Author: Ilsa Shaw

01.09.2009

 
10

Bearded Ladies

To my knowledge, I have always been female. So you can imagine my surprise three weeks ago when a mirror’s reflection revealed a long, thick, and dark single hair sprouting from the middle of my chin. I...

12.12.2008

 

The Dis-United States of America

A rise in unemployment, a dependency on foreign wares, and a nation of weary wallets — these are some of the shrewdest predictions made around the globe as to the future of a worsening financial crisis. One...

11.4.2008

Transcript: Cordyceps Fungi

These bullet ants are showing some worrying symptoms. Spores from a parasitic fungus called Cordyceps have infiltrated their bodies and their minds. Its infected brain directs this ant upwards. Then, utterly...

Transcript: Candiru

Transcript: NARRATOR: The animal kingdom has never been short of its myths and legends. Big Foot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness Monster all inspire our imaginations. The world of parasites also has a legend...

10.31.2008

 
17

Terrifying Creatures

Several years ago, a graduate student named Gerard returned to his laboratory after two week’s worth of field work in Belize. He had accumulated several insect bites, which is not unusual given the time of...

Gender

 

Platonic Blowjobs

It was a Hump Day Hyjynx that caught my attention. Cruising the erotic services listings of Rochester’s Craigslist, I found her: smokin420chick4u, otherwise known as Raven the prostitute. Raven’s listing...

09.05.2008

Public Safety Buys "Unmarked" Patrol Vehicle

Public Safety supervisors are currently using an unmarked patrol vehicle on campus. Christopher Denninger, Director of Public Safety, explains, “It is a work in progress.” The vehicle, a brand new gray...

 

Park Point

The Sentinel, the infinity quad, RITchie, and the quarter mile: these are the landmarks which so comfortably greeted new students to the RIT campus for years. Now, throw in a Barnes and Noble, several...

05.09.2008

 

That Girl: Alex Brauer

Name, Major, Year? Alex Brauer, third year Graphic Design major. What made you decide to do Graphic Design? I was always into art, and it was between Illustration and Graphic Design. I think I wanted...

« PREVIOUS
 1 2 3 4 NEXT »