UR employee Travis Ichikawa and sensei Jose Rivera, members of the Rochester Kendo Club, display tactics in the Japanese form of fencing, Tuesday, March 4. A group of students invited the RKC to give a demonstration in the hopes of starting a kendo club at UR. RIT recently started a kendo club and every Ivy League school has one.
campus brat
We Ken Do It
The first realization of my own age hit me in the months before I started college. I was helping my dad clean the small office he’d occupied in Rush Rhees longer than I’d been alive. The walls of which boasted childhood drawings that my sister and I had crayoned. Even though I was looking at my distant past, I realized I would soon be starting a new page of my future. Read More
cooking
We Ken Do It
Through a live demonstration and tasting, Chef Dede prepared fried chicken, baked macaroni and cheese, and collard greens – dishes rooted in Black Southern history. Students leaned in as she explained the methods and care that go into each plate. Read More
cultural identity
We Ken Do It
President and senior Mennatallah “Mennah” Mohamed shared that this dinner was a “time to highlight how Arab culture is so interconnected.” Read More