Once again, we find ourselves having to defend our Union from encroachment of Administrative control. On September 13th, Dr. Frank Ross, VP for Student Life, informed the Rensselaer community that the Institute would be hiring for a new Position, posted on William Spelman Executive Search's website (http://www.wspelman.com/current/assistant-vice-president-and-dean-of-students/) As stated on Reddit by student advocacy group Save The Union: "...human resources documents recently obtained by Save the Union demonstrate that although Ross did remove the [April 2016 Executive Director] position from the Student Life structure, the disputed responsibilities of the position were quietly added to the dean of students’ role, which has been renamed “associate vice president and dean of students.” This constitutes a second attempt to implement widely disapprove policies, and is indicative of a continued attempt against the will of community of Rensselaer. Your collective response to this issue is once again requested, less than a year after the initial incident. Those of you returning home to Rensselaer this weekend are presented with an opportunity to address these concerns, as well as other such topics as the Summer Arch, directly in conversation with the administration during scheduled events. For a more complete summary of events, please visit: http://savetheunion.xyz/ Thank you.