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One of the marvelous things about college — oh, God, where to start? One of the many marvelous things about college is the opportunity to be a part of something significant. The four — or in my case, five — years that you’ll spend in college is such a time of personal transition, that it’s often overlooked that college students can change the city itself. Sure, you’ll go through many changes — personally, professionally, in every way — during your time in university, but don’t forget that there is a living, breathing city surrounding you. And you can have an impact.

Rochester is your home for the next few years, so get away from the campus area, explore, and learn about the city.

Most likely, you’ll come to love it. Join some clubs, explore some businesses, pick a favorite hangout on the other side of town, and before you know it, you’ll have a larger picture of what this city is about.

Think of this Student Survival Guide as a small introduction to the city — put together by college students (or recent graduates) for college students. You may get some ideas here for where to begin exploring.

Rochester is an ever growing, changing city, and even the youngest college students can make a difference here. Every resident is a building block to making this city great. Get up, get involved, and you’ll come away feeling fulfilled and surprised at your own abilities.

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ou finally have a day to yourself and want to get off campus, but you’re left wondering: What is there to do in Rochester? Fear not, as we have assembled a variety of themed day-trips that allow you to discover and experience different aspects of the city — as well as some hidden treasures.

What do you like to do on your free days? Let us know in the comment section at rochestercitynewspaper.com.

Start your day out with friend by having tea at La Tea Da and gourmet cupcakes at Sugar Mountain.

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Get moving

If you are having trouble finding motivation to run on the treadmill, try the Rochester Parkour Gym (1344 University Avenue) as an alternative. The gym has a host of obstacles that will allow you to jump from pillar to pillar or scale a wall. Once you’ve worked up an appetite, stop by of the Abundance Cooperative Market (62 Marshall Street) to grab a healthy bite to eat. Abundance is Rochester’s only cooperatively-owned natural product grocer, with more than 1,600 shareholders.

Complete the day with a leisurely stroll down part of the 9-mile Genesee Riverway Trail, from Scottsville Road to Ontario Beach Park. With plenty of access points and waterfalls in-between, you can craft your trip to fit your mood.

Rochester Parkour Gym — 204-7537, rochesterparkour.com Abundance Cooperative Market — 454-2667, abundance.coop

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Genesee Riverway Trail — cityofrochester.gov/grt

The Memorial Art Gallery is a great place to learn about Rochester’s arts culture. FILE PHOTO

Performance Paintball Park — 235-5290, www.reaperph.com Vintage Drive-In — 226-9290, vintagedrivein.com

Travel in packs

Get together a group and start the day with high tea and gourmet cupcakes at La Tea Da and Sugar Mountain (258 Alexander Street), complete with traditional hats and raised pinky fingers. Follow up the refined by getting rough with a few rounds of paintball at NVP Paintball (1046 University Avenue) or Performance Paintball Park (1250 Scottsville Road) and see who’s really on your team. Once you have licked your wounds and washed off the paint, head to the Vintage Drive-In (1250 W. Henrietta Road) for a relaxing evening of movies and a picnic dinner.

La Tea Da! — 262-4450, la-tea-da.net NVP Paintball — 473-7529, nvppaintball.com

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Relive your childhood at the Strong Museum of Play’s Arcade exhibit (1 Manhattan Square) with 80 years of pinballs machines for you to beat. Note that the pinball exhibit runs through the end of September. If you prefer your games on screens, stop by A Gamer’s Nostalgia (1350 B Culver Road) to play the new PlayStation 4 or revisit Saga — the business has every game system available for use and plenty of games. Lastly, let the Geeks Who Drink test your trivia skills and win big.

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Abundance Cooperative Market is Rochester’s only cooperatively owned natural product grocer. FILE PHOTO

You can find several architectural curiosities in Rochester, including the Mushroom House.

Eastman, then catch a film at the Dryden Theater. Have lunch at 1872 Café (431 W. Main Street), the site of the polling center where Susan B. Anthony illegally voted in 1872, before heading over to the Susan B. Anthony House (17 Madison Street) for a first-hand lesson in the struggle for voting rights for women and equal rights for all.

Rochester’s monthly citywide gallery night — and explore the many artist studios open to the public in the Hungerford building (1115 E. Main Street)

George Eastman House — 271-3361, eastmanhouse.org 1872 Café — 730-7687, 1872cafe.com Susan B. Anthony House — 235-6124, susanbanthonyhouse.org

Uncover the Arts Art is a huge part of Rochester’s culture and here are three of the many venues where you can immerse yourself in the wide breadth of skill and creativity.

Start at the Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Avenue) the oldest art museum in Rochester that boasts a wide range of over 12,000 works from around the world. Then stop by Java’s Café (16 Gibbs Street) for coffee and enjoy the plethora of art — including a shark hanging from the ceiling. You can also take advantage of First Friday’s — 6 CITY • STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE 2014

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Memorial Art Gallery —276-8900, mag. rochester.edu Java’s Café — 232-4820, javascafe.com The Hungerford — thehungerford.com

Around the world Rochester is rich in cultural diversity and allows you to explore far away worlds just around the corner. The Rochester Zen Center (7 Arnold Park) has meditation workshops, Sesshins (periods of intensive meditation), and lectures to help you strengthen your Zen. Indulge in falafel or kabob at Sinbad’s (719 Park Avenue) for a Mediterranean lunch before heading over to the Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Avenue) for art, discussion, and film screening on Africa and the Diaspora.

Rochester Zen Center — 473-9180, rzc.org Sinbad’s — 473-5655, mysinbads.com Baobab Cultural Center — 563-2145, thebaobab.org

While learning about the many cultures that have influenced Rochester, visit Sinbad’s for a mediterranean lunch. FILE PHOTO

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There are many architectural gems hidden on the streets of Rochester, like the Edward E. Boynton House (16 East Boulevard) designed

by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908, or the James Johnson designed Mushroom House (142 Park Road) nestled into the forest. You can travel back to the 1950’s for lunch and the authentic diner experience at the Highland Park Diner (960 S. Clinton Avenue).

Afterward, take a gothic cathedral tour at St. Michael’s Church (124 Evergreen Street) and hear the fascinating stories behind the stained glass windows.

Mushroom House — mushroomhouse.com Highland Park Diner — 461-5040, highlandpark-diner.com St. Michael’s Church of Rochester — 325-4040, saintmichaelsofrochester.org

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WARM RECEPTION Rochester has a lot to offer LGBTQ students, on and off campus. [ CAMPUS LIFE ] BY ALEXANDER JONES

s an increasing number of studies are showing, the stress that comes with being a college student can often be a heavy burden. Worries come not only from school work, but the prospect of moving to a new city, meeting new people, and generally continuing to grow as a person.

For many LGBTQ youth entering college, there’s can also be worries about acceptance and feeling comfortable on your campus.

According to a 2010 comprehensive study on attitudes toward LGBT college students, conducted by LGBT advocacy group Campus Pride, close to 25 percent of lesbian, gay, and bisexual students and university employees have been harassed due to their sexual orientation, as well as one third of transgender university students and employees.

Thankfully, Rochester’s LGBTQ students are in good hands. For students enrolled in Rochester’s many colleges and universities, there are no shortage of LGBTQ clubs, organizations and resources to take part in.

Just about every college and university in the Rochester area has at least one LGBTQoriented club, resource room, or organization.

For example, the Rochester Institute of Technology has OUTSpoken, the Q Center, and the RIT Gay Alliance. Nazareth College has the Lambda Association. And the University of Rochester has the Pride Network.

These organizations are just a handful of the LGBTQ clubs and organizations that exist across the Rochester-area’s many campuses, and they’re all in line with the still-growing number of college LGBTQ clubs across the country.

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4,000 gay-straight alliance groups across the nation’s colleges, universities, and high schools. Unfortunately, statistics on the habits of these groups and organizations are limited.

While there is no shortage of information out there about which colleges and universities are LGBTQ-friendly, apart from the aforementioned Campus Pride study, there has been a lack of research done into the workings of the LGBTQ groups themselves.

Even without the proper statistical information on these groups, however, some common promising themes and trends come up when looking at the Rochester area’s clubs: community, respect, safety, and friendship.

“Our goal is to get people in touch with the LGBT community here at the University of Rochester as well as in Rochester in general,” says Shawn Bihler, President of UR’s Pride Network.

“We’re not really an activist group so much as we are a more community oriented one.”

Building, and fostering, a suitable LGBTQ community on a college campus is certainly no easy task, but the Pride Network does this by offering events ranging from celebrations of LGBTQ history month to its popular Fall Drag Show. Those events, as well as participation in National Coming Out day, and hosting a film screening as part of Rochester’s ImageOut festival, are just what the Pride Network is offering in October.

“I come from a small town, so coming to the University of Rochester was a huge turnaround for me as far as LGBTQ acceptance goes,” Bihler says. “I honestly haven’t run into any problems as long as I’ve been here.”

The University of Rochester isn’t an outlier as far as its warm acceptance of

Every year, The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley hosts a brate LGBTQ individuals. FILE PHOTO

LGBTQ and ally students go. Nazareth College’s Lambda Association is also finding tremendous success in creating a good campus environment for students. According to Nazareth’s official website, the Lambda Association is “one of the largest and most active students groups on campus.”

“Nazareth is absolutely an LGBT friendly community, it’s wonderful,” says Lambda Association President Dakota J. Ball says. “As an LGBT student you can come here and automatically feel like you can be yourself.”

The Lambda Association, like the Pride Network, also hosts National Coming Out Day events and Drag shows, as well as a “Rainbow Mixer” party and Day of Silence events, in which students refuse to talk for 24 hours in order to draw attention to continued LGBTQ discrimination across the country.

RIT’s Q Center also provides a safe place for LGBTQ students and allies alike. The Q Center, which offers a library featuring over

a Pride weekend, including a massive parade to cele-

200 books and 100 movies, most of which are LGBTQ related, further represents the university support and communal involvement that the Rochester area’s college LGBTQ groups receive.

“Yeah, I’d say RIT is an LGBT friendly community,” says Sam Richheimer, a student worker at the Q Center. “We’ve had a lot of good fortune in working with some of the higher up administrators at RIT, and in 2013 we hosted the North East LGBTQ conference, and we had a lot of great support from the administration.”

Finger Lakes Community College, Monroe

Community College, St. John Fisher College, SUNY Brockport, and SUNY Geneseo all host their own individual LGBTQ clubs and organizations. And the Rochester-area’s campuses are far from the only areas harboring LGBTQ involvement and acceptance in and around the city.

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While students can find many LGBTQ-friendly events on Rochester’s campuses, they’ll also be able to find numerous events across the city, including drag shows (left) and ImageOut (right), Rochester’s annual LGBT film festival. FILE PHOTOS

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Advocate.com’s 2014 Gayest Cities in America recently ranked Rochester as the 12th most LGBT-friendly metro-area in the country, and for a good reason. Every third weekend in July, Rochester’s Gay Alliance hosts its annual Rochester Pride events, including a Pride Parade, a Pride Picnic, and a Pride Festival. The events attract more than 10,000 people in total, making it the second-largest Pride celebration in New York State. In addition, Rochester is also home to ImageOut — an annual LGBT film festival that hosts screenings at theaters and campuses across the Rochester-area — Equal Grounds, an LGBT-friendly coffee house, and Tilt, a gay bar that features an incredibly popular Drag Show every Thursday.

Being a college student, especially an LGBTQ one, can undoubtedly be a stressful time. The Rochester-area’s many LGBTQ-friendly offerings on and off campus should hopefully help alleviate that stress, even if it’s just a little bit.

“I’m lesbian myself, and where I come from isn’t exactly the greatest place for people like me,” Dakota says. “I think these organizations want to help make things better for everyone, and make people say to themselves, ‘Oh my god, this is so great, I have so many people I can relate to.’ That way, if and when they go back home, they can deal with things a little bit better because they know they have somewhere to go now.”

Other Rochester-area campus LGBTQ groups and organizations: Finger Lakes Community College: STAR (Students for Tolerance and Respect) Monroe Community College: MCC Pride Alliance; web.monroecc.edu/pridealliance SUNY Geneseo: Pride Alliance; www.geneseo.edu/~pride/ SUNY Brockport: SOUL (Sexual Orientations United for Liberation);

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WHAT KIND OF NIGHT DO YOU WANT? [ NIGHTLIFE ] BY ALEX HERRMANN

t’s the end of a busy week, and the weekend has finally arrived — it’s time to go out. But with so many options in the Rochester area, it can be difficult to decide exactly where to go. Whether you want to let loose and dance or take some time to relax, there are plenty of options for a night out in the city.

If you can at least decide what kind of night you want to have, City Newspaper can help plan the rest. Here’s our list of some of the ways to spend a night out in Rochester.

Rochester holds many interesting and fun ways to spend your evenings — far too many to list here — but we have chosen three to four locations to help introduce students to the options in the city and get them going. If your favorite spots aren’t listed here, leave a comment on the story at rochestercitynewspaper.com.

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Avenue) is another favorite for club-goers.

Featuring 18 and over admission, cage dancers, drag shows, and hot body contests, there is plenty of fuel for many a crazy night.

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Sometimes, the best way to unwind after a demanding week is to grab friends and get moving. For those with happy feet, there are plenty of options, no matter what kind of music moves you.  Pearl Night Club (349 East Avenue) plays

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On the more specialized end of the club spectrum, Vertex Night Club (169 North Chestnut Street) is home to Rochester’s Goth and industrial dance scene. The club also hosts special theme nights, including videogame and cosplay events. Facebook.com/ 

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And if the club scene isn’t for you, but you still want to dance, Tango Café Dance Studio (35 South Washington Street) provides a weekend opportunity to pick up a few new 

Pub night with friends

If dancing seems like too much effort, a good night might involve swapping stories with friends at a local pub. Keep in mind; you have to be 21 years old and older to drink. But the food and ambiance these establishments provide can make for a memorable night, even if you’re just 18.  The Old Toad (277 Alexander Street) is

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When late night hunger hits, you’re going to want something to eat. Where better to spend a night than somewhere that offers great food?

(40 South Union Street) specializes in meatball dishes, allowing customers to choose the contents of their ‘ball as well as the sauce that goes on top. And while meatless meatballs might seem like an oxymoron, vegetarian offerings are always available.  Skylark Lounge

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Accommodating a variety of music scenes, The Bug Jar gives you a chance to catch the next big thing on their way up — Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, and Modest Mouse each played the venue before they broke out. Abilene presents rock, country, and folk artists almost every night of the week. Bugjar.com; abilenebarandlounge.com  The Main Street Armory (900 East Main

Street), Montage Music Hall (50 Chestnut Street), and Water Street Music Hall (204 North Water Street) are larger venues that often host prominent national acts.

Montage and Water Street usually bring in a variety of rock groups, while the Armory casts an impressively wide net, presenting artists of nearly every genre: Bassnectar, Kansas, and Migos will each take the stage this fall. Mainstreetarmory.com; Montagemusichall.com; waterstreetmusic.com

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great coffee houses in Rochester — with several within the vicinity of each campus.

As an introduction, we have chosen four shops that do interesting things every student should know about.  Lovin’ Cup (300 Park Point Drive; near

RIT) brings a little bit of everything with its Bistro and Brews. It serves coffee as well as beer, and routinely brings in musical acts. It can help with a conflicted group of friends, as everyone can get what they want. Boulder Coffee Company (100 Alexander Street) is also a crowd pleaser, pairing food and drink with open mic nights and live music.

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For serious (and adventurous) coffee lovers, Pour Coffee Parlor (23 Somerton Street) and Fuego Coffee Roasters (167 Liberty Pole Way) offer something a bit different. Each of the shops works closely with local farmers to ensure it serves the best beans possible. They each also go the extra mile while brewing their beverages, often using unconventional techniques.

With drinks brewed for nearly 24 hours or created cold using liquid nitrogen, there’s enough unique coffee to make for many a notable night with friends. Pourcoffeeparlor. 

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS [FEATURE] BY ALEX HERRMANN AND ALEXANDER JONES

ransitioning from high school to college was a unique challenge for Rochester Institute of Technology student Logan Herrick.

Herrick, who came from the small Seneca community of Salamanca, New York — a city with a population of less than 6,000 people — found herself missing the connections she had at home. She lacked the common ground she shared with other Native Americans, and felt isolated at RIT. “When you have people who have shared experiences with you, it makes you feel a little more comfortable,” Herrick says. On a campus filled with students coming from a background entirely different than hers — even when Rochester is a mere two hours from her home — it was difficult to feel at ease.

It was not until Herrick became involved with RIT’s Future Stewards Program, a campus group dedicated to helping Native American students succeed on and off campus through various activities and educational programs, that she truly felt at home. Finding a group of friends with similar experiences as Native Americans allowed her to be herself, and share her opinions, stories, and personal perspective.

“You can talk to them and not get blank stares,” she says.

Programs, clubs, and organizations like RIT’s Future Stewards Program are crucial in combating poor college attendance within Native American communities across the country, and improving the experiences of Native American students who do choose to attend.

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Ganondagan, a location important to the Seneca Nation, continues to celebrate Native American culture through education, outreach, and celebrations, like the annual Dance and Music Festival. FILE PHOTO

According to a 2012 report by the National Center for Education Statistics, only 12 percent of Native Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 have a four-year college degree. And of the Native Americans that do choose to attend college, only 40 percent graduate, compared to 60 percent of white students.

Native American communities are often considerably smaller than a college setting.

Consequently, parents can be hesitant to send their children to an unfamiliar and potentially overwhelming environment.

Native American university groups can serve as tangible evidence that their children will be cared for, and help convince parents to enroll them, says Roger Dube, a professor at RIT and the Director of Research Initiatives for the Future Stewards Program.

“We listen to what each of the nations would like to see,” Roger says. “They’re the ones who are sending or not sending their kids… and we want to make sure we deliver on that.

“In addition to opening up all these horizons, which RIT does really well, we want to also create or reproduce that family environment where they come from. We try to invite them in, and we try to get social activities going very quickly.”

To help promote community for Native American students, the Future Stewards Program has organized activities like the Canandaigua Lake Ring of Fire, an iteration of the traditional Seneca “Genundowa” or “Festival of Lights” — in which flares are lit around the lake to give thanks for the harvest season — a performance from Grammy award-winning singer Joanne Shenandoah, and a celebration of the national Indigenous Peoples Day in October.

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they were little,” says Nicole Scott, Future Stewards Program Manager.

The demand for student groups working

with Native American students in Rochester is difficult to ignore. Historically, the area has been a home to a large Native American population. Nearby Ganondagan, a historic Seneca location, continues to host events and initiatives ranging from its Iroquois White Corn Project to its annual Dance and Music Festival every summer. Rochester’s Native American Cultural Center, which opened in 1976 and remains a non-profit, hosts events like corn soup cook-offs, film screenings, and Smoke Dance and Hand Drum competitions at its “Gathering at the Heart of Niagara.”

What many Native American students are faced with once they actually do get to college, however, is the difficulty of pursuing their dreams in an environment that routinely neglects their culture, says Stephanie Waterman — an assistant professor in the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education. Waterman has conducted extensive research on Native American college experiences.

The majority of colleges provide some sort of orientation program for incoming and current freshmen. Still, Waterman believes they are often insufficient.

“There’s a lot of student activities and student groups,” Waterman says, “but those activities can be very marginalizing because it’s still not your culture that’s being celebrated or practiced.”

While the University of Rochester does host events surrounding Native American History Month, and Monroe Community College supports an Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Club, many local university programs or clubs are small. Most schools occasionally provide programs and events for Native American students, but it is difficult to find evidence of a noteworthy Native American student group at most Rochester schools that goes to the extent of the Future Stewards Program.

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“I come from a reservation, as do most of these kids, so these organizations are crucial to build a sense of community,” says Elissa Parker, Chief of Monroe Community College’s Indigenous Peoples of the Americas club. “Having some university backing would definitely be helpful. It would even be a ton of help if someone just popped in every once and a while and asked how we were doing.”

According to Parker, this lack of support stems, to some extent, from a disregard for Native peoples throughout the country.

“I’d say the biggest problem facing Native Americans in the 21st century is simply ignorance,” she says. “People don’t think that we exist anymore. A lot of people just think we all kind of vanished but we’re just like everyone else.

We still exist, but it seems like people don’t realize that.”

It doesn’t take much, according to Waterman, to help curb that ignorance and make a tremendous impact on these students. She tells the story of a white administrator at a state institution who saw that Native students were not being served at his school. After realizing that the resources available to these students were severely lacking when compared to those provided for students of other minority groups, he decided to remedy the situation.

“What he did that really made the difference was to start going to community events,” Waterman says. “The Seneca Nation has a fall festival that he went to, he started going to lacrosse games … to see him in the community, he was backing up his commitment to [them]. He was willing to go there. That kind of spread through the community.”

And even at RIT, there is work to be

done. Dube and Scott hope increased funding for the Future Stewards Program could lead to a dedicated space on campus for Native American students.

Student Logan Herrick came to RIT from the small Seneca community of Salamanca. Native American student groups are imporatnt to helping students, like her, adjust to college life.

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“That’s something really important,” Scott says. “Having a place where students can come together… a space they can call their own.” Such a space could be decorated with Native American designs and provide a place for Native students to study, nap, or simply spend time together.

“A lot of universities around the country have dedicated buildings for their Native Americans,” Dube adds. “It becomes a part of their identity. There’s a building they can recognize and say ‘I belong to that.’”

This building, Stephanie Waterman reasons, could help students throughout the area.

“At Harvard, their Native American program really serves all the colleges in the Boston area,” she says. “I think RIT could be that kind of hub for this area.”

The model RIT has put in place with their Future Stewards Program serves as an example that other Rochester universities could follow on their own campuses. Ultimately, the most important goal for these universities could simply by to let Native American students know that they are welcome.

“As long as students know they have somewhere to go,” Waterman says, “that’s what is important.”

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IMPORTANT FACES [ HISTORY ] BY NICOLE MILANO

ochester natives have played a significant role in local, national, and international movements, throughout history. You may know about the major contributions to society that can be credited to individuals from our area. Here’s a look at some of the most important people in Rochester history that young adults moving into the city should become familiar with.

This is just a small snapshot of individuals from Rochester who’ve made a major impact on history. Share your thoughts with us at rochestercitynewspaper.com.

Nathaniel Rochester Our city’s namesake spent many years as a military and political leader in North Carolina before settling in New York. In the late 1780, he moved to Hagerstown, Maryland, where he owned and operated a series of businesses with his business partner Thomas Hart. It was there that he met William Fitzhugh and Charles Carroll, who convinced him of the merits of acquiring land on the frontier. The three men traveled to Dansville, where Rochester established several businesses and played an active role in the early politics of the town. Finally, in 1811, he began to establish the town that we all know and love. Nathaniel Rochester was 60 years old at the time of town’s permanent settlement in 1812.

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Rochester served as the first president of the Rochester Athenaeum, which would later become the Rochester Institute of Technology.

He’s buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, and his legacy lives on in statue form at Nathaniel Square Park in the South Wedge Neighborhood.

He is also part of the Rochester Museum and Science Center’s (657 East Avenue, rmsc. org) Rochester Business Hall of Fame exhibit.

If you’re up for a quick trip, you can visit Rochester’s home as part of the Genesee Country Village and Museum’s historic village (1410 Flint Road, Mumford, NY, gcv.org).

Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony is one of the most famous faces of the women’s suffrage movement, and she has strong ties to Rochester. Born in Adams, Massachusetts, in 1820, Anthony’s family moved to Rochester in 1845. She joined the women’s rights movement in 1852. Though she was widely opposed, Anthony dedicated most of her life to women’s suffrage. In addition to many other achievements, she persuaded the University of Rochester to admit women beginning in 1900.

The Rochester house Anthony lived in is located at 17 Madison Street, and is now a National Historic Landmark. The house is owned and maintained by the Susan B. Anthony House, Inc. Today, it is home to tours and programs that teach visitors about Anthony’s life. To learn more about the Susan B. Anthony House, visit susanbanthonyhouse.org.

Frederick Douglass

Abolitionist Frederick Douglass lived in Rochester for more than 25 years, longer than anywhere else he lived during his life. Douglass escaped slavery and became a progressive human rights advocate who spent most of his life as a public speaker, writer, and editor. He published his first paper, the North Star, in Rochester in 1843. The paper was renamed Frederick Douglass’ Paper in 1851, and then Douglass’ Monthly in 1860. He also wrote his second autobiography, 1855’s “My Bondage and Freedom,” while living in Rochester. Douglass was a former slave whose work actively supported both the abolitionist and women’s suffrage movements.

Although he moved away from Rochester in 1872, he is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in a family plot. His legacy lives on in the form of the Frederick Douglass Resource Center (36 King Street, fdrc-rochester.com), a non-profit cultural arts organization, and the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies at the University of Rochester (rochester.edu/College/AAS). He is also honored in several exhibits at the RMSC, including the Business Hall of Fame.

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founded the company Eastman Kodak, through which he popularized the use of roll film in cameras.

This film was later adapted for use in motion picture cameras, laying a foundation for the film industry as we know it. Eastman was also a well-known philanthropist. He made generous contributions to both the University of Rochester and the Mechanics Institute of Rochester, which eventually became the Rochester Institute of Technology.

In addition to his financial support of educational institutions, he also established the Eastman School of Music in 1921, followed shortly by the founding of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in 1922. Eastman’s former home is located at 900 East Avenue in Rochester. It is now the location to the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film (eastmanhouse.org), chartered in 1947. The museum is home to the Dryden Theatre, which showcases its unparalleled collection of motion pictures.

Rochester has produced some modern-day

heroes, too. Take a peek at some of today’s famous faces whose roots are in the 585.

Abby Wambach

Professional soccer player and two-time Olympic gold medalist Abby Wambach was born and raised in our town.

Wambach’s soccer career began at Our Lady

of Mercy High School, where she gained national attention. She eventually accepted a full athletic scholarship to University of Florida, where she continued her streak of success and recognition. Today, Wambach plays for the Western New York Flash (in the National Women’s Soccer League) and the United States Women’s National Soccer Team. She’s competed in three FIFA Women’s World Cup tournaments and two Olympics tournaments. During her career, she’s won some of the most prestigious honors in sports, including two Olympic gold medals and the 2012 FIFA World Player of the Year.

Kristen Wiig SNL-bred funny girl Kristen Wiig was born in Canandaigua and raised in the Rochester area. She eventually relocated to Los Angeles, where she joined the comedy troupe The Groundlings, and made her television debut in 2003. In 2005, she joined the cast of Saturday Night Live, where she coined a number of popular recurring characters. Wiig went on to write and star in the movie Bridesmaids, which received much critical praise and commercial success. She’s received Golden Globe Award and Academy Award nominations, as well as six Emmy Award nominations.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

We would be remiss not to mention the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was born and raised in Fairport. Hoffman studied acting early in his life and rose to fame during the 1990’s and 2000’s, portraying a number of memorable roles in films such as “Twister,” “Boogie Nights,” “The Big Lebowski,” and

“Almost Famous.” His career took a turn when he starred in the 2005 film “Capote,” for which he won numerous awards including the Academy Award for Best Actor. He continued to receive critical acclaim through the 2000’s, receiving several other Oscar nominations as well as Tony Award nominations for his work on Broadway. Hoffman tragically died in February 2014. His death was widely mourned by the film and theater industries.

Hoffman kept close ties to the Rochester area and its film culture. The Dryden Theatre (900 East Avenue) is currently hosting a film series tribute to the actor, and will continue through September and October. For more information, visit Dryden.eastmanhouse.org.

Ryan Lochte

American swimmer Ryan Lochte was born in Rochester and spent his childhood in Canandaigua.

Lochte is an eleven-time Olympic medalist, including five gold. This includes seven individual medals, placing him in the top tier of men’s swimming. Lochte holds several world records, both as part of the American team and individually, including: the 4x200 meter freestyle relay; 100-meter individual medley; 200-meter individual medley; and the 400-meter individual medley. Lochte has been named World Swimmer of the Year, American Swimmer of the Year twice, and FINA Swimmer of the Year three times. Outside the pool, he is known for his somewhat quirky personality. Named

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UPCOMING EVENTS Important events taking place both on- and off-campus

ollege life will probably keep you pretty busy.

But there’s lots going on in and around Rochester all year long, so you’ll want to put aside the books every once in a while and get off campus.

Below you’ll find a list of major upcoming events in the Rochester area that should interest college students, and major campus events for most of Greater Rochester’s colleges and universities.

For more events, make sure to pick up City Newspaper every Wednesday, check out the searchable online calendar at rochestercitynewspaper.com, or sign up for City’s Weekend Planner, a free e-newsletter packed with events every Thursday. And please keep in mind that dates below are subject to change.

August

August 22 – September 13 GENESEO: Weeks of Welcome Activities are organized to help foster personal connections with other students, faculty, and staff to promote community on campus.  Geneseo.edu August 14 - 17 Rochester Ukrainian Festival A Rochester tradition for over 40 years, the Rochester Ukrainian Festival brings traditional Ukrainian food, dance, arts and crafts to the city.  St. Josaphats Ukrainian Catholic Church, 940 East Ridge Road.  rochesterukrainianfestival.com August 23 Fairport Music and Food Festival The festival includes live music across three stages, 20 bands, and tons of local food.  Liftbridge Lane, Village of Fairport.  fairportmusicfestival.com

the American labor movement in the annual Labor Day Parade.  Downtown Rochester, from Alexander Street and Plymouth Avenue.  rochesterlabor.org August 29 – September 1 New York State Festival of Balloons Labor Day weekend festival of hot-air balloon rides.  Dansville Municipal Airport, Dansville.  Nysfob.com

September

September 2 FLCC / MCC / FISHER / UR: Fall Semester Begins

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lumberjack-themed activities like log rolling and tree falling.  Macedon Center Fireman’s Field, Canandaigua Road.  macedoncenterfire.org September 12 - 13 Greentopia Festival Celebrate the environment with workshops, speakers, food, and more at one of Rochester’s newest and fastest-growing festivals.  High Falls District.  greentopiafest.com

August 25 NAZARETH / RIT / BROCKPORT / GENESEO: Fall Semester Begins

September 6 - 7 Clothesline Arts Festival Rochester’s longest-running arts and crafts festival returns this year with museum tours, live entertainment and various art viewings.  Memorial Art Galley, 500 University Avenue.  mag.rochester.edu/clothesline

September 11 CITY’s South Wedge-Ucation An absolutely free event, held by City Newspaper, geared to bring area college students into the city to get deals from local merchants, see some local art, and get acquainted with Rochester culture.  South Wedge Neighborhood.  rochestercitynewspaper.com

August 29 Labor Day Parade 10 talented marching bands help celebrate

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September 18 - 27 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival After just three years, the Rochester Fringe Festival is already hosting more than 380 different shows in all forms of art.  rochesterfringe.com

September 21 Rochester Marathon Come watch, or participate in, a 26.2-mile marathon and relay and a 13.1 mile halfmarathon through the city.  Downtown Rochester.  rochestermarathon.com September 24 - October 2 MCC: Alumni Week and Homecoming Monroe Community College’s homecoming weekend this year includes an alumni art exhibit, a homecoming carnival, and a 5K walk/run.

September 27 - 28 Naples Grape Festival If smashing grapes isn’t exactly your thing, you can admire them a bit more respectfully at this festival, and also enjoy a grape pie contest as well as live entertainment.  Naples Village, State Route 21, Naples.  naplesgrapefest.org

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Presenting more than 380 shows, the Rochester Fringe Festival incorporates all forms of art. FILE PHOTO October 13 - 14 BROCKPORT / GENESEO / UR: Mid-Semester Break October 16 - 19 UR: Meliora Weekend The University of Rochester’s alumni weekend features talks from Pulitzer Prizewinner Doris Kearns Goodwin and “Orange is the New Black’s” Laverne Cox. October 16 - 19 RIT: Brick City Homecoming This year’s homecoming weekend includes a performance from veteran comedian Bill Cosby, as well as a hockey game.

October 10 - 19 ImageOut Film Festival Upstate New York’s longest-running LGBTQ film festival is returning this year with feature film screenings, shorts, and documentaries.  Dryden Theatre, Little Theatre, and other venues.  imageout.org October 14 - 19 Rochester Fashion Week Although comparisons to New York’s Fashion Week are inevitable, offering far more inclusive fashion shows and events across six different venues.  Various locations downtown.  fashionweekofrochester.org continues on page 30

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November

April

November 26 - 30 FLCC / NAZARETH / RIT / FISHER / BROCKPORT / GENESEO / UR: Thanksgiving Break

April 24 – 27 RIT: Springfest RIT’s Springfest Weekend features scavenger hunts, musical performances, dances, and fun foot events.

April 24 - 26 UR: Springfest Weekend Ring in the coming Spring with a variety of live entertainment options as well as the annual Dandelion Day Carnival.

November 2 - 16 Rochester Jewish Book Festival Read up on some Jewish culture and history with guest readings from Jewish authors.  Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Avenue.  rjbf.org

November 27 - 30 MCC: Thanksgiving Break

December

December 12 NAZARETH: Fall Semester Ends December 13 BROCKPORT: Fall Semester Ends December 14 FISHER: Fall Semester Ends December 16 GENESEO: Fall Semester Ends

RIT is also home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Be sure to keep an eye out for its engaging programming. FILE PHOTO January 20 MCC / GENESEO: Spring Semester Begins January 26 FLCC / RIT / BROCKPORT: Spring Semester Begins January 30 - February 1 UR: Winterfest Weekend This annual weekend includes a comedy show, an “Iron Chef” challenge, and a standup comedy special.

December 21 FLCC / UR: Fall Semester Ends

January

May 4 NAZARETH: Spring Semester Ends May 9-10 FISHER: Commencement NAZARETH: Commencement Weekend May 11 UR: Spring Semester Ends May 13 BROCKPORT: Spring Semester Ends

March

March 1-8 FISHER: Spring Break

May 16 FLCC / BROCKPORT / GENESEO: Commencement BROCKPORT: Spring Semester Ends

March 7-15 UR: Spring Break

May 21 MCC / RIT: Spring Semester Ends

March 9-15 NAZARETH: Spring Break

May 23 RIT: Commencement

January 12 NAZARETH: Spring Semester Begins

March 14 – 22 FLCC / BROCKPORT / GENESEO: Spring Break

January 14 Fisher/UR: Spring Semester Begins

March 23 - 29 RIT: Spring Break

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May 2 FISHER: Spring Semester Ends

May 15-17 UR: Commencement Weekend

December 18 MCC: Fall Semester Ends December 19 RIT: Fall Semester Ends

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