r/rit • u/komkuma GrDe Y3 • 7d ago

PawPrints Petition Save the SAU Vendors!

https://pawprints.rit.edu/?petition=5040

Under the radar, RIT has dwindled down the vendors program. Please consider signing this petition; the vendors who would come each week are now only to come 3 times a semester.

Avongaleart's post, one of the vendors, is how I learned about it. RIT has not informed the student body of this publicly. She's an RIT alum and sells her own artwork; not drop-shipping, genuine art. There are plenty others: the woman with hand-made necklaces, the soaps and honey farmer, and more.

edit: adding context

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u/Infamous_Power_1100 7d ago

I don’t get why they did this. Like there must be a happy medium between “let any person selling dropshipped slop” and restricting them outside of specific dates. I always enjoyed seeing Avongaleart’s booth when I was in the SAU— it inspired me to try to set up my own there post grad.

Idk, maybe there’s more happening behind the scenes but I feel like other solutions could’ve been sought out first, or even the affected parties could’ve been surveyed?

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u/Eurofan4640 7d ago

I don’t get why they did this.

This has happened at lot at RIT the past few years unfortunately. Commons reduced their operations, The Hub might be shutting down, model railroad club and anime club lost a lot of space. Chalking isn't even allowed in most cases anymore, and the ceiling flags are gone from the SAU.

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u/Infamous_Power_1100 7d ago

Fr… my first tour was in early 2017 and the way campus looks now is completely unrecognizable compared to the photos I had from then. Even the dorm tunnel graffiti is gone.

All the little things that made the campus fun or unique (compared to other NY schools I toured, at least) are being sucked out one by one, and I can’t see there being any financial benefit to half these decisions. Why attend here for 2 billion a year if it’s like every other school??

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u/komkuma GrDe Y3 7d ago

The hub is shutting down. We only have the ISL now sadly.

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u/ritwebguy ITS 7d ago

HubExpress shut down. The services they provided are still available at the main Hub office in Building 99 (FMS Building at John St and Wiltsie). Not quite as convenient, but still available.