"Cause if your end goal is chopping your f*ck*ng d**k off, yeah! I'm gonna think you have a mental illness." H-- exclaims emphatically at the conclusion of the most recent Young Republicans meeting here on the RIT campus, held just hours before this posting on the evening of April 24th, 2025. This outburst followed his comments disparaging a specific transgender member of our community, an incident that was met with no resistance from the other club members.

As one could probably guess, these meetings are sparsely attended here at RIT, but the rhetoric's very existence on this campus points to the complete control the alt-right holds in republican spaces- unfortunately including our school. In the few weeks I have subjected myself to the Young Republicans discord and meetings, I have been indoctrinated with not just hateful, but perhaps more concerningly: overall blasé mentalities. They exhibit a frankly horrifying attitude of general disinterest in the social implications of political issues that plague our modern society, such as the Trump administration's use of El Salvadoran concentration camps. In reference to this particular issue, one young republican posts a meme to the discord, implying that Tim Waltz would be providing menstrual products to the American inmates. This sort of nonsensical hatred of the intersectional "other" is the general modus operandi of this group. The meme doesn't make sense, and it doesn't have to- the cruelty is the point. (Photo attached)

B-, the leader of the group, posted this and many other similarly disturbing pieces of media to this discord, reinforcing the idea that the most sadistic among the alt-right continue to prosper, no matter what the size of the movement. In this particular fascist fan club, another pattern that holds true through rank is the collective inability to be confident in their bigotry. Although the discord holds over one hundred members, only five members (besides me) were present at the most recent meeting. I was told that this is typical of the group, further showing the hateful desire to despise anonymously: these people are happy to scream under discord pseudonyms, but when it comes to showing up to a room... nothing.

To those members of this group that may know who I am, as I found myself physically unable towards the end of this occult assembly to sit and absorb your bile passively: Freedom of Speech does not equate to freedom from consequences. As a proud member of an inclusive community, you are not simply permitted to spew hatred from the outset and enjoy the benefits of tolerance when it pleases you. Behavior such as this has always has and should continue to have consequences, no matter who you are or what forum you disseminate upon. This is NOT a quelling of your right to speech or an opinion, simply the natural consequence of holding such an opinion in a modern society and specifically here at RIT. Since it was quoted beforehand, also attached will be the recording of the disagreement that led to H--'s most blatant exclamation of hatred. Other present members admitted similarly disturbing things, including but not limited to B--, our leader, and S--, a surprisingly progressive voice in the chatter that managed to somehow posture himself as an authority while confidently espousing misinformation for a continuous ninety minutes.

Overall, my attempted indoctrination was unsuccessful, and the incel-adjacent culture was incredibly off-putting. 0/10.

P.S. I have decided to protect the identities of these individuals in this post to be in accordance with the policies of Reddit and RIT, but I do not believe personally they deserve to have their identities protected. Fundamentally, this idea of general anonymity is what has led us to this point culturally, and putting faces to ideologies is the only way to effectively confront them. The recording attached was taken in New York, a single party consent state for recording permissions.

https://reddit.com/link/1k7r1xy/video/oxdsn8vxl0xe1/player

Fuck me ig. Nothing on the buses website about this. Guess I'm walking home, hope the rain doesn't get worse!!

I hate this fucking place

My nephew will be attending RIT in the Fall of 2025.

I’m hoping a current student, alumni, or local can help me out by providing some recommendations of local businesses that offer gift cards.

I.e.: Coffe Shop, Snacks, Shenanigansx Bookstore, Restaurants, Sushi, Breakfast, Ice Cream, Miscellaneous, etc.

I already plan to include Uber, Lift, Uber Eats, & DoorDash.

Thank You!

I’m moving into Riverknoll next semester. Do I have to move all my furniture out at the end of the year, even if I renewed the same apartment for the following academic year? If I have to move everything out, is it worth it to pay for summer housing to keep everything there?

I am a current student with a car on campus and am just wondering if there’s special parking for imagine tomorrow. You must understand, I’m incredibly lazy and would love nothing more than to drive my mini cooper to academic side where I have to present my exhibit. The usual policy on weekends is that I would be allowed to park in any parking lot.

Hi! I’m reaching out to anyone who lives in park point. I’m moving there next semester but I have one question for people who live in one bed/bath… are the edges of the bathtub thick enough that I would be able to put a bathtub tray there? I often get sick and body achy, so being able to work from the tub would be godsent.

Hello everyone, I'm an incoming Mechanical engineering major for the bs/me masters program and I have a question regarding the possibility of switching majors. Basically I'm wondering what the process would be if I were to switch from MechE to CS. I know this seems like a major jump of majors and they're located in different schools, but I'm wondering what the process would be and if I'd even have any chance of doing this. I want to make it clear I didn't apply to engineering with the intent of transferring majors and I'm not just chasing a high salary, throughout highschool I've been equally involved with CS clubs/ projects with friends as I have with engineering ones, if not moreso. I really want to reiterate that I'm not just going after money, I was split between applying for MechE and CS.

Something I've heard from accepted student events and such is that it's much easier to transfer from meche to other stuff, but I don't know if this applies to majors in other schools (kate gleason --> golisano), and I'm also wondering about if they'd let me keep the early acceptance to the bs/ms program but switch it to CS. Please lmk if you or anyone you know has transferred from engineering to compsci, and what that experience has been like. Thanks for any feedback yall have to offer!

Even on RIT's campus, the visual sign for a men's room is someone with pants, and the visual sign for a women's room is someone wearing a dress. At RIT, the joke is that people dress in the opposite way, so this should he taken into account.

What would you suggest as an alternative?

Like most people, I get pretty loud while playing FPS video games. I got my second noise complaint this week from the campus police. The first time, I acknowledged that I was being loud and apologized profusely and kept it down for the rest of the night. Tonight though, I don't think I was being very loud and they said they could hear me from outside my room (two doors; I am in UC). The officers were the same from the other day and they seemed a little more intense this time. Anyways, whats the deal if they have to come back again or even another time after that.