Alex Holly
Alex Holly
Class of 2026
Alex Holly (they/any) is junior at UR and presently the Managing Editor for the Culture and Sports sections for the Campus Times. They began writing for the CT in 2023 in their second semester at UR, later serving as Culture Editor during Spring 2024. Their work primarily focuses on art & entertainment events on campus & in the Rochester area, as well as wider-scale music reviews and commentary. Along with writing for the CT, you can find their personal work at https://alexiseverywhere.substack.com/.

Articles by Alex

“Smash the Crash” opens exhibition in Frontispace

If you’ve come across an incident of a bird-window collision on campus, you’re not alone.  Read More

The Rochester Fringe Festival was the cat’s meow

With snippets of comedy and commentary in between, each member of the kitty cat ensemble took the stage to showcase their feline fine skills: baton tossing from Cody the Twirler, limbo and floor acrobatics with the Kenya Golden Lion Acrobats, and even a trio of trained pups (much to the fright of the ensemble themselves. Poor kitties.) Read More

The Orange Line Cafe Crawl

To accompany your next trip off campus, below is a guide of Rochester cafes within close walking distance to the Orange and Red shuttle lines. Whether you’re looking for a relaxing place to lounge, an all-day space to study, or just a quick beverage, there will certainly be a spot for you.  Read More

Bird Flu? I sure hope they did!

We asked her if she’s ever seen one of these species fly before, when they wanted to, of course. Duck let out a nervous chuckle and flushed bright red, fidgeting in her chair. Read More

This is not a joke.

This is not a joke. This is no laughing matter. It’s not intended to be funny or perhaps even humorous. I’m serious in everything that I’m saying right now. Read More

food house’s “two house” makes you hungry for seconds

Food house may not have been able to write “Hamlet”, but Shakespeare certainly couldn’t write “two house” either. Read More

Circularity

I return to Rochester and place myself back in the circle. I find the mundane and I enjoy it, I tire of it, become depressed of it, and repeat again. Read More

Bringing frills to the philharmonic: Drag queen Thorgy Thor and the Thorchestra come to Rochester

A drag queen and an orchestra walk into Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. They all begin to play.  Read More