Author: Madeleine Villavicencio

Food Issue

Editor's Note: More Than a Hearty Meal

Last summer, while vacationing in Cape Cod, Mass. for the July Fourth weekend, my aunt, two cousins, cousin-in-law, sister, sister’s friend and I, had a very serious discussion. The topic? “If you had to give...

05.07.2010

The Perfect Mix

Whether you’re trying to make the cross country roadtrip with your buddies more memorable or attempting to win the affections of your biology lab crush, a good mixtape may be the solution. Imagine “Star Wars”...

Editor's Note: My Innovative Mixtape

Every few weeks or so, I abandon the “shuffle play all” function on my MP3 player, turn off Genius on iTunes, and make a playlist. I spend hours listening to track after track, trimming down the set list and...

100th Anniversary

Editor's Note: Editor Crush

When I first joined Reporter, I was shy. There’s no other way to put it. It took more than one try to get myself to a general staff meeting; I just couldn’t get myself through the door. And after I finally...

04.23.2010

Editor's Note: Quality Over Quantity

As of April 13, the views piece that Joe McLaughlin, Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus, wrote about P.Z. Myers’ lecture on campus had approximately 3,600 page views. Currently, there are 281 thumbs down,...

04.16.2010

Editor's Note: Detroit, Michigan

At this moment, I am sitting in the back seat of a blue Dodge Durango as Tom Sciotto, Reporter’s Business Manager, is racing down a Canadian highway to get me to our general staff meeting on time. (They’re...

04.09.2010

Editor's Note: Power Rangers

In 1993, I was obsessed with the “Power Rangers” (and I’m talking about the original, not this Ninja Storm crap). Unfortunately, its airtime coincided with my older sister’s dismissal from elementary school...

SG Update

Improving MyCourses Ken Kindler, technical support supervisor of the Wallace Center, spoke about the latest version of MyCourses and the updates that will come with its release. Version nine promises...

4.8.2010

Tigers' Journey to National Title Ends in Crushing Defeat

After two astonishing upset wins against perennial powerhouses #2 ranked Denver Pioneers and #12 ranked New Hampshire Wildcats, the RIT Tigers entered the semifinals as the hottest team in the NCAA. With a...

In 1991, scandal rocked RIT. In a series of reports through the “Democrat and Chronicle”, it was revealed that RIT had a longstanding, concealed agreement with the CIA. As Institute ties to the covert agency...