http://www.reportermag.com/ http://www.reportermag.com/http://www.reportermag.com/images/logo_small.jpg Editorial from Reporter Online. en-us http://www.reportermag.com/article/491 To be sung to the tune of the "Do You Hear What I Hear". In tribute to Gary Prokop, with apologies to Noel Regney. Said the freshmen to dorm-dwelling peers, "Do you see what I see? Whopping prices, disheartened cashiers When we buy our groceries. Pop-Tarts, milk, eggs, Oreos, ice cream High prices; no coupons to redeem Sky-high prices; check out page sixteen." Said the senators last week in SG, "Do you hear what I hear? New proposals to the calendar, dear me. Do you hear what I... Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.reportermag.com/article/491 http://www.reportermag.com/article/474 If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, highest compliments go to the fictitious criminals of police dramas. Real-life criminals have been flattering them like it's their job. Buying buckets full of bleach and containers full of kerosene, criminals have been increasingly covering their tracks using tactics learned on CSI and kindred cop shows (see "The CSI Effect"). While we thankfully don't have dead bodies regularly turning up on campus (with the exception of the cadaver lab in the... Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.reportermag.com/article/474 http://www.reportermag.com/article/450 The word "nostalgia" began life in the 17th century as the name of a rare disease, characterized by a strong, emotionally charged desire to return home. According to a July 12, 1898 article in the New York Times, the most unlucky sufferers of nostalgia faced "disturbed or impeded digestion...fever, tuberculosis, general debility, and, if suitable remedies are not provided, death." Aside from the obvious cure of returning to one's motherland, other common cures included the use of leeches,... Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.reportermag.com/article/450 http://www.reportermag.com/article/465 Dear Reporter, I enjoyed your recent story on the local music scene, but have to say I was a bit stunned that you didn't even list lovin' cup @ Park Point as one of the spots for live music. Not only is it the closest in proximity, but none of those other places has the diversity or frequency of music that they have - and lovin' cup has gone out of their way to provide a welcome venue for RIT music acts! They have some form of live music almost every night of the week (including Open Mic... Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.reportermag.com/article/465 http://www.reportermag.com/article/442 This past weekend, nine members of the Reporter staff attended the National College Media Convention in Kansas City, a gathering of collegiate journalists from across the country. The major theme of the convention: technology is changing journalism. Though the quality of the discourse throughout the convention varied widely, Rich Beckman, a professor at the University of Miami School of Communication and the keynote speaker at the convention, did a pretty good job of outlining the major... Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.reportermag.com/article/442 http://www.reportermag.com/article/443 Cover credit for the October 31 issue goes to Ben Liddle. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.reportermag.com/article/443 http://www.reportermag.com/article/397 As finals week creeps closer and closer, there's a certain desperation that starts to kick in for many students right around this time. While a lonely few of you have managed to stay on top of everything for the past eight weeks, not everyone at RIT is going to be looking at straight A's when they pull up their Fall 2008-2009 grade report on SIS. Although we'd certainly all prefer to that perfect 4.0 GPA, that isn't necessarily what will be driving us as we approach finals week. For many of us,... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/397 http://www.reportermag.com/article/402 Dear Reporter, I have an issue with the article titled "Tiger Den" for the issue dated October 10, 2008. You've left out several details that fail to recognize key individuals involved with the home match that took place on October 1, 2008. I have no issue with the writing regarding Tiger Den. The Tiger Den is great and using the Tiger Den to get people to home contests has proven to be an invaluable asset to all teams. To clarify further, "Dig Pink" was brought to RIT by the Women's Head... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/402 http://www.reportermag.com/article/384 In our beautifully shifting, kaleidoscopic society, there are few things that stay still for long. Cultural values come and go like the leaves on the trees, but there are some things that remain the same no matter what season it is. Although the particulars have changed ever-so-slightly over the years, gender, it would seem, is one of those things. Whether you realize it or not, from the moment you were born, youve been inundated with culturally charged ideals of how men and women should... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/384 http://www.reportermag.com/article/365 Change. Experience. Gender. As the economy sours and November 4 draws closer and closer, we wait with bated breath, eyes transfixed on the TV. Wall Street. Main Street. Bailout. Even the least media-savvy of us cant escape the maelstrom of buzzwords flying around this political season. War. Environment. Abortion. Rising above the fray, however, is one particularly powerful, prevalent buzzword: Security. In light of recent events, it makes total sense for us to be so concerned with this on... Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/365 http://www.reportermag.com/article/367 Dear Reporter, Thank you for the great article in your September 26 edition recounting Ray Kurzweils recent talk at RIT. As a 5th year Bioinformatics student I found him truly inspiring and have referred to his talk so many times that my friends and instructors are getting tired of hearing me. However, while your article was accurate, it neglected to acknowledge the Caroline Werner Gannett Projects sponsorship of Mr. Kurzweils talk. I am currently taking a course based on their... Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/367 http://www.reportermag.com/article/368 October 10 Kings of Leon: Only By the Night was reviewed by Alex Pagliaro. The Kabluey DVD was reviewed by John Howard. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/368 http://www.reportermag.com/article/339 For somewhere between four and six weeks at the end of first grade, I wanted to be the Yellow Power Ranger when I grew up. Shortly after that, I wanted to be a teacher, an actress, an Olympic figure skater, the voice of a Disney princess, a marine biologist, and President of the United States. Ill always have a fond place in my heart for the now all but abandoned aspirations of my younger self, but theres one particular aspiration that will be sticking with me much longer than any of... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/339 http://www.reportermag.com/article/340 Dear Reporter, As a Dungeon Master (DM) for close to ten years now I feel that I am uniquely qualified to respond to the article The Secret Society of Pen and Paper Geekdom. My first response is of course to this word secret. Now I am sure that Reporter has excellent writers and journalists on staff, and yet none of you could discover the club here on the RIT campus that supports all of the players of Dungeons and Dragons at RIT. The Rochester Wargamers Association and... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/340 http://www.reportermag.com/article/316 Theres a certain simplistic charm in tossing a twenty-sided die to determine how the future will play out; when that element of chance is handed over to a computerized random number generator, something is undeniably lost. Many Dungeons and Dragons players take pride in their old school pen and paper methods, and its easy to understand why (see The Secret Order of Pen and Paper Geekdom). At its core, D&D is a social game " the face to face interaction is an important basic... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/316 http://www.reportermag.com/article/337 September 26th Womens volleyball photographs by Kelsey Evans. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/337 http://www.reportermag.com/article/294 Ive never thrown up on a pair of shoes that I was trying to sell (see Word on the Street), but Ive certainly had my fair share of bad jobs. Whether on campus (see Get a Job), off campus, on co-op, or otherwise, weve all had our share of bad jobs. And, despite our degrees, most of us will probably go on to have more bad jobs after graduation. Theyll be better paid bad jobs, we hope, but theyll still be bad (from time to time, anyway). Its just one of those things... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/294 http://www.reportermag.com/article/295 Dear Reporter, I read with great interest your editorial in the September 12 Reporter. Constructive feedback from students is always welcome and will be put to good use. I would like to take this opportunity to briefly respond to the three topics identified in your editorial, specifically housing, parking and transportation, and communications. We are aware that housing is tight on campus during the Fall quarter. This is being caused by demand for on-campus housing by both a... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/295 http://www.reportermag.com/article/315 September 19th Cover and feature photographs by Eric Drummond. Soccer goalie Erica Main, mentioned on “Goalie Steps out of the Box” is a Graphic Design major. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/315 http://www.reportermag.com/article/274 The room was silent. Out of the 70 or so students in the auditorium, none of us had an answer. A note of disbelief crept into the professors voice as he posed the question for a second time: How many of you feel empowered by democracy? Although several people eventually responded with reasons why they couldnt comfortably put themselves in that category, nobody spoke up to say that they did, indeed, feel empowered by democracy. A rather dismaying sign of the times, if I do say... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/274