Archive: Oct 2011
Op-Eds
American DREAM hopeful for immigrants
A student examines the AB 131 bill and potential repercussions for the nation. Read More
Security Update
Student roused after shots, shots, shots
Your weekly dose of alcohol debauchery, theft and injury. Read More
Features
Across the Pond: From England to Rochester
College can be a scary time for anyone. No matter what walk of life one leads, the day comes when everyone will wave goodbye to home, family and childhood — the day that may leave some students a little teary-eyed. The day I left home, I must have had something in my eye. But imagine […]
Features
Make 'Em Laugh — Occupy the Quad: Squirrels against construction
Have you ever walked around Wilson Quadrangle and felt a pair of eyes staring at you? Have you walked under a tree and, all of a sudden, had an acorn fall on your head? Now, what if there is a chance that those incidents aren’t purely coincidental? No, George Eastman isn’t back to haunt campus. […]
Sex and the CT
Closing the gap of long distance relationships
Relationships are not all about sex. I know that’s a strange start to an article for Sex & the CT, but before the riots break out, let me explain. As of this week, I’ve been in a committed relationship for a year and a half — which doesn’t sound too out-of-the-ordinary, except that on most […]
Features
Get to Know Me: Eastman graduate student Cahill Smith
Since the age of 10, Eastman School of Music teaching assistant and doctoral candidate Cahill Smith has kept his fingers flying over the piano keys as he’s ascended through the ranks of musical education. After finishing his bachelor’s degree at the University of Alabama in his hometown of Birmingham, he went on to pursue his […]
Features
No such thing as stealing style
If you have never read one of my columns before, I’ll bring you up-to-date: I enjoy challenging what is considered fashionable. So I was thrilled to come across a recent New York Times article, “The Campus as Runway,” about a new wave of college women who actually care about how they dress. “The campus is […]
Culture
Audiences gobble up hilarious farce ‘An Absolute Turkey’
UR International Theater Program’s latest production, “An Absolute Turkey,” is a classic French farce by the master of farce himself, Georges Feydeau. But URITP has given it a lively update with a 1970s aesthetic. Read More
Features
View From Abroad — Learning new smells while abroad
People always tell you that going abroad is an eye-opening experience. For me it has been more of a nose-opening experience. The smells here in India change frequently and are often quite potent. One moment you may be on the side of the road enjoying the sweet smell of masala corn, and then out of […]
Culture
RoCo exhibit explores relation of bodies to environment
A relationship between human bodies and their surrounding landscapes is the connecting theme of "'Scapes," Rochester Contemporary Art Center's newest exhibit. Read More