http://reportermag.com/ Features from Reporter Online. en-us http://reportermag.com/article/210 Position » Executive Assistant to the President, Imagine RIT Chair Reason for Nomination » Chaired the Imagine RIT Innovation and Creativity Festival. Has contributed greatly to Rochester. What's your life like outside of RIT? I am wild. I don't know how people get bored. I have so many interests and there are so many things I want to do. I do an annual hand-drawn Christmas light which is why a lot of people in town know me. I love baseball and all... Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/210 http://reportermag.com/article/221 Position » General Manager, WITR Year and Major » Fourth year, Information Technology Reason for Nomination » Organized WITR's 38,000 upgrade, making it the most technologically advanced radio station in Rochester. Also dramatically increased listenership. So what got you into radio? Michelle Comeau a third year Psychology major got me into radio. That's pretty much it. She was a member and she encouraged me to join. What does... Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/221 http://reportermag.com/article/212 Position » Corner Crew Leader Reason for Nomination » As leader of the Corner Crew, Big Goon is one of the most spirited members of the RIT community. He has been faithfully cheering on RIT since 1989. So, how did you get the name "Big Goon"? A lot of people consider me the leader of Corner Crew...The funny thing is that the name has nothing to do with hockey. I was a student manager at Gracie's and, before the red turnstiles were installed in the... Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/212 http://reportermag.com/article/208 While most people would assume that all veterinarians share a similar love of animals, it is refreshing when one finds a vet who truly goes the extra mile to make his patients comfortable and to show that he cares. Dr. David Hancock of the Perinton Veterinary Hospital in Perinton, NY can occasionally be unorthodox in his approach to veterinary medicine, but that is what makes him unique. Whether he's inspecting a German Shepherd's genitals like an auto mechanic... Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/208 http://reportermag.com/article/222 The Rochester Speed skating team is one of the largest in the U.S. Its 60 members range in age from three to sixty-four and they practice hard three times a week. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/222 http://reportermag.com/article/224 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/224 http://reportermag.com/article/200 "Aieeee! Mmimmblewhimble," seems to accurately describe the scream-turned-whimpering noise I made. I couldn't scream, but I badly needed to. "Please let go, let go please, please! Ouuucch!" I was pleading with-no, not an assailant, and I was not in some questionable part of downtown Rochester-a chickadee. The impish little bird had my cuticle clasped painfully in its beak while I was trying (unsuccessfully) to measure the length of its leg. It felt as if someone had taken a pair of... Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/200 http://reportermag.com/article/171 Why It's All About Us In Greek mythology, hubris, or pride, is the tragic flaw that often brings about the downfall of the main character. A prime example of this is Narcissus, who was known as the most beautiful man on earth. Just as Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection, "Generation Me" is slowly becoming so engrossed with themselves that creativity and individualism are falling to the side. Will we break our gaze and see the reality of our egotism, or will we become a... Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/171 http://reportermag.com/article/172 I'm pretty sure there's more to life than being really, really ridiculously good-looking... This quote from the movie Zoolander, starring Ben Stiller, describes the handsome yet sometimes intimidating persona of the metrosexual man. Metrosexuality is the choice to spend time and money buying and using high-fashion goods. What makes the metrosexual man? It takes more than a straight guy in clean clothes. For starters, it is his highlights, well-moussed hair, and body chiseled out of... Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/172 http://reportermag.com/article/148 On May 3, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., innovation will take over the RIT campus. Thanks to the Innovation Festival's major sponsor, Paetec, left and right brain thinkers will gather for RIT's first (and soon to be annual) Imagine RIT festival, to kick off the month of May. "The idea is to take the lid off of RIT," said Bob Finnerty, Chief Communications Officer of the Institute. Students, alumni, and the general public will gather to see all of what is going on here on campus. Projects... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:30:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/148 http://reportermag.com/article/127 Behind every vodka tonic, dirty martini, or slippery nipple are the caring hands of a bar tender. During the hectic hours of the night, they are the order takers and drink servers who provide a generally enjoyable time which represents the atmosphere of the bar as a whole. Perhaps the most prominent image of the bartender has been a likable and extremely charming individual who is fun to talk to and also a great listener. However, despite their usual charming and laid back... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/127 http://reportermag.com/article/112 Two years ago, after a 96-hour overdose on consciousness, I lost control of my thoughts in such a way that my mind convinced me that reality was a dream. I was attempting to remain awake for 120 hours. In this quasi-hallucinatory state, I became belligerent and mildly violent towards the person designated to make sure that I stayed awake for a particular stretch of time. Once it was reestablished that the world was, in fact, real, the revelation was so shocking to me that I broke down in... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/112 http://reportermag.com/article/106 There have been many theories regarding the meaning and purpose of dreams. Some believe dreams are messages from one's subconscious or a representation of inner desires or needs. Others, like myself, believe that dreams may merely be another form of entertainment. That in mind, I realized that if my mind controlled my dreams and I controlled my mind, then I should able to control my dreams. After approximately 11 days of on-and-off practice and mental exercise, I achieved a quasi-lucid... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/106 http://reportermag.com/article/77 The Deaf, the Hearing, and the NTID Performing Arts Most students will be surprised to hear that RIT has a nationally recognized theater program. NTID Performing Arts has placed 95 students in professional theater, and approximately half (between 500 and 600 students) of all NTID students take classes in the department every year. However, about 20 of the students involved are hearing. Last week, I sat down with three people from the NTID Performing Arts department in the green... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/77 http://reportermag.com/article/78 Legally Blonde, the musical? What ever happened to Fiddler on the Roof? The musicals coming out on Broadway these days are becoming less and less traditional. The upcoming stories are hip, and the music is rocky. The change has not resulted from the new interests of writers and producers, but rather from the target audience itself. "Broadway, as a whole, is skewing toward a younger audience," said Jessica Karlsen, Marketing Coordinator of the Rochester Broadway Theater League... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/78 http://reportermag.com/article/62 Note This story appeared in our April Fools Distorter issue and is for comedic value only. In a bizarre turn of events, a male RIT student was spotted with an extremely attractive girl on his arm. The pair was rumored to have kissed at least once in public, and appeared to have some sort of mutual and intimate relationship. Reporter was able to confirm rumors heard rumbling amongst the student population that the male, Evan Bynery, is indeed enrolled in Computer Science at RIT, and... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/62 http://reportermag.com/article/47 It all started with a pair of metal rods, a mad scientist, and a 50-volt circuit connecting the two. Alessandro Volta, a pioneer in the realm of electricity, inserted said rods into his ears, turned the switch on, and heard a noise like a "thick boiling soup," amplified and bellowing. With this, Volta had discovered the phenomenon which would later enable a series of inventions that electricity could stimulate the perception of sound. Cochlear implants work just like that. Unlike a hearing... Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/47 http://reportermag.com/article/54 Amidst all the noise and confusion leading up to the Super Bowl, there was a moment of silence. On all the TVs at bars and homes showing the game, Pepsi chose to air a 60-second commercial with no audio. The spot, entitled "Bob's House," features two Deaf men driving a car through a suburban neighborhood, looking for their friend's house. Unsure of which house it is, they lay on the car's horn and roll down the street, watching lights turn on in the houses as pestered residents peer out... Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/54 http://reportermag.com/article/30 The first time I met Rauf Bawany, the Muslim Chaplain at RIT's Interfaith Center, was on the steps leading to his office. He stood four steps above me and carried a stack of books. I had stretched my arm out to shake his hand, and although he was about to take it, he stopped himself. To me, it looked like he was going to drop something, so I thought nothing of it. He frowned and said, "I don't usually do this." My hand dropped to my side. Had I managed to offend him so quickly? In... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/30 http://reportermag.com/article/31 When Mara Ahmed moved to the United States from Pakistan with her husband in 1993, the world was a different place. Terms like "Muslim Extremist" and "Islamic Jihad" barely registered in the minds of Americans. However, after the events of September 11, 2001, these words became irrevocably embedded in the American consciousness. Ahmed, who grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, is a Muslim woman living in Rochester, and has two master's degrees to her name. Until 2003, she was a financial... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://reportermag.com/article/31