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Features: May 13, 2002
Senior Gift Makes a Splash!
The senior class has traditionally presented
the Institute with a gift. Past bequests have included a
clock, a time capsule, the granite "Rensselaer"
sign on the lawn of the Student Union, and the formation
of a scholarship fund. This year, the Class of 2002 has
given $2,500 toward the cost of wooden cabinetry to support
a new 330-gallon saltwater aquarium in the north lobby of
the Student Union.
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Beth Carlisle
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The aquarium was donated to Rensselaer after
Nicholas Allers '02, an electrical engineering major who
is the founder and president of Rensselaer's Aquarium Club,
designed a Web page for Inter-American Pet Supplies in Calgary,
Canada. In return, the company built the glass tank that
Allers also designed. Allers, who became aware of the company
from online aquarium message boards, built most of the filtration
units and electrical outlets. The aquarium holds a variety
of life, from spaghetti worms and copepods to starfish and
long-spined sea urchins.
The total cost of the cabinet set, which
consists of a vertical cabinet, aquarium stand, and hood,
was $7,000.
"We think the aquarium is a nice addition
and adds a little more life to campus," says Christina
Bapst '02, president of the Class of 2002. "The university
just did a beautiful job in renovating the Union, and this
is our small contribution to that."
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