Yahoo! Internet Life magazine has named RIT one of "America's 100 Most Wired Colleges" in its May 1998 edition. The national, printed and online magazine of internet activities says in its story, "no single article of ours had a greater impact. In terms of e-mail, visits to our Web site, and press coverage, we were deluged by attention."

On April 20, tales of torture in a prison camp came to life as told by human rights activist Harry Wu. Wu spoke to about 200 students as part of Student Government's Horton Speaker Series. Wu shared his thoughts and experiences as a highly controversial political prisoner in China's organized labor camps. His dramatic presentation focused on atrocities like forced labor, execution and the selling of executed prisoners' organs to Chinese hospitals.