protests racism

Deer and Thomas in a
campaign photo.

After the results were announced at a senate meeting today, Deer lifted Thomas off the ground in a hug as senators applauded in a standing ovation.

The pair received a little less than 61% of the vote, while challengers Victor Santiago and Mark Leonardo II got a little more than 29%.

Read more: Taylor and Sarah win SG president, VP