Culture
Domestic Violence
From victim to hero, Lucila Matos’ story showcased
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Lucila Matos has chosen to share her story with the public. First the victim of tragedy, Matos has been an anti-domestic violence activist for more than eight years. She organizes Rochester’s annual Walk Against Domestic Violence and is highly involved at the Willow Domestic Violence Centre as […]
Culture
Actor, UR grad, grandfather Robert Forster dies at 78
The letter openers are about nine inches long, smooth, silvery, shaped a bit like a hockey stick, and if you look into one, you see your stretched-out reflection. Robert Forster, famous for his work in films like “Jackie Brown,” “Medium Cool,” and “The Descendents” had a closet full of them that he would give to […]
Halloween
Review of Nightmare Manor
The heavy iron doors were ice-cold and seized up my hands completely. My friends and I followed the eerie dark path to the ticket booth. We were buying tickets for Nightmare Manor, Rochester’s 3/4 of a mile long indoor haunted house, located in South Town Plaza on West Henrietta Road. The fare was not cheap: […]
Jenny
What is The Jenny?
I've been involved with the Campus Times for four years, since my freshman year. First, as a writer, then editor of Culture and of Illustrations, and then Managing Editor, which is the one that will look the most impressive on my resume. My accumulated years at this paper have made me care about it and […]
The Jenny
A note on fear and yearning
For me, being queer has been an experience defined by fear and yearning. The fear is of being attacked for what I am, the yearning is for an undefined “more” that I don’t think I’ll ever obtain. These two forces make themselves known in my day-to-day life, trading off on dominance. Did I bike to […]
The Jenny
Are you there, God? It’s me, Megan
The week before I left for school this summer, my best friend told me, “I had a dream that Evelyn got her first period last night.” Evelyn is my best friend’s nine-year-old sister. I don’t remember a lot about the scary time of puberty, but the part that I do remember is that I was […]
The Jenny
Hungry … and not for food
Pounding music, intoxicants, a flurry of T-shirts and shorts — two people’s eyes meet across the room. They may not have come to that party that night to meet someone, but they won’t turn it down, either. After dancing and a few rounds of embarrassing karaoke, arms wrap around waists, lips find lips, and bodies […]
Culture
How ‘My Babysitter’s a Vampire’ changed my life
Most American children know what Monstober is. Unfortunately for parents, most Monstober films air during the weekdays. This hasn’t deterred kids from watching them — much to the chagrin of elementary school teachers everywhere who have to deal with their sleep-deprived zombie states the next day. Beginning in 2005, Monstober is a knockoff of Disney’s […]
halloween costumes
Not Vanilla – The Hidden Context of Costumes
When I was a child, I loved Halloween. I loved it for the candy — the costumes were almost an afterthought. My love of candy was common at that age, but as I grew older, I found that many found great joy in conceiving and executing a costume idea. And if I think about it, […]
scary story
CT Recommends: ‘Click-clack the Rattlebag’
My favorite thing about Halloween is the mood and atmosphere. I like it so much, that I try to stretch it out for a whole month, like people do with Christmas. I used to prolong the holiday by watching only horror movies during October, but I don’t have time for that anymore. This month, I’ve […]