http://www.reportermag.com/ http://www.reportermag.com/http://www.reportermag.com/images/logo_small.jpg Features from Reporter Online. en-us http://www.reportermag.com/article/501 My freshmen year was littered with lazy Saturday mornings following crazy Friday nights. After waking up around noon, I would always crave a tall glass of water and a big breakfast. Unfortunately, dorm living was not conducive to this activity. One time I even reached into my mini fridge and pulled out an expired carton of milk - which, of course, I did not realize until the sour smell invaded my nostrils and I spat out chunky bits into my garbage can. My food situation was out... Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.reportermag.com/article/501 http://www.reportermag.com/article/506 Cautiously, I tore apart the package, dividing up the individual dosages. Inside the tiny foil-sealed containers sat a small reddish brown speckled tablet. I passed them out, one by one, to the anxious onlookers gathered around the table. "Just a disclaimer," I said, "I'm not responsible for anything that happens to you. Sometimes people have bad trips." Nervous laughter followed. They looked around the room, waiting for someone to crack the foil and take the plunge. After a few... Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.reportermag.com/article/506 http://www.reportermag.com/article/479 Perhaps it crossed your mind as you watched one of those top-rated police TV dramas. As the ingenious loose-cannon detective pieced together the physical evidence of a crime scene: A spent shell casing here, a spatter of DNA matter there - you may have mused, "This guy deserves to get caught. I would have been more careful. I could get away with murder." You wouldn't be the only one. Real crime scene investigators in some of the most violent American cities have observed an increase in... Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.reportermag.com/article/479 http://www.reportermag.com/article/486 The art of crime-fighting isn't all capes, gadgets and sidekicks. The real crusaders for truth, justice and the American way are the lawyers, police officers and agencies responsible for keeping us all accountable under the great equalizer: the law. Every individual in this nation, from the president to a blue-collar employee, is subject to the same set of constitutional laws. .article h2 color:rgb(185,18,21) Laws, for the most part, guarantee our societal way of life and our... Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.reportermag.com/article/486 http://www.reportermag.com/article/461 I saw him coming from a few feet away. His scraggly long hair bounced as he bobbed his head to the underlying beat of the rhythm I was playing. Soon enough, he was accompanying me with his little bongo drum. Unsure of what to do, I just let him continue. The new depth he added to my music brought a sudden shower of coins into my guitar case. Afterwards, I tried to politely give him a small cut of our earnings in an attempt to make him walk away. He replied with, "I don't want your... Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.reportermag.com/article/461 http://www.reportermag.com/article/433 Artists Jeremiah "JC" Mothersell, a fourth year Advertising and Public Relations major on vocals, harmonica, guitar and occasionally piano. Ben Sharon, a fourth year Electrical Engineering major on bass. Tim George, a 2008 Information Technology alumnus on tenor sax. Chris Daniels, a fifth year Software Engineering major on drums. Tom Ward, a first year Mathematics major on trumpet. Darryle Brown, a fourth year Business Management major on alto sax. This band's sophisticated... Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.reportermag.com/article/433 http://www.reportermag.com/article/407 My palms were sweaty as I fidgeted in my chair, my discomfort obvious. What am I supposed to ask? Do I ask anything? What if they give me bad news? Thoughts raced through my head as a serious man sat across from me holding a deck of cards that would, presumably, predict my future. The psychic carefully turned down each card and studied them with pursed lips and emotionless eyes. I analyzed his many earrings and piercing blue eyes, searching for clues as to what was coming next. He finally... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/407 http://www.reportermag.com/article/410 The following is an account based on factual evidence in the medical field. The conditions and symptoms in the story are real. The events and characters are fictionalized. On October 17, 2008, an undisclosed medical institute in western New York caught flame and burned to ground. All of the patients and staff of the institute were believed to have escaped the flames, but upon searching the premises in the aftermath, firefighters came across the remains of three patients and the body of a Dr... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/410 http://www.reportermag.com/article/380 From the minute were born until the day we die, gender is everywhere. Birth certificates, baby clothes colors, first names, grade school playtime, bathrooms, relationships, credit cards, weekend hobbies, death certificates, and the ubiquitous pronoun all hinge on our gender. We dont often ask the question Is that a guy or a girl? because the answer appears to coat our persons like graffiti in an abandoned urban sector. We carry our gender everywhere with us in our wallets. Its... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/380 http://www.reportermag.com/article/363 Meet Alice. Shes a workaholic RIT student pulling 20 credit hours while simultaneously holding down a part-time job making Ultimate Tacos and Hard Drive Paninis in the RITz. Seeing the Dow Jones take a nosedive, Alice decides it may be a good time to pick up some cheap stocks. Sitting down in front of her MacBook Pro, she logs onto her Bank of America account and starts a real-time conversation with her banker, Bob. Her request? To transfer 1000 from her checking account into a market index... Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/363 http://www.reportermag.com/article/351 RIT is an establishment of two great forces that not only complement each other but repel as opposites. When juxtaposed, it becomes difficult to overlook the macroscopic differences staring us in the face. Scientists walk amongst animators while painters spot a sea of engineers. The two species, left and right-brained thinkers, each struggle to grasp the others motives and purpose as our day-to-day lives play out. We are truly a campus divided. With that division comes many preconceptions... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/351 http://www.reportermag.com/article/348 From the time I learned to speak, I was always asked, What do you want to be when you grow up? As I got older, my answers change from Spaceman and Ice Cream Taster to more realistic (yet less awesome) jobs such as Computer Scientist or History Teacher. At RIT, the focus is on developing a students skills and preparing them to become productive members of the workforce. This philosophy, however, requires a commitment from the first day of classes. Students... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/348 http://www.reportermag.com/article/326 If youve never played a pen and paper role-playing game like Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), you might envision their players as isolated nerds huddled in their mothers basement, clutching bagfuls of dice and declaring, I cast my magic missile at the darkness. And youd be partly right. Michael Goldfarb, John McCains official campaign blogger, may have had this in mind when he said: It may be typical of the pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd to disparage a fellow... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/326 http://www.reportermag.com/article/335 Next to my clock. Antonio Aresco Industrial Design Third Year Up in your bum. Amanda Souza Biology Fourth Year It disappears until I sit down. Anne Marie Sengillo Psychology Fourth Year Vertical. Benlin Alexander Illustration First Year It falls. Allan Liburd Computer Science Second Year It goes away. Cruchelle Jordan Psychology First Year It disappears like a magical fairy. Tito... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/335 http://www.reportermag.com/article/303 Whether you need to put gas in your car or repay a debt to a Colombian syndicate, the easiest (and most legal) way to earn money is to get a job. Since youre already attending RIT and probably coming here every day, it stands to reason that an on-campus job would be fairly convenient. Thankfully, RIT is a bustling metropolis and, like any city, has plenty of jobs to help support its infrastructure. Job opportunities are everywhere and theres little chance for outsourcing. That... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/303 http://www.reportermag.com/article/285 My experience with the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), or even the military, for that matter, was limited at best. While attending high school in the Philippines, I was excused from the otherwise required Citizens Army Training because I was an American citizen. When my father left at 6 a.m. every day dressed in camouflage, part of me thought he was going to play paintball; I never noticed the insignia on his collar. I was unaware that my dad was a... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/285 http://www.reportermag.com/article/266 Forty seconds left, the room was packed, the air electric. Eli Manning, quarterback of the New York Giants, stepped back from the pocket and released the football into the air. The fate of the Super Bowl traveled with it. Wide receiver Plaxico Burress made the catch. The Giants won the Super Bowl. Meanwhile, in the Radisson hotel on Jefferson, the conference erupted in chaos. Forty former members of the RIT football program gathered to watch one of their own: Tom Coughlin, Head Coach of... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:30:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/266 http://www.reportermag.com/article/237 There are 10 Major Student Organizations (MSO) on campus, and each of them impact your college experience (whether you choose to believe so or not). A number of them serve as representative and governing bodies for many specific students, while others focus on your college experience as enjoyable and action-packed as it can be. That being said, here's what each MSO has to offer you: What they do for you: Represent all African American, Latino American, and Native American... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/237 http://www.reportermag.com/article/234 If you're finding this out for the first time, I'm sorry that I'm the one that has to tell you this. Someone should really have told you sooner, but here goes: Rochester is located in the northern hemisphere, where it gets really cold in the winter. Plan on wearing a winter coat from at least November to April. My first year here, two years ago, it was sunny for about ten days during the entire academic year. There's a reason for everyone to want to go outside as little as possible,... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/234 http://www.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://www.reportermag.com/article/210