October 2017

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REPORTER EDITOR IN CHIEF Rozie Yeghiazarian PRINT MANAGING EDITOR Bryanne McDonough ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR Taylor Derrisaw COPY EDITOR Ramya Shankar NEWS EDITOR Frankie Albin TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Ryan Black LEISURE EDITOR Grace Blondell FEATURES EDITOR Kristin Grant SPORTS EDITOR Bella Taylor VIEWS EDITOR Kevin Zampieron WRITERS Taylor Goethe, Kristin Grant, Grace Blondell, Bryanne McDonough, Kendra Murphy, Ryan Black, Bella Taylor

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EDITOR’S NOTE I’m afraid of letting the people I care about down. I’ve got butterflies in my belly and the ache to prove it.

The start of any semester can be rather tumultuous. Only a few days in, we realize the arduous nature of the workload we have taken on. Expectations quake as incentives wane and some students find themselves having to choose between the responsibilities they signed up for.

We, the busy students that we are, flow into and out of obligations, whether intentional or not. Our studies come first. And so, over the past few weeks Reporter has seen some sudden stirrup in staffing. Various roles have flown from one able pair of hands to another. It happens.

In all the changeup, this incredible staff has never once let the quality of the content suffer or be lost in translation. Work has been picked up and championed through to completion with unwavering attention to detail and sense of commitment.

So here it is. I am afraid of letting the people I care about down. I am afraid of disappointing those who are relying on me to comply by my commitments.

I am not afraid, however, of admitting that and managing it.

This fear is not meant to stunt us. Rather, these professional hesitations and doubts can guide us into new realizations around just what aspect of our workload we really value. These realizations can be around what we feel we are good at, or what we seem more keen in learning about. These eyeopening times can push us to make the tough calls we did not think we had to make. They can be instructional. It all depends on how we handle the time management tumult.

The butterflies shouldn’t scare us off the stage, they should carry our voice in melody well past this stage and into the next.

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TA B L E O F cover and TOC photography by Anonymous

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UP AND AWAY, RHA Why the RHA is being permanently retired

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AT YOUR DOOR, RIT: GROCERY DELIVERY SERVICE

LEISURE 10

Exploring Rochester’s past before it’s too late

Online delivery services are here. Will they gobble up grocery stores?

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DOCUMENTING HISTORY WITH URBAN EXPLORATION

AT YOUR LEISURE The best deals for all you broke college kids out there

CONTENTS F E AT U R E S 16

A STICKY DINING SITUATION: BALANCING STUDENT INTEREST AND THE BOTTOM LINE

SPORTS 24

SPORTS SPOTLIGHT Check out these RIT MVPs

VIEWS 26

MIND OVER MAJOR Do majors matter?

Being forced to buy an expensive meal plan can feel like highway robbery

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RULES OF THE ROCK The fall leaves are turning beautiful colors — and so are the rocks?

RIT AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: AN EVOLVING RELATIONSHIOP

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WORD ON THE STREET What was your best Halloween Costume?

RINGS Text or call (585) 672-4840

Exploring our affiliations with the university down the road

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UP AND AWAY,

RHA

by Taylor Goethe | illustration by Juho Choi |design by Kevin Zampieron

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t’s official: the Residence Halls Association (RHA) is no more. Students were surprised as they walked in the tunnels between the Grace Watson and Gleason Halls to see the RHA office permanently closed. This change is a part of the Student Government’s (SG) overhaul of student organizations, known as the “SG Refresh.” The RHA brand will be retired and absorbed into the responsibilities for the Center for Residence Life (ResLife).

What was the RHA? Before the restructure, the RHA was one of the Major Student Organizations (MSOs) on campus dedicated to providing events and services for students in the residence halls.

The RHA was most known for approving murals, providing DVD rentals in their video library, providing subsidized hockey tickets and its endless stock of free candy. These services and more were a part of the RHA’s overall mission to make students living in the residence halls feel at home at RIT.

SG Refresh Governance The decision to implement the “SG Refresh” was initiated last spring by former SG President Andrea Shaver and Vice President Amar Bhatt.

SG operates under a “governing model” and student organizations were re-evaluated to see if they served an essential governing purpose.

“SG is what we call an advocacy organization, which means we’re here to represent student needs and come up with solutions to address those needs,” current SG President Farid Barquet

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said. “Some organizations under us followed that model, some did not and were more what we call service organizations.”

Barquet was not directly involved with the revamp of SG but was present during the meetings and talks as a cabinet member when the Refresh was presented. He believes that the new structure will create a more consistent image of SG as an advocacy organization for students. The goal is to increase dialogue and cooperation among organizations for underrepresented students.

“Last year everything was called a major student organization, MSO. We divided that category into RSOs and SSOs. So RSOs are now Representative Student Organizations and SSOs are Service Student Organizations,” Barquet said.

The RHA was declared an SSO and therefore was no longer under the direct gaze of SG. Instead, the Center for Residence Life was entrusted with the operations of RHA. However, ResLife has its own plans for restructuring as well.

“We realized we can [provide the same services] just as efficiently or even more efficiently with a student employment model,” said Harold Fields, director of

ResLife. “It’ll allow students to earn some income because RHA was a previously student-compensated position.”

Absorption into ResLife The purpose of ResLife is to support student learning outside the classroom by offering a healthy environment for students in residences halls. ResLife employs 24 fulltime professional staff members as well as 130 residence advisers — both graduate and undergraduate. Once the merger is complete, previous student roles in the RHA will become student employment positions in ResLife.

Fields cited an employment model similar to RITchie’s where students serve as managers and assistants.

College Activities Board (CAB)

Service Student Organizations (SSO)

Frank Ritter Ice Arena Reporter Magazine Residence Halls Association (RHA) Off- Campus and Apartment Student Association (OCASA)

ALANA Collegiate Association (ACA, Multicultural Students)

Representative Student Organizations (RSOs)

Global Union (International Students) Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) NTID Student Congress (NSC) OUTspoken (LGBTQ+ students)

Retiring The Brand Redundancy “The decision to retire the brand RHA was not a Student Government decision,” Barquet said.

“We only removed them from our governance model but kept them as an organization. When they moved under Residence Life it was the decision by ResLife that the services provided could be easily provided by other organizations and it wasn’t as necessary to have RHA as a whole organization.”

It is stressed that the retirement of RHA, in theory, won’t take away from student representation in the residence halls. The SG Refresh will focus more on committees so student representation for residence halls will be transferred to the Housing and Dining

committee. The newly elected president for RHA, Marc Billow, will chair the committee and be evenly compensated for his would-be tenure.

“We knew that moving forward, no matter what the RHA looked like, it shouldn’t be repetitive and redundant in regards to the Housing and Dining Committee,” said Fields. “Looking at the programs and services we realized our center has services they already provide.”

Redundancy is the main reason why the RHA is packing it in. However it doesn’t make the transition any easier for students who worked hard to keep the RHA alive. The elected president and vice president, Marc Billow and Ram Zallan, were on co-op over the summer when they received the news that their positions were being retired.

“Making the shift over the summer definitely wasn’t ideal when those students weren’t here for us to talk to them about the outcome,” said Fields. “We didn’t want this to negatively impact students. I had a Facetime talk with Marc and Ram — they were on co-op this summer — and shared with them what our thoughts were.”

The SG Refresh is a major change in the handling of student advocacy; particularly with its emphasis on committees being more fully integrated into the senatorial processes. Committee chairs are now a paid position and are required to attend all senate meetings. Then, the newly-defined RSOs have weekly meetings with the SG president and are under SG’s direct supervision. Since it’s only the first few months of the SG Refresh’s implementation, only time will tell how successful these changes really are.

“There might be some tweaking we need to do going forward and how to better integrate those organizations into SG,” Barquet said.

For now, as new roles for students are being defined, it is ResLife’s challenge to uphold the greatness of RHA, cotton candy machine and all. Fields cited some new projects ResLife is heading, such as moving the video library into RITchie’s to have a centralized entertainment and gaming space. They are also revamping care packages by cutting out the middle man so RIT directly assembles all gifts to students.

Fields made it a point to emphasize ResLife’s goal to be good stewards of the new resources available to them.

“I’m sure there was some level of hesitancy because they’re used to what they’re used to.

Obviously whenever something changes there’s a sense of loss but the things that made RHA great we hope to continue,” Fields said.

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At Your Door, RIT:

Grocery Delivery Service

by Kristin Grant | illustrations by Monica Nguyen-Vo | design by Lily Garnaat

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’m going to let you in on a little secret.

I hate shopping at Wegmans on weekends.

Between the mad rush of people trying to get their shopping done and the awkwardness of running into random acquaintances, it can be a less-than-enjoyable experience. Yet, by the time Sunday rolls around, I’m out of food.

So I fold and make the trek.

That is, until now. Wegmans has joined Instacart, an online service that will deliver groceries right to your home. Founded by former Amazon employee Apoorva Mehta, Instacart partners with various regional grocery stores at a given location, and then sends out hired personal shoppers to buy and deliver groceries to their clients’ doorsteps.

In Rochester alone, Instacart has already paired with a variety of companies, from PriceRite to Costco — and now Wegmans.

I’m sure that if they see floor space that isn’t being utilized, they will find other uses for it.

Maybe they’ll find other things that people like to touch before they buy them. Maybe they’ll grow their pharmacy.”

Hull’s colleague, marketing professor Dr. Deborah Colton, agreed with him.

higher effect of online sales, the higher this will have on the change of packaging systems.”

According to a study conducted by research firm Earnest, Koutsimanis’s first estimation was right on the mark. Grocery sales from traditional brick-and-mortar stores still make up the vast majority of food sales at 90 percent. Online delivery services, on the other hand, only make up for smidgen of the market at three percent. Not only are shoppers more likely to purchase from brick and mortar stores, but they also have the tendency to spend significantly more when shopping on location — $21 more, in fact.

“Thinking back to when I was an undergraduate, would I have been willing to pay a little bit more to not have to deal with the hassle of going to the grocery store? Absolutely yes, without a second thought.”

The End of Grocery Stores?

With retail stores currently struggling to compete with online competitors, it’s hard not to wonder if Instacart — or another service like it — will eventually gobble up the food industry. However, management professor Dr. Clyde Hull doubts that grocery stores will suddenly disappear in the near future.

“They may evolve,” Hull said. “But the people who run Wegmans are very smart.

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“I can see it going two ways. The product mix within the stores might change — maybe it’ll become more of a local distribution center over time,” said Colton. “We might also see the emergence of smaller, boutique-like places, where they just sell a very tailored product selection and experience.”

As for how the onset of such services might impact the packaging industry, Packaging professor Georgis Koutsimanis believes the effect will not be immediately drastic.

“Yes, there will be changes,” said Koutsimanis. “But it will depend upon how much of the industry is being covered by delivery services sales. Is it just three or five percent? Or is it 90 percent? Obviously the

Reaching New Customers That being said, online delivery services do have the power to reach various demographics that often struggle to attain groceries.

“There’s lots of benefits for consumers,” said marketing professor Dr. Sorim Chung.

“They save money and time, they can save money for gas and it’s convenient for people [who] can’t drive because they are elderly or people who have some disabilities.”

College students may also be attracted to the convenience and novelty of online grocery shopping.

“Thinking back to when I was an undergraduate, would I have been willing to pay a little bit more to not have to deal with the hassle of going to the grocery store?

Absolutely yes, without a second thought,” said Hull. “I didn’t have a car, so ... even the price markup wouldn’t have been a big deal for me, because where I was getting my stuff was a convenient store I could walk to.

Everything there had a big price markup.”

After speaking with these various RIT experts, I decided it was time I tried out this service for myself. For strictly research purposes, one Saturday I lounged in bed and ordered: • • • • •

8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs 0.5 lb of peas 1 gallon of milk 1 loaf of Tillamook cheese 1 pre-made ravioli meal

An odd list perhaps, but the goal was to determine how the service would respond to delivering a variety of products — perishable and nonperishable, refrigerated and nonrefrigerated. After I completed my list, it was time to schedule my delivery hour. While Instacart does offer high-speed, one-hour delivery services from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., I was doing my shopping after hours (what can I say, I’m your average college night owl). So I settled on a time slot of 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. the following day instead. I was then directed to the checkout page, where I was delighted to find that shipping was free for my first purchase.

I woke up the next day to a text saying that my groceries were being collected and to expect them close to 10 a.m. At 10:03 a.m. on the dot, I received a knock at the door from a brusque delivery person and was handed

my groceries. Everything I ordered was there; the refrigerated items were perfectly chilled and the peas looked fresh and green. Overall, I couldn’t have been happier with my first purchase via Instacart.

Yet, as I began to restock my shelves and fridge, I couldn’t help but feel a twinge of dissatisfaction as I realized a small part of me missed those chaotic Wegmans trips.

Despite the mayhem, there is something to be said about actually going to Wegmans’ welcoming environment, the ability to peruse amongst the shelves and the surprise of seeing an old friend. Although, as I nibbled on my newly-delivered cheese, I also had to admit I rather liked the convenience of having it dropped right at my doorstep.

Review Convenience: Punctuality: Ease of Use: Quality of Produce: Customer Service:

Instacart is a brilliant service. The website is easy to navigate, the groceries are delivered in a timely matter, the refrigerated products arrive cold and the produce is of the highest quality. That being said, you do miss out on the trademark Wegmans customer service.

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DOCUMENTING HISTORY WITH URBAN EXPLORATION

by Grace Blondell photography by Pawan Khake & Lloyd McCullough design by Alexis Scott Online Podcast Component Explorers walk through the abandoned subway tunnel in Rochester, N.Y. on Sept. 9, 2017. (Pawan Khake)

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n recent years, thousands of American cities have been striving to create an antithesis to the suburban sprawl of the mid-20th century. With new downtown developments and increasing cultural and economic opportunities, cities are hoping to revive their former glory. Although these opportunities are positive, new development often occurs at the expense of sacrificing older structures. Luckily, urban explorers are working to document and preserve the culture and history of these buildings long after they’re gone.

Urban exploration is an ephemeral art, constantly evolving in a cyclical nature as buildings are constructed, abandoned, explored, then demolished to make way for new establishments.

“Cities are dynamic spaces ... there’s a dynamism about human habitation in urban areas, where change is a constant — it changes with the market, it changes with people’s wants and desires, it changes with people’s expectations about their own lifestyles,” said professor M. Ann Howard from the Science, Technology and Society Department of COLA. Though not a native of Western New York or the Finger Lakes region, Howard came to the area to serve as the Monroe County Planning Director, a position that familiarized her with the area. In her time here, she’s seen buildings come and go with the development of new infrastructure and preservation of the old as Rochester has strived to become a friendlier city. She notes that filling in the

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The area where an entrance to the abandoned subway was demolished under Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is pictured in Rochester, N.Y. on July 30, 2017. (Lloyd McCullough)

Inner Loop has been a major change for the city; by removing the barrier between downtown and the neighboring areas, the city is encouraging development and a return to its former vibrance.

“We’re following a pattern that’s very common in cities like Rochester, where focusing on downtown will inspire more people living, working, playing downtown and all of the opportunities that result from that — I think those are all positives,” Howard said.

However, she emphasizes the importance of balancing new development with the preservation of history. Howard acknowledges Rochester’s commitment to restoring and retrofitting historic buildings, particularly those on Main Street.

“This is an important statement not just about our history, but it’s an important statement about preserving the architectural aesthetic of a downtown ... these are magnificent buildings and they add something to the treescape that modern construction doesn’t add,” said Howard.

The tunnel of the abandoned subway is pictured in Rochester, N.Y. on July 30, 2017. (Lloyd McCullough)

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For Howard, one of the most tragic changes in the City of Rochester was the demolition of the Claude Bragdon Railway Station (Union Station) on Central Ave. in 1965, which occurred at a time when transportation by train was changing.

But more recently, several other significant transformations have occurred downtown. They include the retrofitting of the Sibley Building (which converted a former major regional department store into a mixed-use building), the razing of RG&E’s Beebee Power Plant near High Falls and the demolition of a section of the former subway bed this past spring.

While urban exploration is frowned upon by many for its illegal nature and the vandalism that often occurs, it has become an effective way to help preserve the history and culture of places like this long after they’ve been removed from the landscape.

Explorers walk through the abandoned subway tunnel in Rochester, N.Y. on Sept. 9, 2017. (Pawan Khake)

Student Parsuree Vatanasirisuk explores the abandoned subway in Rochester, N.Y. on Sept. 9, 2017. (Pawan Khake)

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The area where an entrance to the abandoned subway was demolished is pictured in Rochester, N.Y. on July 30, 2017.

(Pawan Khake) “In places ... that are undergoing unprecedented changes to the built environment, urban explorers are often the only people to document sites before they are demolished, providing a visual and ethnographic record of a site and sparking discussion about future preservation needs,” wrote Kaeleigh Herstad, a Ph.D. candidate in Indiana University’s Department of Anthropology.

Explorers are interested in understanding history and documenting the life cycle of structures to “[take] stock of and [acknowledge] loss when city officials

would rather focus on ‘progress’ and redevelopment,” according to Herstad.

For Rochester, explorers have been able to immortalize the history of the Beebee complex and the subway, both abandoned for decades.

With the demolition of Terrence Tower — the abandoned, 16-story structure formerly part of the Rochester Psychiatric Center — scheduled for 2018, another site rampant with history will soon be eternalized in the photos taken and stories recorded by those who ventured beyond its boarded-up entrances.

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AYL How To Be a Broke College Kid and Still Do Cool Stuff

by Grace Blondell illustration by Angela Krieg design by Alexis Scott

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t’s hard to be motivated to get off campus to check out events and activities when you’re dirt poor. We get it. But you can’t spend your entire 4–5 years on campus separating pennies from the lint in your pockets! Lucky for you, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best deals out there for broke college kids who still want to do cool stuff. No, they’re not free things to do: you can Google those for yourself. But they are some of the ways you can keep doing what you love and save money while you’re at it.

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Have an AT&T phone or TV/Internet plan?

Use your phone number or TV/Internet account for buy one-get one free tickets to the movies on Tuesdays as part of their Ticket Twosdays benefits. Are Tuesdays a bad day for you? Check out Movies 10 on West Henrietta Road any day of the week: you can buy tickets for the low price of $3.

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For the caffeine addicts out there: bring your own mug the next time you hit up Java’s or Beanz! Most coffee shops and cafes ­­— both chains and independent locations — knock a few cents off the price of a cup if you have a reusable mug. Starbucks gives you a 10cent discount which may seem insignificant, but if you’re drinking coffee every day, you could save almost $40 over an entire year. Environmentally and economically responsible, how ‘bout that?

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Visit the Memorial Art Gallery for half-price admission every Thursday from 5–9 pm.

Can’t make it on a Thursday? No worries: show your student ID any day of the week and you’ll pay a reduced rate.

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Do you find yourself constantly eating out for dinner or going to the movies or museums no matter how empty your wallet is? Consider getting an Entertainment® Coupon Membership. Download the app and for just $1.99/month or $19.99/year, you can save hundreds of dollars with their coupons for restaurants, activities and attractions, movie tickets, shopping, hotels and more.

Take advantage of your student ID to be eligible for the discounted rates at Bowl-A-Roll on Sunday and Monday nights. The Jefferson Road bowling alley’s “College Nights” start at 9pm and last until closing at midnight; students pay $1 for shoe rental and $1 for each game.

Additionally, hot dogs are $1 and soda is $0.50.

We know that dorm rooms are uncomfortably cozy. Consider spring cleaning a couple seasons earlier to free up some more space: swing by Record Archive to get money for the movies and music you don’t want, and then hit up Plato’s Closet to sell your gently-used clothing.

Students with Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit or debit cards can get serious perks at the Rochester Museum and Science Center, Syracuse’s Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) or the Buffalo Museum of Science. Just present your card and a valid photo ID on the first full weekend of every month and receive one free general admission.

Forget the ZipCar! As long as you can make it to U of R, either by Uber/Lyft, public transportation or a generous friend, then the world (Rochester) is your oyster. Pick up a Zagster bike rental at the U of R then head into the city to explore. For people unfamiliar with Rochester, this a cheap ($1 for 30 minutes!), easy and fun way to get to know the city that will be your home for the next few years.

A STICKY DINING SITUATION

BALANCING STUDENT INTEREST AND THE BOTTOM LINE

by Bryanne McDonough | illustration by Stephanie Chan | design by Kevin Zampieron Online Podcast Component

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eing forced to buy an expensive meal plan can feel like highway robbery. Dining Services tries to meet their bottom line while still keeping students happy, but that doesn’t mean they are always successful.

Reporter collected data from 104 students on meal plans at the end of Spring semester.

The results may seem unsurprising, but we provide this data with insight from Dining Services and a disgruntled student.

Participants in the survey were, on average, slightly unsatisfied with their meal plans.

On a scale of 5, with 5 being very satisfied and 1 being very unsatisfied, the average was 2.84. Many participants also reported that food on campus was too expensive.

Problems with Meal Plans

Stanley Goldstein, a fourth year Packaging Science major, has been on four different meal plans and understands why many people may feel less than pleased with their plan. During his freshman year on the 10+ plan (now called Tiger 10) Goldstein found that being forced to go to Gracie’s for five meals was a strain on his schedule.

“It’s really limiting your freedom of choice when it comes to your meals and with the amount of money we’re spending here, that’s kind of ridiculous,” Goldstein said.

With limited hours and a tired selection of food, Gracie’s is commonly joked about.

Freshman meal plans require that a certain number of meals — ranging from 5 to 13 — are spent at Gracie’s. If these meals aren’t used within a week, they expire. This creates a problem for people with busy schedules that may not be able to make it to Gracie’s while it’s open.

Of the 64 respondents to the survey that had meals in their plans, 40.3 percent said that they did not use all of their meals almost every week. Kory Samuels, executive director of Dining Services, said that 82 to 83 percent of meals were used every week. This dissonance may be accounted for by the fact that the individuals were reporting overall usage, while Samuels’ data looks at week-to-week usage. Each week, those 17 to 18 percent of people not using their entire meal plan have forfeited their money.

“You use it or you lose it,” Samuels said.

“Do we want that? No, we want people to spend their money.”

Dining Services wants to ensure that students are eating enough, so they have meals expire. Some other schools provide bulk meal plans, where meals do not expire at the end of the week. These plans allow for more flexibility but may provide pitfalls for

students without good budgeting habits.

“The block plan is kind of scary,” said Dean Engdhal, associate director of Dining Services East. “If they don’t budget correctly ... you could have weeks where they have nothing left and so then you’re paying out of pocket for things.”

It wasn’t long ago that a small percentage of leftover dining dollars would be rolled over between semesters. Now, students can rollover their entire balance from Fall to Spring. But at the end of Spring semester, that money is forfeited if left unspent. The Commons will host a “debit blowout,” where expensive meals are made for students to run down their balances.

Every other week, Samuels’ team calculates the difference between the amount of dining dollars students have and where they should be to track how well the meal plans are working out. If a student is behind on spending, they will send them an email to let them know.

Dining Services reports an average of about $50 extra across all meal plans. From the data Reporter collected, dorm meal plans (Tiger 5, 10, 14 and 20) had an average of $73 left at the beginning of finals week, a reasonable average for the last week considering the weekly allowance ranges from about $23 to $94. The Orange plan ($2,762 dining dollars) however, reported an average of $398 left at the beginning of finals week, about $200 more than what they should have.

Some students wonder why they can’t get their money back if they haven’t spent it all, and that gets complicated. Taxes are not applied to food bought on a student meal plan in New York, but if that money were to be returned, taxes may need to be applied to all previous purchases. The other reason is that Dining Services has already spent that money.

“When a person pays for this as an incoming freshmen, the money’s already spent,” said

Samuels. “We’ve already spent it in labor, we’ve already spent it in utilities, so on and so forth.”

Goldstein and other students may not see it that way.

“They’re going to say they’ve already spent the money ... but they’re just pocketing the money,” Goldstein said.

Making the Money

Dining Services is out to make a profit.

They are one of six auxiliary services on campus. These services, including Dining, Housing and on-campus stores, are tasked with providing additional funds for the school. According to the 2017 budget, RIT expects to make a profit of $5.29 million from auxiliary services. Between 2015 and 2016 the expected profit increased by over $52,000, but between 2016 and 2017 the expected profit jumped by $266,700. It’s important to keep in mind that this is the total profit from all auxiliary services, not just Dining.

To determine the price of the baseline meal plan, the Tiger 10, Samuels first compiles meal plan data from RIT’s benchmark schools. These schools are similar to RIT, and RIT uses them as a baseline for a variety of things. He looks at what meal plans cost at universities in the Northeast and of a similar size as RIT. This data, along with Samuels’ recommendation, goes to the Office of Budget, then the President’s Office and finally the Board of Trustees gives Dining Services a baseline price.

When asked if student input had a part to play in the cost, Samuels had this to say: “In terms of pricepoint? Not at all, no.

I would say in terms of the way the meal plan is designed, yes.”

The meal plan prices are decided based on other universities and what the Office of Budget needs, not necessarily what students actually need to eat. Goldstein, who ended up

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MORE 19.4% back in the dorms for his fourth year, says that he could survive easily on the Silver plan ($1000/semester) in dorms. These plans are only available for upperclassmen in the dorms if they live on a Greek floor. This means that these smaller plans are a viable option for upperclassmen, even responsible freshmen, in the dorms.

The Student Government Housing and Dining Committee has been charged with making these Greek plans available to other community floors in the dorms. Expensive meal plans can prevent upperclassmen from returning to Special Interest Houses and other community floors, even though they are often an integral part of the experience.

“By passing these policies and by not involving students in these decisions, you are causing harm to these communities and you are taking away one of the major things that makes RIT special and interesting,” said Marc Billow, chair of the Housing and Dining Committee and fourth year Networking and Systems Administration major.

Implementing this change would result in a loss of some income and bring up questions about what is “fair” for students. Currently, one third of Dining Service’s revenue comes from meal plans. Two thirds of their revenue comes from people willingly spending their money on campus, which is interesting when it comes to students’ opinions on the price of food.

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On campus food is too expensive, said 80.6 percent of respondents to the survey. None of the 104 people said that the food was cheap.

Comparing prices to Wegmans is unfair because grocery stores have much more purchasing power. The more of a product that is purchased, the less it costs per item.

They look at similar stores to compare prices, like Fastrac or other convenience stores with similar purchasing power.

“We have a business model that we have to work on and most of our things are based on a cost percentage basis,” said Lon Chase, associate director of Dining Services West.

“This is the cost percentage that compares to our industry standard and then this will pay our bills.”

Prices between the Corner Store and the local Fastrac are certainly comparable. Although there were some variations, neither store tended higher than the other. Reporter collected this data by observation. There are certain items, like bread and cereal, that are not carried by the local Fastrac, so they are impossible to compare. Emails to campus store managers for a list of items sold in their stores and the prices were

ignored or denied. Rene Rodriguez, manager of Bytes, said that it was against their vendor’s policies to discuss prices.

Comparing prices in the restaurants is harder. Chase said that they have more costs than most restaurants, but provide higher quality than fast food places. However, some students had concerns about quality, especially produce (and pepperoni).

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“Commons changed the pepperoni used on their pizza and replaced it with little turds that burn in the oven,” a survey respondent commented. “[It] apparently necessitated a 10¢/slice price increase as well.”

When asked about the lower quality of produce available in the Corner Store and other grocery places, Engdhal and Chase said they had never heard that complaint and would look into it.

Even with food so expensive, the meal plans provide enough money to eat comfortably and then some.

“It’s extremely easy to gain weight with these plans,” said Goldstein. “You have so much extra debit ... you just end up buying crap.”

However, both Chase and Engdhal said that they had seen a marked increase in the consumption of fruits and vegetables in recent years. Dining Services has taken notice of this trend, and they are trying to provide more options for healthy foods.

“We’re introducing less and less fried food, and it’s being accepted,” Engdhal said.

“But we still sell a bunch of fried food; so the option’s there.”

Samuels said that they try to have as many points of purchase, including vending and concessions, so students can get the full value out of their plans. They do this by providing students with a variety of options. Salsarita’s is one of the most popular dining options, but it

only seats a limited amount of people.

Freshmen are often frustrated that they have to spend a certain amount of meals at Gracie’s, but Samuel claims that it’s important for the larger dining halls to remain open. Gracie’s and Brick City Cafe are the only places that can seat over 400 people. If all meals could be spent anywhere, that could cause an overload of the smaller dining operations, like Salsarita’s.

Meal plans are required because students in dorms lack the appropriate cooking facilities to make food for themselves. Engdhal expressed concern that if left to their own devices, students would come up with innovative but dangerous ways to cook food in their dorms.

“We don’t want you worrying about where your next meal will come from,” Engdhal said.

Samuels emphasized that Dining Services was not afraid of change, and welcomed student comments about what they can do better. He cited adding the Tiger 5 plan in response to feedback from student focus groups. The current plans required for freshmen have some pitfalls, as there are always going to be people that don’t fit into their calculations. But the best thing to do is to give them your feedback and let Dining Services know what you want to see changed.

Goldstein hoped to convince them to let him onto a Silver plan his last year, which would have saved him $2,490. He is currently on the Orange (previously known as “all

debit”) plan, the same one he had his second year. He recalled being left with too much “debit,” as it was called then, at the end of the year and buying up food.

“I filled up two giant tubs of food that I bought out of Coho [the Corner Store] and Sol’s ... Sol’s ran out of stuff,” said Goldstein, of his second year. “I’m not the only person going around doing this. These places couldn’t keep the shelves stocked with enough food.”

Engdhal and Chase both said that in recent years, this hasn’t been happening as much.

The end of the semester sees only a slight uptick in sales. While things are improving, some students are still disgruntled with how much they have to spend for these meal plans, compared to how much they feel they need.

“It’s a challenge to spend all your money during the semester,” said Goldstein. “And that doesn’t make much sense, does it?”

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RULES OF THE ROCK

by Kendra Murphy and Kristin Grant |photography by Bridget Fetsko| design by Cassy Smithies Online Video Component

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he fall leaves and bricks are a beautiful orange — and so are the rocks. RIT’s campus is decorated with a smattering of colorful, paint-encrusted rocks. Some kind of odd beautifying tactic from the Campus Aesthetics Committee, perhaps?

Painting the Rock is an honored custom of the campus’ Greek Life organizations that has inspired other student groups to splash some color on any little stone on campus. Each new pledge class must spend a night guarding the Rock and painting it in their organizations colors. There are two main rocks, one on the Greek Lawn and the other on the Quarter Mile Walkway, next to the August Center. The latter is the most competitive rock to paint.

“After you paint it, you have to have one person there until morning. No one else can paint it if someone from your organization is at the rock,” said Ryan Kent, a second year Electrical Engineering major and president of the House of General Science. Kent is a solid rock-painting veteran, having completed this mission once with the House of General Science and three times with the fraternity Sigma Chi. “From what I know, there are no written rules of the rock,” said Kent. “It’s pretty much all verbal. I’ve looked for rules and couldn’t really find any. Basically, when it gets dark, you can paint. You can wait until midnight, per the verbal rules, but a lot of organizations don’t wait that long. A lot of groups will be like ‘oh, it’s 11:30, let’s paint it.’”

Alpha Sigma Alpha members Casey Mazza, a third year Industrial Design major, and Taylor Baird, a third year Accounting major agreed with Kent — the rules can be a little unclear when it comes to painting the rock. There are some instances, however, where certain formalities are observed.

“If the rock is ever painted as a memorial to somebody, then typically you’ll wait a good amount of time and then you’ll consult about when you can paint it, just out of respect,” explained Mazza.

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called “Too many painted rocks” made a stir on campus; a counter petition, “Not enough painted rocks,” garnered more support. In response, Student Government claimed to have power-washed The Rock, erasing years of history. It turned out to be a very convincing April Fool’s joke, using rock texture spray paint.

“From what I know, there are no written rules of the rock. It’s pretty much all verbal.”

Little is known about the history of painting the rock. Kent heard that it may have started in the early 2000s. Though there is no magnum carta about rock painting, other universities also have their rocks painted by students. Basically, a bunch of college kids all over America are spending all-nighters pouring paint on a lump of stone.

“For a lot of organizations, just seeing your logo on the rocks when you wake up is just a huge sense of pride,” Kent explained.

“It’s similar to taping — but if you walk through the SAU area, there’s a bunch of organizations taping, but there’s only the one rock. For whatever reason, spray painting a rock is just fun. You make an event out of it — there’s music, you play games.”

If you are ever on campus late at night, you may witness the festivities Kent refers to.

Baird reported that painting the rock is also a great way to foster relations between groups as well.

“When my sorority painted it, we actually shared with another fraternity. So we did it not only as a bonding experience between ourselves, but also between another organization,” Baird said. “We made connections that last, and we’re still friends with a lot of those people.”

With 29 sanctioned Greek Life organizations, seven Special Interest Houses and a host of dedicated active clubs and Major Student Organizations on campus, getting your groups name on the rock can be quite competitive.

“For House of General Science, we tried to get it for Imagine [RIT],” Kent recalled. “So

we started sitting at the rock at 6 a.m. the Friday before. There were 30 of us guarding the rock so we can paint it. That was my most memorable experience ... It even started to rain, so we had to hold a tarp over it to make sure that it didn’t get wet.”

All this hassle for the fleeting glory of having decorated a piece of landscaping seems like a lot of effort, and it is. Will students continue to keep this tradition alive?

Kent is very positive about The Rock’s future.

“I think this tradition will continue to grow, just because it’s a lot of fun,” he said. “For example, one of the orientation groups just painted it for fun. They put their orientation leader’s initials on it just because it was something they could do.”

With all of its strange quirks and ridiculous snowfalls, one quality of RIT that you can definitely count on is that people care a lot about the courses of study, projects, research, clubs and activities they choose to engage in.

It’s why we have over three hundred clubs, majors so specific that parents don’t know what they are and furries having regular gettogethers on campus. People love what they do, and they came here to do it. That builds a community, the type of community that will paint a rock in the rain at one in the morning and have a blast doing it.

“For a lot of organizations, just seeing your logo on the rocks when you wake up is just a huge sense of pride.”

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RIT AND UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER:

AN EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP

by Ryan Black|illustration by Unique Fair|design by Cassy Smithies

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omposed of a cluster of brick buildings isolated from the rest of Rochester, RIT can occasionally seem cut off from the larger city — not to mention the other big university down the road: University of Rochester (U of R).

That couldn’t be further from the truth, of course. In recent years, the two universities’ relationship has not only been built upon existing common ground, but has continued to investigate ways in which they can complement one another.

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WHERE WE WERE & HOW WE GOT HERE Over the course of her 38 years at RIT, Deborah Stendardi, vice president of the Office of Government and Community Affairs, has actively taken part in the evolution of RIT and U of R’s relationship. When she joined RIT as director of Government and Community Affairs in 1979, there apparently wasn’t much collaboration happening between the two universities.

“I honestly don’t know how much collaboration between RIT and the U of R occurred before I came here, and I don’t claim credit for it,” said Stendardi. “What I can tell you is that when I came here [one of] my counterparts at the U of R and I immediately started working together.”

Stendardi recalled how there were many avenues, particularly when it came to lobbying the state government, that were of mutual interest to both schools. Together with her U of R partners, they organized

Rochester’s higher education community in order to advocate for each other.

“That goes all the way back to 1979,” she reiterated. “It’s evolved and RIT was a different institution at that time.”

Stendardi mentioned that the collaboration back then didn’t extend to areas like research.

RIT was almost entirely just an undergraduate teaching institution at the time. Yet as RIT has evolved into a doctoral university in recent years, it has also become a more prominent place for research — much like how U of R has long been perceived.

This change has been closely followed by faculty like Dr. Mary-Anne Courtney, who is a lecturer at the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences as well as an assistant professor at U of R since 1980. According to her, U of R has been known to prioritize research, whereas RIT has valued teaching more.

Stendardi positeded that having two significant research institutions in one area has served to make the Rochester community stronger.

“Most regions around the country just have one,” Stendardi pointed out. Since Rochester is no longer dominated by Fortune 500 companies, like Xerox and Kodak, both colleges have increased economic importance. In fact, she said that a lot of the joint endeavors between the two colleges are started because of just that.

“The focus is really on ‘how can we take our research and really create economic development opportunity out of it,’” Stendardi explained. “We’re non-profit universities, but we do drive development.”

COMPLEMENTARY COLLABOR ATION Courtney isn’t the only faculty at RIT to have noticed the university’s shift to a research institution similar to the likes of U of R. “I have been here at RIT for 17 years and when I first joined — compared to now — it has changed a lot,” said Dr. Peter Hauser through an interpreter. Hauser is RIT’s program director of the Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate program.

Started in 2013, Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate is actually a joint endeavor between the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at RIT and U of R’s Medical Center.

“The goal is to increase the number of deaf or hard-of-hearing people going into PhD programs to do research careers,” explained Hauser.

Funded by grant money from the National Institute of Health (NIH), the Bridges Program is for scholars in the clinical, translational, bio-

medical and behavioral sciences. This program has worked to get more deaf and hard-ofhearing people into those research disciplines.

There are currently five students in the program, many of whom did their undergraduate studies at NTID. Two to three new scholars typically get accepted each year.

“We try and pick the top students and give them all the resources and tools they need to increase their chances of getting into a top PhD program,” said Hauser. He went on to explain that most PhD programs are filled with students entering straight from undergraduate programs.

“WE’RE NON-PROFIT UNIVERSITIES, BUT WE DO DRIVE DEVELOPMENT.” “Some deaf people feel like they haven’t had the same amount of opportunities,” he conveyed. “Because lab work is very awkward sometimes trying to work with a mentor, or the mentor trying to work with a deaf or hard-of-hearing student.”

The Bridges Program provides aspiring deaf or hard-of-hearing PhD students two years of research and lab experience, to make them more competitive for top-tier research programs.

“We require our students to do three to four lab rotations, and three of them are at the U of R,” noted Nikki Cherry, Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate’s program coordinator and interpreter.

This arrangement widely expands the variety of mentors and disciplines available to these scholars. For instance, if the courses necessary for a particular PhD plan aren’t available at RIT, the scholars are allowed to take them at U of R. This speaks of a complementary dynamic that Stendardi had brought up, and Hauser delineated.

“RIT’s strength is more on the STEM side of things — the Engineering and Imaging Science — that’s something that the U of R does not have,” said Hauser. “The U of R is stronger on the medical and biomedical end of things — those types of sciences — so it’s very complementary. RIT has our strengths and weaknesses, and U of R has their strengths and weaknesses.”

Hauser and Cherry recalled the work of Gloria Wink, a 2015 Master’s in Environmental Science graduate. While in the program, she worked with an RIT-NTID mentor on the aspects of the project related to chemistry, and a U of R researcher for the biological aspects.

Being able to see other disciplines’ side of the same project is something the Bridges program apparently excels at.

Cherry accordingly expressed that an underlying goal they have is to teach scholars to navigate working within academia, scientific culture and such interdisciplinary spaces. Much like the larger institutions they are a part of, these students are learning more and more to reach out and collaborate with others outside of their own surroundings.

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by Bella Taylor | illustration by Monica Nguyen-Vo | design by Karley Allis

Marketing & Hospitality Dual Degree Cross Country 20 years old 3rd year Fun Fact: I studied abroad in Croatia for a week.

Hometown: LeRoy, N.Y.

CHASE NORRISH Environmental Science Hockey / Defense 24 years old 4th year Fun Fact: I hate cheese with a passion.

Hometown: Strongfield, Saskatchewan

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New Media Design Soccer / Defense 4th year Fun Fact: I can draw perfect circles.

Hometown: Deerfield Beach, F.L.

Civil Engineering Technology Lacrosse / Midfield 22 years old 4th year Fun Fact: I sang Mumbo #5 for a talent show in high school.

Hometown: Butler, P.A.

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MIND OVER MAJOR

illustration by Henry Trettenbach written and designed by Kendra Murphy

“ ... So, what’s your major?”

That’s probably the second question you ask when you meet someone new, right after, “What’s your name?”

Once you’re out of college-land, this harmless question will grow up to be, “So ... what do you do?” And how will you answer this question?

Why, with your job of course! Which, hopefully, will sound very similar to how you answered the previous inquiry in college.

At least, that’s what we are led to believe.

Our world is changing. The workplace that our parents and grandparents graduated into is no more. Company structure once dominated how people worked — you take care of the company with long years of loyalty and the company takes care of you with salaried benefits. Today that old system has crumbled.

As jobs moved overseas, companies were no longer the hallowed bread-winners of entire towns as the economy floundered and jobs were cut. Rochester sans Kodak is a grave example of this phenomena.

Technology has changed how we find employment and also what kind of employment is most sought after. The loss of our blue-collar jobs and the rise of our smartphones have ushered in a new era of what social scientist

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Richard Florida, has called “the creative class” — ­ the artists, engineers, programmers, researchers and designers. Creative thought, problem solving and communication skills are most important in today’s workforce; it’s what keeps automation from taking all of our jobs away.

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THE INTERSECTION OF IDEAS IS WHERE INVENTION HAPPENS.

How did you decide what you wanted to be?

And why is that so hard to answer, anyway?

It might be because you’re only allowed one answer — and usually a one-word answer at that. However, none of us have only one interest, talent or skill. You most likely won’t spend your entire adult life working one job either. You won’t have one career; you’ll have several. The only way to prepare you for this prismatic career path is to capitalize on all of your aptitudes. People who have multiple

skills can do more in the workplace and are generally more valuable in the workplace.

As colleges and universities realize this, more options have become available. You can double major. You can have a minor. You can even double minor. At some institutions, you can go so far as to create your own major. RIT itself has such a program, through the School of Individualized Study.

SOIS allows students to create a program for themselves that has a professional core and also a lot of general education courses.

But while it’s a good option for some, SOIS’ program does not provide as much freedom as one might think. These classes must be specific to your personalized degree — you can’t just take whatever suits your fancy.

One option you may not know about is that you can actually design your own immersion at RIT, termed a “specialty immersion.” There must be sound reasoning to the structure of your immersion, but this option allows students to personalize their course of study to more closely reflect their interest and goals. It may not be as nice as a self-made minor, but you’ll still have the knowledge and skills regardless of what a piece of paper says. Considering the outrageous tuition we pay to study here, it’s

pretty ridiculous to be unable to fully study what you really want to.

The freedom to solder all of our talents together in our studies is key. Many ancient philosophers and explorers who first formed the course of histories, founders of modern movements, inventions that changed our world and other great advancements for humankind were works of polymaths. The intersection of ideas is where invention happens. But RIT’s strict, specific courses of study prevent this from happening, unless you really like taking over 18 credits and not sleeping.

This very semester, RIT made it onto the list of top 100 universities in the U.S. We are the movers and shakers of the world. We have the skills to impact what we see needs change. We have that ability and thus also that responsibility.

But we need to allow people the flexibility to enrich all pieces of themselves in order to reach that full potential.

Think about how you would like to answer the question, “What do you do?” I wish people would answer it with many things — “go to the gym,” “spend time with family” or “volunteer for change.” Our lives are made up of how we express and act upon the many pieces of ourselves. We aren’t one thing. We aren’t a oneword answer. We aren’t a career and we aren’t a major. This isn’t the only time you have to learn and grow. If your major isn’t the perfect fit for all facets of yourself, don’t sweat it; we are all more complex than a title on a diploma.

RIT must reflect this by further developing the flexibility of study in order to foster the next generation of thinkers and doers.

The views expressed are solely those of the students and do not reflect the views of REPORTER.

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W. .T.S photography by Noah Winslow | illustration by Aria Dines | design by Karley Allis

“Crazy escaped jail convict with white contacts. Orange jumpsuit with a bit of blood spatter.”

Akachi Okafor Second Year Industrial Design

“I was Hunter S. Thompson from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and my friend was Mr. Gonzo. It was pretty mental. I don’t know if you’ve seen that movie, you should watch it.”

Tucker Predock First year Photojournalism

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“I don’t know if you’re familiar with the show Friends, but the Holiday Armadillo episode’s my favorite. I was looking all over for a place to buy the costume, but you had to custom order it for like a thousand dollars.”

Farid Barquet Fourth year Biotech and Biomedical Sciences

The views expressed are solely those of the students and do not reflect the views of REPORTER.

“Dinosaur. When I was a kid I was obsessed with everything and anything dinosaurs. I probably haven’t thought about that costume since I was 11.”

Nate Butler Third year Marketing and PR

“Chiquita Banana Lady. My mom made it for me.”

Zo‘ Smith First year Photojournalism

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Rings, I graduated and moved away two years ago and I just deleted Zonies from my phone’s contact list.

Any super seniors feel my heartache?

Sunday Jun 25, 2017 at 8:38 PM You don’t need pants to play the bassoon.

RINGS What made you emotional as a child?

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Friday May 12, 2017 at 12:49 AM Out thrift shopping, and there’s a nun in the “Religion’’ section and I’m in “Children’s’’.

Makes sense to me.

Monday May 8, 2017 at 1:12 PM

Overheard at RIT: “Did you know you can get drunk off of vodka sauce?”

Spiderman made me very emotional as a child.

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