CITY Newspaper CITY U 2017

A GUIDE TO ROCHESTER FOR STUDENTS IN AND OUT OF THE CLASS ROOM

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Students of all stripes [ INTRODUCTION ] BY JAKE CLAPP

CITY has realized a few things about higher education over the years: college isn’t confusing just for incoming freshmen; learning isn’t confined to just a university’s campus; and everyone could use a guide to surviving the student life. So we’re rolling out CITY U, a guide to Rochester for the freshman, the senior, the nontraditional student, and anyone who just thought college was lame and not for them.

We’re sure this guide will evolve over the years to come, but the idea will be the same: there’s a lot to learn in Rochester, and CITY is here to point you in the right direction.

We start out this year’s CITY U with Tori Martinez, half of CITY’s summer intern team, posing questions to college “experts” that we wish we knew before starting college.

How often should you call home? How can you make a long-distance relationship work?

Then on page 8, Gracie Peters, the other half of CITY’s summer intern team, explored Rochester to find picture-worthy public art.

Take the time to see and learn the city while taking photos worth posting on Instagram.

On page 10, Tori and Gracie report on Rochester’s international student community.

Immigration has been an important and contentious topic the last year, and the policies the US government sets will impact thousands of students in the Rochester area.

Maybe college isn’t for you. CITY’s calendar editor, Kurt Indovina, put a lot of pressure on himself to go to college straight after high school; it didn’t work for him.

On page 14, Kurt passes on his tips to those debating taking time off from school.

As always, we want to hear from our readers. Join the conversation on our website, rochestercitynewspaper.com, or find us on Facebook (facebook.com/citynewspaper) and on Twitter and Instagram (@roccitynews).

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The College at Brockport, Class of 2018, majoring in journalism with a minor in sociology and creative writing “I’m graduating next spring, and hope to eventually work for an alternative newspaper in New York City — or at a daily paper.

Whatever gets me to New York City, and as long as I can expose corruption and injustice while still writing awesome feature stories.”

Gracie Peters University of Rochester, Class of 2018, majoring in English Language, Media, & Communication “Eventually I’ll apply to graduate school for journalism, but first I’d like to dive head-first into a media company to learn more about journalism’s various digital tools, like data analytics and visualization.”

Marian Bona Finger Lakes Community College, class of 2018, double majoring in Graphic Design, and Fine Arts.

I would like to one day move to a city, but for now I want to start my carrer in tattooing, and probably do some illustration and graphic design on the side. I would always like to keep learning new things, as well as learning to express myslef and my art in new creative, and differnt ways.

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CITY TOSSED A FEW QUESTIONS TO “EXPERTS” TO ASK THEM ABOUT THAT SCARY FIRST YEAR IN COLLEGE [ CAMPUS ] BY TORI MARTINEZ

Going to college can be a milestone in any journey to adulthood and finding a career; it’s a place for educational and personal growth. These years can be some of the most fun in your life. But at the same time, they can be some of the busiest and most stressful.

Whether you’ve spent all summer preparing for your first year, or are just now figuring it out, you’re not going to know everything.

Everyone comes into college with at least a few unanswered questions.

HEALTH CITY: Is the “Freshman 15” real? And if so, what contributes to it, and how can students avoid gaining it?

Steve Radi, SUNY Geneseo Health Services Medical Director: The “Freshman 15” is

real, from what I’ve seen and read. Cornell University did a study using their incoming freshman students regarding weight gain.

There are a number of reasons, and a lot of those have to do with students coming into college at a time in their lives when their bodies are physically changing significantly from adolescence to adults.

One of the things we emphasize at Geneseo is the importance of getting enough sleep. Sleep is really important regarding overall metabolism and weight, and lack of sleep is related to weight gain and mental health issues. We also promote regular exercise, which has benefits physically and mentally. We talk about exercising three to four times a week — shooting for 150 minutes of exercise a week. Students can also have lots of access to food and calories with meal plans, so we also talk about healthy eating. And a number of students do drink more alcohol when they get to college, which has a lot of calories.

Commuting CITY: How can commuters stay active and involved on campus?

Warren Kozireski, College at Brockport Assistant Director of Student Activities: It’s

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CITY reached out to different college “experts” — professors, resident assistants, and even students — who answered, for you, some of the questions we remember having when entering college (and even some of the questions we didn’t know we needed answered).

Head online to rochestercitynewspaper.com for a couple of extra questions that couldn’t make it into print.

never easy, but the key is to not just go to class and go back to your off-campus apartment.

Stay on campus for extended periods of time.

If you just look at the campus as a place to get a formal education, i.e. the classroom, you’re going to miss out on quite a bit of what the college experience is about. When you’re disconnected from the campus, it becomes a distant memory.

Living on-campus CITY: What advice do you have for students living on-campus with a new roommate they don’t know?

Justin Namba, Resident Assistant at Rochester Institute of Technology (Class of 2019): Get to know your roommate

immediately. This person can become your best friend or as close as a family member.

When students go to college, parents and guardians aren’t there, so they have to find people who they can trust to be there for them when they need it. The other thing is that if you have a problem with your roommate, it would be easier to address if you guys were friends.

CITY: How often should they visit home?

Is there such a thing as visiting home too much?

Namba: I had a student [who went home

every weekend] last year, but I wouldn’t recommend it to most students. It depends on their family circumstances, but going home every weekend would be too much because they might think, “Hey, if I don’t

know something, I can always go home.”

That doesn’t make students feel independent, because they know they can go home to their parents. I’d recommend going home if there’s an emergency or at least during the breaks we’re given. Going home every weekend would reduce students’ independence.

Exploring the city CITY: Why should students try to get off campus and explore their nearby neighborhood, town, or city?

Kozireski: A lot of the benefit is to interact

with people that are not traditional college age, maybe not the same gender, maybe have different interests, and learn how to coexist in that kind of environment. I’m sure it’s hard for students to understand that college is part of the community, not separate from it. The more time you spend in that community, the more you can appreciate the people who live here year-round.

Long-distance relationships CITY: How did you make your long-distance relationship work?

Brin Taylor, SUNY Fredonia (Class of 2013):

My high school sweetheart and I went to different colleges. He went to RIT and I went to Fredonia. He had a car and would come visit me every other weekend. We Skyped most nights and talked on the phone often.

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sometimes to go out there. We also came from the same home town so we saw each other on breaks. We dated for 8 months of college, but two years all together.

In my other long-distance relationship, we met at Fredonia and fell hard and fast for each other. We dated the rest of my college years, and then when we graduated we tried to make it work. We talked about moving in together. We skyped every night.

We texted and talked on the phone. We would visit each other when we could and did cute things for each other to keep the love alive.

CITY: Why didn’t your long-distant relationship work out?

Brooke Hill, College at Brockport (Class of 2019): When I came to college freshman

year, I had been with a girl for a little over a year. She lived about three hours from Brockport and still had one year left of high school. Neither of us had cars, so we knew it would be tough. At first, things were great. We texted all the time and FaceTimed every night before we went to sleep. But going to college, you create a whole new life. I had new friends, new hobbies, and way more work. I was building a new world for myself and being that she was so far away, she felt like she wasn’t in it.

We communicated less as things got busier for me at school, and both of our insecurities toward the relationship went undiscussed for a long time. It is unbelievably difficult to properly communicate about such intimate topics over a phone screen, and after time they would build up into a huge fight.

Eventually I realized that it was making us both more unhappy to keep fighting for something that wasn’t working. I had been at school since August and we ended up breaking up in February because we just couldn’t navigate the territory. For what it’s worth, I think it’s definitely possible to make it work, but proper communication is necessary every day, and that’s what we got wrong.

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Eastman School of Music College population: 900 Get pizza here: Stromboli’s (130 East

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Fun fact: Five Eastman-trained composers along with one current professor and two former professors have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

Nazareth College College population: 2,900 Get pizza here: FAVO (3400 Monroe

Avenue; pizzeriafavo.com) Get coffee here: Finger Lakes Coffee Roasters (3349 Monroe Avenue; fingerlakescoffee.com) How to get downtown: Take bus route 57 down East Avenue to the transit center Fun fact: William Shatner appeared at Nazareth to perform in 1976.

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GET OUT AND EXPLORE ROCHESTER. HERE’S NINE INSTAGRAM-WORTHY LOCALES THAT MAKE A BEAUTIFUL GRID [ CITY ] STORY AND PHOTOSBY GRACIE PETERS

n the social media age, a captivating backdrop can turn a good photo into a great one. Made up of more than 30 smaller neighborhoods, Rochester offers tons of impressive art galleries, historic landmarks, murals, gardens, statues, and everything in between — all of them social-media worthy. Rochesterians love this city, and it’s important to get out and explore all that it has to offer.

To give you an incentive to get around and see Rochester, CITY breaks down and investigates some of the more obscure and picture-perfect — or just weird — locales both in and around the city. Go online to rochestercitynewspaper.com for a handy map of these locations.

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The Water Towers near Cobbs Hill Park 475 Norris Drive

The hilltop towers, located adjacent to the Cobbs Hill Reservoir, is one of the unofficial meeting spots for Rochester’s best graffiti artists. From typical block letters to ornamental and detailed portraits, the water towers display a huge spectrum of artistic talent. To get there, drive to the Monroe County Water Authority and walk behind the building into Washington Grove, keeping an eye out for two large white structures.

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Maplewood Rose Garden

Seneca Parkway and Park View Street Laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted, the “father of American landscape architecture,” the Maplewood Rose Garden is home to an acre of rose bushes that are in full bloom from June to November. Each June, the Rose Festival includes a parade, music, and tours. Outside of the rose season, visitors can find peonies, perennials, and evergreens. The Maplewood Rose Garden is a popular spot for wedding photoshoots because it is spectacular, with more than 3,000 rosebushes, including varieties such as the antique “Malmaison” and the newer hybrid “Princess Diana.”

and businessman Horatio Gates Warner, the Warner Castle is the headquarters for the Rochester Civic Garden Center. There’s also a Sunken Garden behind the castle, which is a popular photoshoot destination for weddings and other formal events.

“Every Hand, Every Life, Every Voice”

by Eder Muniz

Frost Avenue and Genesee Street In 2012, the Center for Teen Empowerment commissioned artist Eder Muniz (Instagram: @ calangoss) and five youth apprentices to brighten up an otherwise colorless corner of Frost Avenue and Genesee Street. The mural has rich hues of vibrant blues, greens, and other cool tones and depicts an underwater scene, but the faces of the sea creatures are distinctly human. On it is a poem that reads: “...Every hand every life every voice, every human soul making a choice / to no longer be chained to these blocks, to declare no more lives lost, so blood will no longer flow from these rocks / and appreciate the lives we are livin’ / so we can create diamonds out of the rhinestones we’ve been given…”

The poem was written by Shanterra RandleBrown, a Teen Empowerment Program Coordinator at the time. The sentiment is powerful, and the mural itself is even more compelling.

Warner Castle & Sunken Gardens in Highland Park

5 Castle Park There’s a legitimate Medieval-style castle in Rochester. Former home of Rochester attorney

Sword in the Industrial Park

1000 Howard Road Only the rightful King or Queen of Rochester can remove this sword from the stone at its incredibly bizarre location, outside of E-Z Mini Storage at 1000 Howard Road in Gates. This fun landmark is a piece of Arthurian England right here in Western New York. The small business has medieval signage, but there isn’t any other obvious reason or justification for the sword in the stone’s existence or location.

“Twist” by Wendell Castle

2 Bragdon Place Sculptor and furniture artist Wendell Castle created his work “Twist” in the early 1970’s, and it now stands in Bragdon Place, right next to the Genesee River. The sculpture is a large, orange-red fiberglass contorted figure that sort of looks like a chair … but also sort of doesn’t. Adjacent to a small park, this hidden spot is an urban oasis.

Nordon Building Mural

691 Exchange Street An understated mural with childlike imagery stretches across the back of the Nordon Building. Featuring a swan, a rainbow, a flower, and other idyllic scenes with pastel hues, it’s clearly an older mural — the paint has become faded by the sun. Local vandals have added their own flair to the artwork, too.

U ARE HERE Rochester Institute of Technology College population: 18,600 Get pizza here: Pi Craft Pizza (100

Marketplace Drive; pi-craft.com) Get coffee here: Lovin’ Cup (300 Park Point Drive; lovincup.com) How to get downtown: Take bus route 24 down Mt. Hope Avenue to the transit center Fun fact: RIT has been listed as one of the “Top 200 Colleges for Native Americans” in the American Indian Science and Engineering Society’s Winds of Change magazine.

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Boomerang Mural

Dr. Samuel McCree Way and Reynolds Street There’s a hidden gem of a mural in the 19th Ward that depicts a boomerang and reads: “The truth is like a boomerang. It always comes back to you.” On the boomerang itself is the word “karma.” The mural is a comic book style illustration, and it’s also a good reminder that honesty is always the best policy.

Story Walk at Phillis Wheatley Library by various children

33 Dr. Samuel McCree Way The Story Walk at Phillis Wheatley Library is a new burst of color and creativity. The path starts outside of the library entrance and wraps around the entire library, including a story told at various stands along the path. It was created by a group of local schoolchildren facilitated by artist Shawn Dunwoody, and the idea was meant to encourage playfulness and imagination.

Penfield Road; allstar-pizza.com) Get coffee here: Finger Lakes Coffee Roasters (3349 Monroe Avenue; fingerlakescoffee.com) How to get downtown: Take bus route 57 down East Avenue to the transit center.

(Tip: SJFC offers free bus passes for undergraduates in the campus store and at the campus center.)

Fun fact: Founded in 1948 by the Congregation of St. Basil as a Catholic College for men, St. John Fisher College became independent in 1968 and coeducational in 1971.

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Street; perrispizza.com) Get coffee here: Java Junction (14 Main Street South) How to get downtown: Take bus route 104 to the transit center. (Tip: if that bus trip takes too long, Zipcar is available in Brockport.)

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I’m with the banned PROFILING ROCHESTER’S INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMMUNITY [ STUDENTS ] BY TORI MARTINEZ AND GRACIE PETERS // ILLUSTRATION BY MARIAN BONA

ustapha Ibrahim is somewhat small in stature, but he has a huge smile.

Now entering his sophomore year at the University of Rochester, Ibrahim came to the United States last summer from the Republic of Somaliland, a country east of Ethiopia in northeastern Africa that separated from Somalia after a civil war in the late 1980’s. Due to the poor educational system in Somaliland, Ibrahim always knew he wanted to study abroad.

The idea of coming to study in Rochester was planted in Ibrahim’s head when, during his last year in high school, he learned that three of his fellow classmates planned to attend the UR. All four of them had spoken with the UR dean of admissions, who was traveling abroad to talk with prospective students. It didn’t take long for Ibrahim to make his decision — in fact, the UR was the only college he applied to.

Like Ibrahim, droves of international students come to the US in pursuit of higher education. In 2016, 1.2 million international students attended American colleges and universities. But that number has seen a slight decline in recent months, following the enactment of immigration-limiting policies by the Trump administration. Regardless, regional universities, like Rochester Institute

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of Technology, The College at Brockport, and the University of Rochester, continue to attract significant numbers of students from all over the globe.

In the Rochester region, UR and RIT have the largest numbers of international students, with more than 2,300 and 2,600 international students, respectively. As of the fall 2016 semester, RIT hosted 1,296 students from India and 457 from China, giving those two countries the most representation. Students also come from the Dominican Republic, South Korea, and Canada.

The UR class of 2020 saw students from 87 countries, and international students make up 27 percent of the class. Brockport, one of the smaller schools in the State University of New York system, tends to host around 100 international students each year. But Brockport President Heidi Macpherson has said in the past she hopes to increase that number, with a long term goal of hosting 500 international students each year.

All three of those schools have comprehensive international student offices on campus with both peer and academic advisors.

Aside from academic support, international student are encouraged to join Rochester Global Connections, a nonprofit organization that

connects international students and visitors to the Greater Rochester community and promotes cultural exchange and international understanding.

One of Rochester’s biggest selling points for Ibrahim was the idea that he could study whatever he wanted. The UR has an open curriculum that allows students to take whichever classes they choose; there is only one requirement, a writing-intensive course. Ibrahim spent his first semester on math and chemistry classes — subjects he was already passionate about. During his second semester, he took a few different economics and finance classes to try something different. Although he won’t officially declare his major until the end of his sophomore year, he’s leaning toward financial economics and data science.

Ibrahim doesn’t have any concrete plans for what he wants to do after college, but he hopes to go home to Somaliland. With his knowledge in financial economics, he thinks he could eventually start his own business.

Ibrahim has spent his summer in Rochester, despite wanting to go back home to tend to his sick brother. While Somaliland has separated itself from Somalia, most of the world still considers it to be part of that country, which continues on page 12

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is one of the six nations listed under Trump’s travel ban. Ibrahim’s decision to stay was made before the June Supreme Court ruling that people with “bona fide relationships” would be allowed to enter the U.S, which includes students.

“I was a little happy that students were an exception,” he says, “but still very disappointed with the fact that they were accepting Donald Trump’s discrimination.”

Ibrahim says he copes with the guilt of not going home to help his brother and the mental stress that comes from the travel ban by reminding himself why he’s in Rochester: to get an education that will give him a better future in Somaliland. He says the worst that can happen is that he won’t be able to go home until he graduates. As much as he’d like to go home sooner, he’s willing to make that sacrifice.

Although the President may not make him feel welcome in this country, he says Rochester does. Since being in the city, Ibrahim hasn’t faced discrimination because of who he is or where he’s from. “Rochester, the community — the people — are very welcoming and nice,” he says. “I really do love how open people are in this area of the country.”

As a regional community, Rochester makes it a little easier for international students to adapt to the US by welcoming and accepting them, says Wendy Fritz, interim associate director of international education at The College at Brockport.

“Fortunately, Rochester is a city that was built on a foundation of civil rights,” Fritz says. “As a stop on the Underground Railroad, and as a critically important site for the Women’s Suffrage Movement, people like Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony planted the seeds for the city to be welcoming and inclusive. Rooted in the Civil Rights Movement, it is not surprising that Rochester is a Sanctuary City for refugees. To this end, Rochester has a history of acceptance and inclusion of all peoples, including international students.”

The college application process for

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to go through. International students do, however, have to send English proficiency test results as part of their applications, and they must submit documents to certify to the US government that the admitted students are eligible for student visas. That visa application process in itself is also a big headache for international students; it requires intense documentation and an interview at a US consulate or embassy.

Unlike Mustapha Ibrahim, 2017 UR graduate Ibrahim Mohammad came to Rochester with a major and other plans in mind. Mohammad is a refugee of Palestinian descent who grew up in Lebanon. He doesn’t have Palestinian or Lebanese citizenship, though, and is technically stateless.

As a teenager applying to colleges, Mohammad took part in a program run by nonprofit organization AMIDEAST, which works to strengthen the bond between Middle Eastern countries and the United States. A program representative recommended the UR to him, and after reading about the university’s technical facilities and academic flexibility, Mohammad was intrigued. He had a Skype interview for the prestigious, full-tuition Renaissance Scholarship, and the UR became his top-choice school.

“I really liked all the facilities and research labs available and how diverse the campus was,” Mohammed says. “It made me feel that I would be comfortable there.”

Mohammad isn’t leaving the area anytime soon. He’s pursuing his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at UR studying liquid metal batteries, a new type of battery technology. In addition, Mohammad and a few of his friends founded Meliora Structures, a company that creates refugee housing made entirely of interlocking recycled plastic bricks. Mohammad and his business partners are currently in the running as one of eight finalists for the Hult Prize, a $1 million award in seed funding.

Mohammad was interested in the University

of Rochester because of its research potential.

In partnership with the mechanical engineering department, Mohammad and a friend, Omar Soufan, realized that they

U ARE HERE could use 3D-printing technology to create affordable prosthetics for upper-limb amputees in the Middle East.

“Most relief organizations focus on providing people with food, water, and shelter, but something people really need is hope,” Mohammad says. He and Soufan realized by helping people in dire situations -- specifically amputees, because they are shunned by their own societies -- they could give people a reason not to give up hope.

They started a nonprofit organization, Prosthesis for a New Syria, in partnership with a professor from Seattle Pacific University (which is a leader in 3D-printed prosthetics); LimbForge, a non-governmental organization that creates 3D scans of limbs and prints 3D sockets; and a group in Lebanon called Qatari Red Crescent -- all of which help Mohammad and Soufan with logistics, their patient pool, and funding.

The UR was able to provide Mohammad with access to engineers and professors, as well as lab facilities. For one of his classes, Mohammad worked on optimizing the printing of a type of flexible filament which he is using to develop the next generation of prosthetics. The mechanical engineering department also gave them access to 3D printers.

International students aren’t the only ones benefitting from studying abroad, however.

Fritz says Rochester benefits from the cultural diversity international students bring by attending colleges in the area.

“International students on any campus provide domestic students with a new perspective,” Fritz says. “A diverse student population encourages all students to hold a mirror to their own culture and critically evaluate their own norms and customs. Hopefully, the outcome of such evaluation is an increased respect and appreciation, for all points of view. As I regularly tell my students, ‘No one culture has the market on truth. Dialogue, respect, understanding, and empathy make all of us all stronger.’ Our domestic and international students learn from each other. Both populations give and receive from one another equally.”

SUNY Geneseo College population: 5,600 Get pizza here: Mama Mia’s (87 Main

Street; miasgeneseo.com) Get coffee here: Cricket’s Coffee Company (53 Main Street; facebook. com/cricketscoffee) How to get downtown: Bus transportation into downtown Rochester is difficult, so grab a car or carpool.

Take I-390 N to I-590 N to I-490 W to Clinton Avenue (exit 16) Fun fact: Geneseo has a tree called the “Seuss Spruce” because it looks like a Dr. Seuss illustration.

Finger Lakes Community College College population: 6,500 Get pizza here: Pudgie’s Pizza (520

North Main Street; pudgiespizza.com) Get coffee here: Dalai Java (157 South Main Street; thedalaijava.com) How to get downtown: Bus transportation into downtown Rochester is difficult, so grab a car or carpool.

Take NY-332 N to I-90 W to I-490 to Clinton Avenue (exit 16) Fun fact: FLCC is home to the Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center (CMAC), which has played host to high-profile musical performers like Dave Matthews, Tom Petty, Hans Zimmer, and Mumford & Sons.

Monroe Community College College population: 13,500 Get pizza here: Joe’s Brooklyn Pizza

(1100 Jefferson Road; joesbrooklynpizza. com) Get coffee here: Cha Chat Cafe (1455 East Henrietta Road; chachatcafe.net) How to get downtown: From the Brighton campus, take route 55 or route 155 to the transit center. If you’re at the downtown campus, you’re already there!

Fun fact: MCC is ranked in the top 3 percent of US community colleges for most associate degrees awarded.

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o one told me that I had to go to college. It was a self-inflicted obligation; an expectation I think most high school graduates face.

At the time I graduated, I was working a weekend job, and spending the rest of my time consuming energy drinks, playing video games until 3 a.m., and driving aimlessly through downtown Rochester finding fire escapes to climb.

I had barely experienced life outside this city, and yet felt I was expected to know exactly what I wanted to do for the rest of my existence. I was faced with the sinking feeling of investing years of my time in a degree I wasn’t yet decided on, and having to eventually pay off, quite possibly, tens of thousands of dollars in loans. That was a tall order.

The necessity of college is shoved down our throats as young adults, and we often neglect, or even fear, to explore other alternatives. The classroom isn’t for everyone — some people learn best by doing. The issue is that no one ever mentions the other option.

Even with that in the back of my mind, I still ended up going to college, and ironically, I did it because I didn’t know what else to do.

With lingering uncertainty, I enrolled in a community college Fine Arts program.

Much like I did in high school, I floated from class to class, barely mustering any attention. Most of my time was spent scribbling, drawing, and writing stories of

my own. My grades weren’t bad — I put the work in — but it was clear I wasn’t finding value in how I was investing my time.

By my second semester, I had moved from home into an apartment with my girlfriend and worked a decent job at a clothing store. I had become fully selfsufficient in paying my bills and taking care of myself. But my attention was all over the place — I wanted to make music, make comics, maybe even act — yet I was forcing myself to attend classes. How I was investing my time not only did not make sense, but it was confusing me more than ever. At the end of my third semester, I stopped. I simply didn’t enroll for my fourth.

My journey to discovering what I want to do is ongoing, but things changed after I allowed myself to quit school. I gave myself permission to experiment, to fail, and try different things.

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out lost. But I embraced it. It should be clear that I did most of these things while maintaining a day job or two. Most of what I pursued creatively — like making movies, music, and playing shows — was out of my own pocket.

These were the steps I took once I decided college wasn’t for me. No two journeys are ever going to be the same, but by examining others’ steps, faults, and successes, you can adapt your own path for finding what you want in life.

Get a service job I know; this is last thing someone wants to hear. Working at a cafe or restaurant can feel like you’re spinning wheels while trying to discover a bigger purpose. But aside from paying the bills, service jobs can be underacknowledged hubs for networking.

Get to know your regulars and what they do. You never know who they might know, or how they can connect you to opportunities. It’s only inevitable that if you try to learn about someone’s life, that they’ll eventually want to learn about who you are and what you do beyond the counter you’re placed behind. I heard about the job I currently have at CITY Newspaper when I was working at a cafe.

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Give yourself permission to fail Failure is vital in understanding what a success even is. By allowing yourself permission to fail, you allow yourself to freely create without expectation. This is especially important if you’ve yet to find you what truly love to do. Because after you fail at something, it’s the thing you continue to try at again and again that is most likely the passion you’ll want to follow.

Find educational resources in your community Sometimes Googling and watching YouTube videos doesn’t cut it. So instead, turn to your community. Makerspace is a nonprofit organization that encourages learning anything from programming, 3D printing, to woodworking. The Rochester Brainery is a self-proclaimed “community classroom” that offers classes taught by local industry leaders on anything from graphic design to beer brewing. Or find people around you who are also doing and exploring. Talk to them, and learn from them.

Exploring unknown territory not only broadens your sense of culture, but it triggers your mind to be more aware and open since you’re experiencing something new. It’s inspiring. It gives you perspective beyond familiarity. You don’t have to take lavish remarkable trips, go to a nearby city you hadn’t been to in a while, or at all. New York City isn’t too far.

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Start doing

Give yourself the chance to explore and experiment. Give yourself time. Find what works for you. You never know — you may even discover what it is you’d like to go back to school for.

Anything. I mean, anything. Start scribbling. Keep a journal and write about yourself — what you love, what you hate.

Take up programming, or knitting. By doing, you narrow things down. You’ll discover what you don’t like to do, and what you may love to do. Take that, and then apply it to a bigger picture. Love playing 16 CITY

video games? Start studying eSports or SpeedRunners. Do your friends trust your judgement of movies? Start reading movie reviews, and then begin to write your own.

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Students of all stripes [ INTRODUCTION ] BY JAKE CLAPP

CITY has realized a few things about higher education over the years: college isn’t confusing just for incoming freshmen; learning isn’t confined to just a university’s campus; and everyone could use a guide to surviving the student life. So we’re rolling out CITY U, a guide to Rochester for the freshman, the senior, the nontraditional student, and anyone who just thought college was lame and not for them.

We’re sure this guide will evolve over the years to come, but the idea will be the same: there’s a lot to learn in Rochester, and CITY is here to point you in the right direction.

We start out this year’s CITY U with Tori Martinez, half of CITY’s summer intern team, posing questions to college “experts” that we wish we knew before starting college.

How often should you call home? How can you make a long-distance relationship work?

Then on page 8, Gracie Peters, the other half of CITY’s summer intern team, explored Rochester to find picture-worthy public art.

Take the time to see and learn the city while taking photos worth posting on Instagram.

On page 10, Tori and Gracie report on Rochester’s international student community.

Immigration has been an important and contentious topic the last year, and the policies the US government sets will impact thousands of students in the Rochester area.

Maybe college isn’t for you. CITY’s calendar editor, Kurt Indovina, put a lot of pressure on himself to go to college straight after high school; it didn’t work for him.

On page 14, Kurt passes on his tips to those debating taking time off from school.

As always, we want to hear from our readers. Join the conversation on our website, rochestercitynewspaper.com, or find us on Facebook (facebook.com/citynewspaper) and on Twitter and Instagram (@roccitynews).

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The College at Brockport, Class of 2018, majoring in journalism with a minor in sociology and creative writing “I’m graduating next spring, and hope to eventually work for an alternative newspaper in New York City — or at a daily paper.

Whatever gets me to New York City, and as long as I can expose corruption and injustice while still writing awesome feature stories.”

Gracie Peters University of Rochester, Class of 2018, majoring in English Language, Media, & Communication “Eventually I’ll apply to graduate school for journalism, but first I’d like to dive head-first into a media company to learn more about journalism’s various digital tools, like data analytics and visualization.”

Marian Bona Finger Lakes Community College, class of 2018, double majoring in Graphic Design, and Fine Arts.

I would like to one day move to a city, but for now I want to start my carrer in tattooing, and probably do some illustration and graphic design on the side. I would always like to keep learning new things, as well as learning to express myslef and my art in new creative, and differnt ways.

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CITY TOSSED A FEW QUESTIONS TO “EXPERTS” TO ASK THEM ABOUT THAT SCARY FIRST YEAR IN COLLEGE [ CAMPUS ] BY TORI MARTINEZ

Going to college can be a milestone in any journey to adulthood and finding a career; it’s a place for educational and personal growth. These years can be some of the most fun in your life. But at the same time, they can be some of the busiest and most stressful.

Whether you’ve spent all summer preparing for your first year, or are just now figuring it out, you’re not going to know everything.

Everyone comes into college with at least a few unanswered questions.

HEALTH CITY: Is the “Freshman 15” real? And if so, what contributes to it, and how can students avoid gaining it?

Steve Radi, SUNY Geneseo Health Services Medical Director: The “Freshman 15” is

real, from what I’ve seen and read. Cornell University did a study using their incoming freshman students regarding weight gain.

There are a number of reasons, and a lot of those have to do with students coming into college at a time in their lives when their bodies are physically changing significantly from adolescence to adults.

One of the things we emphasize at Geneseo is the importance of getting enough sleep. Sleep is really important regarding overall metabolism and weight, and lack of sleep is related to weight gain and mental health issues. We also promote regular exercise, which has benefits physically and mentally. We talk about exercising three to four times a week — shooting for 150 minutes of exercise a week. Students can also have lots of access to food and calories with meal plans, so we also talk about healthy eating. And a number of students do drink more alcohol when they get to college, which has a lot of calories.

Commuting CITY: How can commuters stay active and involved on campus?

Warren Kozireski, College at Brockport Assistant Director of Student Activities: It’s

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CITY reached out to different college “experts” — professors, resident assistants, and even students — who answered, for you, some of the questions we remember having when entering college (and even some of the questions we didn’t know we needed answered).

Head online to rochestercitynewspaper.com for a couple of extra questions that couldn’t make it into print.

never easy, but the key is to not just go to class and go back to your off-campus apartment.

Stay on campus for extended periods of time.

If you just look at the campus as a place to get a formal education, i.e. the classroom, you’re going to miss out on quite a bit of what the college experience is about. When you’re disconnected from the campus, it becomes a distant memory.

Living on-campus CITY: What advice do you have for students living on-campus with a new roommate they don’t know?

Justin Namba, Resident Assistant at Rochester Institute of Technology (Class of 2019): Get to know your roommate

immediately. This person can become your best friend or as close as a family member.

When students go to college, parents and guardians aren’t there, so they have to find people who they can trust to be there for them when they need it. The other thing is that if you have a problem with your roommate, it would be easier to address if you guys were friends.

CITY: How often should they visit home?

Is there such a thing as visiting home too much?

Namba: I had a student [who went home

every weekend] last year, but I wouldn’t recommend it to most students. It depends on their family circumstances, but going home every weekend would be too much because they might think, “Hey, if I don’t

know something, I can always go home.”

That doesn’t make students feel independent, because they know they can go home to their parents. I’d recommend going home if there’s an emergency or at least during the breaks we’re given. Going home every weekend would reduce students’ independence.

Exploring the city CITY: Why should students try to get off campus and explore their nearby neighborhood, town, or city?

Kozireski: A lot of the benefit is to interact

with people that are not traditional college age, maybe not the same gender, maybe have different interests, and learn how to coexist in that kind of environment. I’m sure it’s hard for students to understand that college is part of the community, not separate from it. The more time you spend in that community, the more you can appreciate the people who live here year-round.

Long-distance relationships CITY: How did you make your long-distance relationship work?

Brin Taylor, SUNY Fredonia (Class of 2013):

My high school sweetheart and I went to different colleges. He went to RIT and I went to Fredonia. He had a car and would come visit me every other weekend. We Skyped most nights and talked on the phone often.

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sometimes to go out there. We also came from the same home town so we saw each other on breaks. We dated for 8 months of college, but two years all together.

In my other long-distance relationship, we met at Fredonia and fell hard and fast for each other. We dated the rest of my college years, and then when we graduated we tried to make it work. We talked about moving in together. We skyped every night.

We texted and talked on the phone. We would visit each other when we could and did cute things for each other to keep the love alive.

CITY: Why didn’t your long-distant relationship work out?

Brooke Hill, College at Brockport (Class of 2019): When I came to college freshman

year, I had been with a girl for a little over a year. She lived about three hours from Brockport and still had one year left of high school. Neither of us had cars, so we knew it would be tough. At first, things were great. We texted all the time and FaceTimed every night before we went to sleep. But going to college, you create a whole new life. I had new friends, new hobbies, and way more work. I was building a new world for myself and being that she was so far away, she felt like she wasn’t in it.

We communicated less as things got busier for me at school, and both of our insecurities toward the relationship went undiscussed for a long time. It is unbelievably difficult to properly communicate about such intimate topics over a phone screen, and after time they would build up into a huge fight.

Eventually I realized that it was making us both more unhappy to keep fighting for something that wasn’t working. I had been at school since August and we ended up breaking up in February because we just couldn’t navigate the territory. For what it’s worth, I think it’s definitely possible to make it work, but proper communication is necessary every day, and that’s what we got wrong.

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Avenue; stromboliexpress.com) Get coffee here: Java’s (16 Gibbs Street; javascafe.com) How to get downtown: You’re already there!

Fun fact: Five Eastman-trained composers along with one current professor and two former professors have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

Nazareth College College population: 2,900 Get pizza here: FAVO (3400 Monroe

Avenue; pizzeriafavo.com) Get coffee here: Finger Lakes Coffee Roasters (3349 Monroe Avenue; fingerlakescoffee.com) How to get downtown: Take bus route 57 down East Avenue to the transit center Fun fact: William Shatner appeared at Nazareth to perform in 1976.

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n the social media age, a captivating backdrop can turn a good photo into a great one. Made up of more than 30 smaller neighborhoods, Rochester offers tons of impressive art galleries, historic landmarks, murals, gardens, statues, and everything in between — all of them social-media worthy. Rochesterians love this city, and it’s important to get out and explore all that it has to offer.

To give you an incentive to get around and see Rochester, CITY breaks down and investigates some of the more obscure and picture-perfect — or just weird — locales both in and around the city. Go online to rochestercitynewspaper.com for a handy map of these locations.

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The Water Towers near Cobbs Hill Park 475 Norris Drive

The hilltop towers, located adjacent to the Cobbs Hill Reservoir, is one of the unofficial meeting spots for Rochester’s best graffiti artists. From typical block letters to ornamental and detailed portraits, the water towers display a huge spectrum of artistic talent. To get there, drive to the Monroe County Water Authority and walk behind the building into Washington Grove, keeping an eye out for two large white structures.

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Maplewood Rose Garden

Seneca Parkway and Park View Street Laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted, the “father of American landscape architecture,” the Maplewood Rose Garden is home to an acre of rose bushes that are in full bloom from June to November. Each June, the Rose Festival includes a parade, music, and tours. Outside of the rose season, visitors can find peonies, perennials, and evergreens. The Maplewood Rose Garden is a popular spot for wedding photoshoots because it is spectacular, with more than 3,000 rosebushes, including varieties such as the antique “Malmaison” and the newer hybrid “Princess Diana.”

and businessman Horatio Gates Warner, the Warner Castle is the headquarters for the Rochester Civic Garden Center. There’s also a Sunken Garden behind the castle, which is a popular photoshoot destination for weddings and other formal events.

“Every Hand, Every Life, Every Voice”

by Eder Muniz

Frost Avenue and Genesee Street In 2012, the Center for Teen Empowerment commissioned artist Eder Muniz (Instagram: @ calangoss) and five youth apprentices to brighten up an otherwise colorless corner of Frost Avenue and Genesee Street. The mural has rich hues of vibrant blues, greens, and other cool tones and depicts an underwater scene, but the faces of the sea creatures are distinctly human. On it is a poem that reads: “...Every hand every life every voice, every human soul making a choice / to no longer be chained to these blocks, to declare no more lives lost, so blood will no longer flow from these rocks / and appreciate the lives we are livin’ / so we can create diamonds out of the rhinestones we’ve been given…”

The poem was written by Shanterra RandleBrown, a Teen Empowerment Program Coordinator at the time. The sentiment is powerful, and the mural itself is even more compelling.

Warner Castle & Sunken Gardens in Highland Park

5 Castle Park There’s a legitimate Medieval-style castle in Rochester. Former home of Rochester attorney

Sword in the Industrial Park

1000 Howard Road Only the rightful King or Queen of Rochester can remove this sword from the stone at its incredibly bizarre location, outside of E-Z Mini Storage at 1000 Howard Road in Gates. This fun landmark is a piece of Arthurian England right here in Western New York. The small business has medieval signage, but there isn’t any other obvious reason or justification for the sword in the stone’s existence or location.

“Twist” by Wendell Castle

2 Bragdon Place Sculptor and furniture artist Wendell Castle created his work “Twist” in the early 1970’s, and it now stands in Bragdon Place, right next to the Genesee River. The sculpture is a large, orange-red fiberglass contorted figure that sort of looks like a chair … but also sort of doesn’t. Adjacent to a small park, this hidden spot is an urban oasis.

Nordon Building Mural

691 Exchange Street An understated mural with childlike imagery stretches across the back of the Nordon Building. Featuring a swan, a rainbow, a flower, and other idyllic scenes with pastel hues, it’s clearly an older mural — the paint has become faded by the sun. Local vandals have added their own flair to the artwork, too.

U ARE HERE Rochester Institute of Technology College population: 18,600 Get pizza here: Pi Craft Pizza (100

Marketplace Drive; pi-craft.com) Get coffee here: Lovin’ Cup (300 Park Point Drive; lovincup.com) How to get downtown: Take bus route 24 down Mt. Hope Avenue to the transit center Fun fact: RIT has been listed as one of the “Top 200 Colleges for Native Americans” in the American Indian Science and Engineering Society’s Winds of Change magazine.

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Boomerang Mural

Dr. Samuel McCree Way and Reynolds Street There’s a hidden gem of a mural in the 19th Ward that depicts a boomerang and reads: “The truth is like a boomerang. It always comes back to you.” On the boomerang itself is the word “karma.” The mural is a comic book style illustration, and it’s also a good reminder that honesty is always the best policy.

Story Walk at Phillis Wheatley Library by various children

33 Dr. Samuel McCree Way The Story Walk at Phillis Wheatley Library is a new burst of color and creativity. The path starts outside of the library entrance and wraps around the entire library, including a story told at various stands along the path. It was created by a group of local schoolchildren facilitated by artist Shawn Dunwoody, and the idea was meant to encourage playfulness and imagination.

Penfield Road; allstar-pizza.com) Get coffee here: Finger Lakes Coffee Roasters (3349 Monroe Avenue; fingerlakescoffee.com) How to get downtown: Take bus route 57 down East Avenue to the transit center.

(Tip: SJFC offers free bus passes for undergraduates in the campus store and at the campus center.)

Fun fact: Founded in 1948 by the Congregation of St. Basil as a Catholic College for men, St. John Fisher College became independent in 1968 and coeducational in 1971.

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ustapha Ibrahim is somewhat small in stature, but he has a huge smile.

Now entering his sophomore year at the University of Rochester, Ibrahim came to the United States last summer from the Republic of Somaliland, a country east of Ethiopia in northeastern Africa that separated from Somalia after a civil war in the late 1980’s. Due to the poor educational system in Somaliland, Ibrahim always knew he wanted to study abroad.

The idea of coming to study in Rochester was planted in Ibrahim’s head when, during his last year in high school, he learned that three of his fellow classmates planned to attend the UR. All four of them had spoken with the UR dean of admissions, who was traveling abroad to talk with prospective students. It didn’t take long for Ibrahim to make his decision — in fact, the UR was the only college he applied to.

Like Ibrahim, droves of international students come to the US in pursuit of higher education. In 2016, 1.2 million international students attended American colleges and universities. But that number has seen a slight decline in recent months, following the enactment of immigration-limiting policies by the Trump administration. Regardless, regional universities, like Rochester Institute

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of Technology, The College at Brockport, and the University of Rochester, continue to attract significant numbers of students from all over the globe.

In the Rochester region, UR and RIT have the largest numbers of international students, with more than 2,300 and 2,600 international students, respectively. As of the fall 2016 semester, RIT hosted 1,296 students from India and 457 from China, giving those two countries the most representation. Students also come from the Dominican Republic, South Korea, and Canada.

The UR class of 2020 saw students from 87 countries, and international students make up 27 percent of the class. Brockport, one of the smaller schools in the State University of New York system, tends to host around 100 international students each year. But Brockport President Heidi Macpherson has said in the past she hopes to increase that number, with a long term goal of hosting 500 international students each year.

All three of those schools have comprehensive international student offices on campus with both peer and academic advisors.

Aside from academic support, international student are encouraged to join Rochester Global Connections, a nonprofit organization that

connects international students and visitors to the Greater Rochester community and promotes cultural exchange and international understanding.

One of Rochester’s biggest selling points for Ibrahim was the idea that he could study whatever he wanted. The UR has an open curriculum that allows students to take whichever classes they choose; there is only one requirement, a writing-intensive course. Ibrahim spent his first semester on math and chemistry classes — subjects he was already passionate about. During his second semester, he took a few different economics and finance classes to try something different. Although he won’t officially declare his major until the end of his sophomore year, he’s leaning toward financial economics and data science.

Ibrahim doesn’t have any concrete plans for what he wants to do after college, but he hopes to go home to Somaliland. With his knowledge in financial economics, he thinks he could eventually start his own business.

Ibrahim has spent his summer in Rochester, despite wanting to go back home to tend to his sick brother. While Somaliland has separated itself from Somalia, most of the world still considers it to be part of that country, which continues on page 12

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is one of the six nations listed under Trump’s travel ban. Ibrahim’s decision to stay was made before the June Supreme Court ruling that people with “bona fide relationships” would be allowed to enter the U.S, which includes students.

“I was a little happy that students were an exception,” he says, “but still very disappointed with the fact that they were accepting Donald Trump’s discrimination.”

Ibrahim says he copes with the guilt of not going home to help his brother and the mental stress that comes from the travel ban by reminding himself why he’s in Rochester: to get an education that will give him a better future in Somaliland. He says the worst that can happen is that he won’t be able to go home until he graduates. As much as he’d like to go home sooner, he’s willing to make that sacrifice.

Although the President may not make him feel welcome in this country, he says Rochester does. Since being in the city, Ibrahim hasn’t faced discrimination because of who he is or where he’s from. “Rochester, the community — the people — are very welcoming and nice,” he says. “I really do love how open people are in this area of the country.”

As a regional community, Rochester makes it a little easier for international students to adapt to the US by welcoming and accepting them, says Wendy Fritz, interim associate director of international education at The College at Brockport.

“Fortunately, Rochester is a city that was built on a foundation of civil rights,” Fritz says. “As a stop on the Underground Railroad, and as a critically important site for the Women’s Suffrage Movement, people like Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony planted the seeds for the city to be welcoming and inclusive. Rooted in the Civil Rights Movement, it is not surprising that Rochester is a Sanctuary City for refugees. To this end, Rochester has a history of acceptance and inclusion of all peoples, including international students.”

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to go through. International students do, however, have to send English proficiency test results as part of their applications, and they must submit documents to certify to the US government that the admitted students are eligible for student visas. That visa application process in itself is also a big headache for international students; it requires intense documentation and an interview at a US consulate or embassy.

Unlike Mustapha Ibrahim, 2017 UR graduate Ibrahim Mohammad came to Rochester with a major and other plans in mind. Mohammad is a refugee of Palestinian descent who grew up in Lebanon. He doesn’t have Palestinian or Lebanese citizenship, though, and is technically stateless.

As a teenager applying to colleges, Mohammad took part in a program run by nonprofit organization AMIDEAST, which works to strengthen the bond between Middle Eastern countries and the United States. A program representative recommended the UR to him, and after reading about the university’s technical facilities and academic flexibility, Mohammad was intrigued. He had a Skype interview for the prestigious, full-tuition Renaissance Scholarship, and the UR became his top-choice school.

“I really liked all the facilities and research labs available and how diverse the campus was,” Mohammed says. “It made me feel that I would be comfortable there.”

Mohammad isn’t leaving the area anytime soon. He’s pursuing his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at UR studying liquid metal batteries, a new type of battery technology. In addition, Mohammad and a few of his friends founded Meliora Structures, a company that creates refugee housing made entirely of interlocking recycled plastic bricks. Mohammad and his business partners are currently in the running as one of eight finalists for the Hult Prize, a $1 million award in seed funding.

Mohammad was interested in the University

of Rochester because of its research potential.

In partnership with the mechanical engineering department, Mohammad and a friend, Omar Soufan, realized that they

U ARE HERE could use 3D-printing technology to create affordable prosthetics for upper-limb amputees in the Middle East.

“Most relief organizations focus on providing people with food, water, and shelter, but something people really need is hope,” Mohammad says. He and Soufan realized by helping people in dire situations -- specifically amputees, because they are shunned by their own societies -- they could give people a reason not to give up hope.

They started a nonprofit organization, Prosthesis for a New Syria, in partnership with a professor from Seattle Pacific University (which is a leader in 3D-printed prosthetics); LimbForge, a non-governmental organization that creates 3D scans of limbs and prints 3D sockets; and a group in Lebanon called Qatari Red Crescent -- all of which help Mohammad and Soufan with logistics, their patient pool, and funding.

The UR was able to provide Mohammad with access to engineers and professors, as well as lab facilities. For one of his classes, Mohammad worked on optimizing the printing of a type of flexible filament which he is using to develop the next generation of prosthetics. The mechanical engineering department also gave them access to 3D printers.

International students aren’t the only ones benefitting from studying abroad, however.

Fritz says Rochester benefits from the cultural diversity international students bring by attending colleges in the area.

“International students on any campus provide domestic students with a new perspective,” Fritz says. “A diverse student population encourages all students to hold a mirror to their own culture and critically evaluate their own norms and customs. Hopefully, the outcome of such evaluation is an increased respect and appreciation, for all points of view. As I regularly tell my students, ‘No one culture has the market on truth. Dialogue, respect, understanding, and empathy make all of us all stronger.’ Our domestic and international students learn from each other. Both populations give and receive from one another equally.”

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Street; miasgeneseo.com) Get coffee here: Cricket’s Coffee Company (53 Main Street; facebook. com/cricketscoffee) How to get downtown: Bus transportation into downtown Rochester is difficult, so grab a car or carpool.

Take I-390 N to I-590 N to I-490 W to Clinton Avenue (exit 16) Fun fact: Geneseo has a tree called the “Seuss Spruce” because it looks like a Dr. Seuss illustration.

Finger Lakes Community College College population: 6,500 Get pizza here: Pudgie’s Pizza (520

North Main Street; pudgiespizza.com) Get coffee here: Dalai Java (157 South Main Street; thedalaijava.com) How to get downtown: Bus transportation into downtown Rochester is difficult, so grab a car or carpool.

Take NY-332 N to I-90 W to I-490 to Clinton Avenue (exit 16) Fun fact: FLCC is home to the Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center (CMAC), which has played host to high-profile musical performers like Dave Matthews, Tom Petty, Hans Zimmer, and Mumford & Sons.

Monroe Community College College population: 13,500 Get pizza here: Joe’s Brooklyn Pizza

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o one told me that I had to go to college. It was a self-inflicted obligation; an expectation I think most high school graduates face.

At the time I graduated, I was working a weekend job, and spending the rest of my time consuming energy drinks, playing video games until 3 a.m., and driving aimlessly through downtown Rochester finding fire escapes to climb.

I had barely experienced life outside this city, and yet felt I was expected to know exactly what I wanted to do for the rest of my existence. I was faced with the sinking feeling of investing years of my time in a degree I wasn’t yet decided on, and having to eventually pay off, quite possibly, tens of thousands of dollars in loans. That was a tall order.

The necessity of college is shoved down our throats as young adults, and we often neglect, or even fear, to explore other alternatives. The classroom isn’t for everyone — some people learn best by doing. The issue is that no one ever mentions the other option.

Even with that in the back of my mind, I still ended up going to college, and ironically, I did it because I didn’t know what else to do.

With lingering uncertainty, I enrolled in a community college Fine Arts program.

Much like I did in high school, I floated from class to class, barely mustering any attention. Most of my time was spent scribbling, drawing, and writing stories of

my own. My grades weren’t bad — I put the work in — but it was clear I wasn’t finding value in how I was investing my time.

By my second semester, I had moved from home into an apartment with my girlfriend and worked a decent job at a clothing store. I had become fully selfsufficient in paying my bills and taking care of myself. But my attention was all over the place — I wanted to make music, make comics, maybe even act — yet I was forcing myself to attend classes. How I was investing my time not only did not make sense, but it was confusing me more than ever. At the end of my third semester, I stopped. I simply didn’t enroll for my fourth.

My journey to discovering what I want to do is ongoing, but things changed after I allowed myself to quit school. I gave myself permission to experiment, to fail, and try different things.

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out lost. But I embraced it. It should be clear that I did most of these things while maintaining a day job or two. Most of what I pursued creatively — like making movies, music, and playing shows — was out of my own pocket.

These were the steps I took once I decided college wasn’t for me. No two journeys are ever going to be the same, but by examining others’ steps, faults, and successes, you can adapt your own path for finding what you want in life.

Get a service job I know; this is last thing someone wants to hear. Working at a cafe or restaurant can feel like you’re spinning wheels while trying to discover a bigger purpose. But aside from paying the bills, service jobs can be underacknowledged hubs for networking.

Get to know your regulars and what they do. You never know who they might know, or how they can connect you to opportunities. It’s only inevitable that if you try to learn about someone’s life, that they’ll eventually want to learn about who you are and what you do beyond the counter you’re placed behind. I heard about the job I currently have at CITY Newspaper when I was working at a cafe.

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Give yourself permission to fail Failure is vital in understanding what a success even is. By allowing yourself permission to fail, you allow yourself to freely create without expectation. This is especially important if you’ve yet to find you what truly love to do. Because after you fail at something, it’s the thing you continue to try at again and again that is most likely the passion you’ll want to follow.

Find educational resources in your community Sometimes Googling and watching YouTube videos doesn’t cut it. So instead, turn to your community. Makerspace is a nonprofit organization that encourages learning anything from programming, 3D printing, to woodworking. The Rochester Brainery is a self-proclaimed “community classroom” that offers classes taught by local industry leaders on anything from graphic design to beer brewing. Or find people around you who are also doing and exploring. Talk to them, and learn from them.

Exploring unknown territory not only broadens your sense of culture, but it triggers your mind to be more aware and open since you’re experiencing something new. It’s inspiring. It gives you perspective beyond familiarity. You don’t have to take lavish remarkable trips, go to a nearby city you hadn’t been to in a while, or at all. New York City isn’t too far.

Build a routine

Start doing

Give yourself the chance to explore and experiment. Give yourself time. Find what works for you. You never know — you may even discover what it is you’d like to go back to school for.

Anything. I mean, anything. Start scribbling. Keep a journal and write about yourself — what you love, what you hate.

Take up programming, or knitting. By doing, you narrow things down. You’ll discover what you don’t like to do, and what you may love to do. Take that, and then apply it to a bigger picture. Love playing 16 CITY

video games? Start studying eSports or SpeedRunners. Do your friends trust your judgement of movies? Start reading movie reviews, and then begin to write your own.

This varies for everyone. There are some people who can just get up in the morning and start going. Others need a strict A-to-Z for what they’re going to do in their day. If you have trouble pushing yourself to work on what you want, then a routine may be vital for you. The objective is to form habits based on how you function best.

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