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[ INTRODUCTION ] BY JAKE CLAPP

Welcome to college and a brand new city. Chances are you moved to Rochester and now have an opportunity to carve out a new home for the next four years — five years, if you’re like me. Or it’s likely that you were born in the area; still, you haven’t experienced Rochester as a college student, as an adult with a new independence.

Take this opportunity to explore your new home. Rochester is a vibrant city with colorful people, businesses, and neighborhoods. Why not check it out? You might find a new hobby or that quiet, little spot that’s perfect for studying.

It can be easy to fall into the “campus trap.” With so many amenities available within a few blocks, it’s tempting to just grab coffee on campus, eat at the same dining hall, and watch TV in the dorm.

But remember, the campus is just a small part of a much larger city, and there’s always something new to see.

Think of this Student Survival Guide as an introduction to exploration — put together by college students for college students. Inside you’ll find tips to make the most of your new home; a guide to this great, new adventure.

Start slow, take a Saturday to walk around downtown Rochester (we have a map and tips on page 8 to get you started), and before you know it, you’ll have found your favorite coffee shop, music venue, and brunch place. Rochester is an everchanging city, and you’re now a part of a curious, exciting world.

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ochester can sometimes be a drab place. Our winters are incessantly cold, and the other seasons can certainly seem painfully short in comparison. But despite this, the area is also a place with a rich, unique history and landscape. In our warmer months, going off the beaten path a bit can offer some wonderful sightseeing.

To get you started, here’s some of the best and brightest spots to soak up some views during your time in Rochester.

What is your favorite picturesque location in Rochester? Let us know online in the comments section below this article at rochestercitynewspaper.com.

SEA BREEZE

Where Culver Road ends in the Town of Irondequoit, you’ll find the quaint lakeside community of Sea Breeze. The main attraction of the area is the Seabreeze Amusement Park, the only roller coaster destination in the greater Rochester area. Seabreeze is home to the oldest continuously running roller coaster in America, “The Jackrabbit,” and the “Whirlwind,” a rotating roller coaster that, at its 52-foot peak, offers a stunning view over Lake Ontario with a slowed, fairly long straightaway.

For a more quiet Sea Breeze experience, the pier offers a chance to breathe in the Ontario air. A classic Rochester fishing spot, the quartermile walkway culminates in a red and white striped lighthouse.

At the junction of Culver Road and Norris Drive stands the hilltop space known as Cobbs Hill Park with the large reservoir sitting at the top. A 144-million-gallon basin that supplies drinking water to the city, the reservoir itself is a sight to behold.

However, the true attraction of this century old construction is the view. In spaces between the trees lining the edges of the reservoir, one can take in a breathtaking view of the Rochester skyline, with nearly every building in the metropolis’ silhouette visible. Particularly in the evening, where the city lights shine against the setting sun, the view from Cobbs Hill is stunning.

At the bottom of the hill, Cobbs Hill Park hosts basketball courts, soccer fields, a baseball diamond, and a quiet spot for picnics or relaxation.

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and Lakeshore Boulevard, offers much more to the intrepid nature-lover than urban legends. Featuring several small lakes and dozens of crisscrossing trails, Durand Eastman Park is a haven for a light Rochester day hike.

If hiking isn’t your forte, simply take a seat atop “The White Lady’s Castle,” a stone wall standing on the north end of the park, facing Lakeshore Boulevard.

From here, you can catch a spectacular sunset view over Lake Ontario.

LIBERTY POLE

Constructed in 1965, the 190-foot-tall stainless steel Liberty Pole was constructed in testament to the colonial liberty pole tradition, whose constructions celebrated victories in freedom and independence.

Standing at the intersection of East Main Street, Franklin Street, and East Avenue, the site is also a memorial to two former liberty poles, built in 1846 and 1889. Today, not only is the Liberty Pole a Rochester land mark, but also a great spot to start your urban exploration. Check out the Liberty Pole during the holiday season, where the steel cables hanging along its sides are adorned with lights.

HIGH FALLS

Perhaps no other site on this list holds a stronger link to Rochester’s history than the High Falls. The Genesee River’s 96-foot waterfall was formerly used to power flour mills — such a strong portion of Rochester history that the moniker “The Flour City” lingers today — as well as the Genesee Brewery and much of the city’s early industries. Today, the building at 60 Brown’s Race, a former 19th-century waterworks building, is home to the High Falls Center and Interpretive Museum, celebrating the history behind the falls and the area, including the historic Susan B. Anthony and the Brown’s Race districts.

For a more leisurely experience, the Genesee Brew House, located at 25 Cataract Street at the site of a 19th-century packaging plant, offers a striking view of the falls from its patio.

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Every new student has heard college is the best four years of their lives. But a campus can soon begin to feel more like a prison than a place for growth.

Sometimes, the best thing to do is just break out. And a good place to start an off campus exploration of Rochester is downtown.

If you don’t have a car, start by learning the RTS system, which will easily take you downtown from most area campuses. The bus system can be tricky, but the simplest thing to remember is that all routes inevitably lead back to the Downtown Transit Center (71 North Clinton Avenue) in the center of the city. The bus is $1 per ride, with night shuttles serving Nazareth and free weekend shuttles serving Geneseo and Nazareth.

Assuming this is your first time downtown, head toward East Avenue. This district, known as the East End, is a hub for college students, featuring a broad range of bars, clubs, restaurants, and coffee shops. Hang out at Java’s, Rochester’s pivotal college coffee shop; or follow the music most nights of the week to catch live bands at Temple Bar and Grille (109 East Avenue), Flour City Station (170 East Avenue), and Montage Music Hall (50 Chestnut Street, a block south off East Avenue). And for larger acts, Water Street Music Hall (204 North Water Street) is a 10-minute walk northwest of the Transit Center. Be wary of age restrictions, as many of these venues serve alcohol, and may have an over 21 requirement for shows.

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Though not as densely packed with attractions for the average college student, the west side of Rochester still offers a fairly broad range of things to explore. Taking a right off of Main onto State Street, for example, leads to Frontier Field (333 North Plymouth Avenue), the home of the Rochester’s minor league baseball team, the Red Wings. Tickets are affordable (averaging $12 per game) and the season runs April through September.

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Head west on Main and you’ll reach the historic Susan B. Anthony neighborhood, a haven for some iconic Rochester sites, including The Susan B. Anthony House (17 Madison Street), Anthony’s former home and place of arrest, and Nick Tahou’s (320 West Main Street), the birthplace of the original garbage plate.

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Located south from Main Street — and further down Alexander if you continue past Monroe Avenue — is the South Wedge neighborhood, which has quickly become one of the hippest areas of the city. Check out some of the more unique businesses in Rochester in this several block strip of South Avenue, including Hedonist Artisan Chocolates (674 South Avenue); cheesecake spot Cheesie Eddie’s (602 South Avenue); and a variety of off-beat music stops, from NeedleDrop Records (304 Gregory Street) to Rhythm Society and Urban Wellness Studios (758 South Avenue).

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he flat flavors and lack of autonomy inherent to campus dining is enough to deter some from the dorms and meal halls. But college can also be seen as an introduction to a smallerscale, down-to-earth style of living. With a little bit of looking, it’s easy to find alternatives that will stock your shelves with produce and give you some freedom to eat in the manner you prefer.

While farmers’ markets are great resources for a variety of produce, meats, and spices, there are ways to get the same quality of fresh food delivered to your door, or at least available for pick up nearby. Food shares allow you to buy into locally grown produce that are delivered from the farm to your door.

The Good Food Collective — a project of Headwater Foods, which is a network supporting local farms — compiles and distributes food shares in attempt of creating, as its website says, a “socially and environmentally just food system.”

Headwater and Good Food collaborate to get fresh produce from participating farms and make them available for circulation in Rochester.

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A “standard share” from Good Food is a box containing six to 10 different vegetables, although shares continuing breads, cheeses, and meats are also available. For a college student looking to make their own meals as well as support a good cause that enriches the larger community, buying food shares could be the answer to on-campus food sources.

Good Food isn’t the only service like it either. Numerous area farms participate in Community Supported Agriculture and food shares, and are easy to find with a quick Google search. And for those interested in learning more about the conscious consumption and distribution of food or volunteering with one of those organizations, Rochester is home to a collection of education-minded companies, such as Rochester Roots, a non-profit that emphasizes sustainability education as well as offering a food share program. And Foodlink is a foodbank that distributes produce throughout Monroe and its surrounding counties, primarily to impoverished communities lacking in fresh food resources. continues on page 12

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Beyond taking part in food shares, there’s

tasty meals to be had at local cooperatives around the greater-Rochester-area colleges. The Genesee Valley Co-op in Geneseo has been cooking and serving community dinners frequented by students and community members alike for the last couple years. The GVC, true to the traditional co-op model, is a house co-owned by the students who live there, and the residents all equally share chores, cooking and cleaning duties. The house organizes and puts on workshops, movie screenings, and in general, works to enrich the community with education, dinners, and by providing a safe space.

“Out of house dynamics, we aim to create visual actions and keep the co-op a great environment,” says Julia Lewis, a GVC member and the only holdover between the founding and current iterations of the organization.

The founding members of the GVC are almost entirely graduated after this past school year, but a new generation almost doubles the GVC’s size, growing into a twohouse operation starting this coming fall semester. Slight changes to the GVC are to be expected.

“The co-op model is varied,” Lewis says.

“Not one-size-fits-all.” Gearing up for the change of hands, Lewis is positive, secure in the way of life she’s chosen. “The spirit of co-op is adapting to new people,” she says.

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There are several co-ops in the Rochester area, such as The Little Flower Community.

For people trying to narrow down their off-campus options when it comes time to move out of the dorms, co-ops offer a way to live a bit more consciously and experience the advantages of cooperative living. For those who are uninterested in that kind of constant sharing and mutual responsibility, but still want a taste of the co-op life (or even just the tasty dinners), co-ops generally offer the public the ability to board a dinner for a small fee.

Conscious consumption doesn’t stop at food shares and co-ops either.

Anyone can pick up fresh and local groceries from the Rochester Public Market (280 North Union Street), which is open every Saturday from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Tuesdays and Thursday, from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you’re a student living in the city of Rochester over the summer or fall, check out some of the local urban gardens. They’re yet another resource from which to take inexpensive, locally-sourced vegetables. Allowing that you’ll have to buy groceries at least some of the time, check-out Abundance Food Market (62 Marshall Street), which is a grocery store cooperatively owned by community members instead of a big corporation.

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STANDING OUT

STEM majors still see a lack of female students [ LIFE ] BY GINO FANELLI AND NOLAN H. PARKER

Marissa Adams has degrees in physics and math from the University of Rochester.

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hen Marissa Adams, a University of Rochester alumna, is asked to talk about her major, she’s hesitant to answer. Adams graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in physics and a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics, and will return to UR as a graduate student this fall.

“I never end up saying what my major is until someone asks,” Adams says. “You always get the most horrible, or I guess, surprised responses. I’ve heard, ‘Oh, you’re too pretty to do physics.’ Or ‘Well, what are you going to do with that?’ The standard thing is people are intimidated, that people see you as unable to connect to, or don’t see you as a person, or beneath you intellectually.”

Adams reflects a common sentiment faced by women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. That is, preconceived notions of what sort of people are involved in the field, alongside the stigmas found in a male-dominated area.

The numbers continue to show a gender dominance in STEM fields. According to a US Census report entitled “Disparities in STEM Employment by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin,” 1 in 5 female STEM graduates are out of the work force, compared to 1 in 10 males. Furthermore, 31 percent of the male population is employed in a STEM occupation, compared to 15 percent of the female population.

Perhaps most poignantly, while female occupations in mathematics and scientific fields have experienced a continuous growth since 1970, computer science, the field which makes up 80 percent of all STEM employment, has experienced a decline in female employment since 1990, from 35 percent of the work force to 26 percent. And engineering accounts for the largest disparity of job diversity, with 87 percent of the total workforce being male.

According to the census, 41 percent of all life and physical scientists are female. While this may seem evident of greater equality in these fields, recent trends in local college enrollment suggest this is may be a fleeting statistic. For example, as reported in RIT’s annual study on diversity, female undergraduate enrollment in the College of Science has dropped more than 10 percent between 2010 and 2014, from 51.7 percent to 40.4 percent. Graduate enrollment has remained relatively stable, total enrollment for females in the College of Science have dropped from 49.3 percent to 39.4 percent.

A similar trend can be found in the College of Applied Sciences, with a drop from 28.8 percent to 21.6 percent total enrollment.

Even in fields where the numbers have risen, the gender gap continues to be massive. In the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, named for a prominent female engineer, enrollment has risen, yet still peaks at only 22 percent of total enrollment. continues on page 16

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The backlash from Hunt’s remarks was swift and pointed. A social media campaign, under the “#distractinglysexy” hashtag, started by feminist writer Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, sent Hunt under intense scrutiny from the public. As the controversy began to boil over, Hunt spoke out to claim the statements were simple, albeit ill-advised, jokes. Nonetheless, the pressure on Hunt would lead to his forced resignation from University College London as well as the European Research Council.

While Hunt maintains that these remarks were jokes, the power of these words from any scientist — let alone an esteemed Nobel Prize winner — can reinforce a negative attitude often battled by the female STEM community.

As Melanie Heywood, a first year industrial design major at RIT, explained, this condescending attitude can be, and often is, fueled by gender.

“A few years ago, I was in a career mentoring program for young adults who were going into architecture, construction, and engineering,” Heywood says. “And I felt that a lot of the time — being one of maybe two or three girls in the program — that my ideas weren’t taken seriously. That if I said something, some guy would pat me on the back and say, ‘Oh, that’s a good idea, sweetheart.’”

This form of treatment is referred to as a microaggression, specifically microinvalidation, the act of dismissing someone’s intellectual input on the grounds of a perceived shortcoming, likely due to an ingrained prejudice.

In this case, women are seen as weaker or less able to create truly valuable input.

“Even though you hear everywhere now a days that women can do anything, women can do whatever they want, there’s still a lot of pressure, socially, not to go into ‘man jobs,’” Heywood says. “When I’m working with a group of men I don’t know, there’s an assumption that I might not be able to do as

much. It’s variable, but especially with men I don’t know or older men, they can be a little unwilling to allow me to participate.”

Adams, who has experienced similar incidents in her own studies, has a theory as to why women tend to be dismissed in STEM fields in this manner far more often than men.

“From the get go, when you’re born, your sex is there,” Adams says. “People start planning this shit from the very beginning. ‘Am I gonna have a boy, or am I gonna have a girl?’ You are conditioned by your sex from the moment you are born; even before you are born. The thing that can be clearly observed is that, for young girls, the positive feedback they get when they are younger are things that are innate about them. Things like what they’re wearing, how their hair is, how they look, ‘don’t let Sally eat that piece of cake, you don’t want her to get too fat,’ or ‘you look adorable in that dress’.

Whereas, young boys are praised for things that they’ve done, or things they’ve created.”

Dana Cody, a third year physics major at SUNY Geneseo, explained some of her observations in her studies.

“In many textbooks, say there’s homework problem about a scientist measuring something,” Cody says, “and in most cases the scientist is a male. Which, I mean, doesn’t bother me greatly, because it’s just a homework problem, and physics is a pretty male dominated field. But it can come off as implying that only men can be scientists, which isn’t true.”

An increase in female workers in STEM fields

began in 1970, coinciding with the rise of second-wave feminism, which focused intensely on workplace inequality and disparity in employment. In the early 1990’s, when female enrollment in computer science fields began to drop, third-wave feminism had gained a foothold with the goal of shattering stereotypes of gender roles. Yet, today, the statistics in college enrollment and the workforce seem to indicate the problem has stagnated.

“You hear these famous names: Einstein, Schrodinger, Feinman, and so on,” Adams says. “All of these names are all white males, with some genius idea floating around them.

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While the modern fourth-wave of feminism is in full swing, it can be argued that it is a continuation of second-wave feminism. It fights the same issues, the same sexism, the same preconceived notions, and the same gender roles that were battled in the 1960’s. Though female undergraduate students make up 56 percent of total students nationwide, the STEM fields still remain disproportionate, and in some cases remain relatively unchanged.

With these aforementioned trends, and the testimony of students who continue to feel some sort of bias, the question is begged of what there is to be done.

“I think that when you talk to any individual, we can all say that someone in our group has more opportunity or advantage than we do,” says Cha Ron Sattler-Leblanc, associate director for RIT’s Center for Women and Gender. “But when we start to take that apart and say, ‘Well, I identify as this group, do I have more privilege than another group?” that becomes more entwined and difficult to talk about.”

Sattler-Leblanc says one of the major factors in unhealthy environments is the simple presence of a bias and denial.

“As much as we know that some of this exists, we never like to think that it’s us,” Sattler-Leblanc says. “’That bias stuff? That’s not me.’ But even when we talk about bias, everyone has bias; we see bias in everything we see today, whether we talk about how we do our jobs, to our roles, to how we make decisions on who we vote for. Bias is something that all of us have, but especially when we have an environment where we’re supposed to be tolerant and correct, it can be much more difficult for us to challenge each other and ask, ‘Are you checking your bias?’”

With students from diverse backgrounds, Sattler-Leblanc argues that the key tool to easing some of these problems is simple education.

“Progress can be made, but it starts with education,” Sattler-Leblanc says.

“It’s not going to be easy. We have to be willing to have these difficult conversations, and I think colleges and universities are the perfect places to have those conversations.”

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CAMPUS

CURIOSITIES Keep your eyes peeled for the good luck albino squirrel on Nazareth College’s campus.

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ith numerous area colleges, many of them more than a century old, it’s easy to expect a few campus curiosities and legends to develop over time. Things like cavernous abandoned indoor pools, lucky albino rodents, and mysterious Underground Railroad tunnels have become part of the character of their campuses and the stories work their way into campus life.

Learning these tales will help in a student’s understanding of their new home. To start, here are four campus oddities to keep an eye out for.

Do you know of an urban legend or curiosity surrounding a Rochester-area campus? Let us know in the comments section of this article online at rochestercitynewspaper.com.

GENESEO

Beneath Geneseo’s Main Street are tunnels that were once used as part of the Underground Railroad. In the 1830’s, a group of Congregationalists moved from New York City to Geneseo, and as one of their ranks, Harriet Cone Miller, wrote: “One of the articles of their creed was antagonism to human slavery.

So practically the entire early population of the town was composed of abolitionists.”

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Today there are at least three houses on Geneseo’s main street that have confirmed Underground Railroad hideaways.

Generations of students living in Main Street residences have talked about closets in the basements that lead to passages — some of which are characterized as spooky, or even haunted.

In one alumni’s words: “I lived at 45 Main for 2 years. Several of us ventured into the

tunnel. At the far end of the basement facing towards the Big Tree Inn there were some missing concrete blocks and you could see further like it extended under Main Street.

However, there was another wall made of older red brick that was intact. Not sure if it had anything to with the Underground Railroad, however I can say with certainty that regardless of whether there was a connection, the apartment was haunted.”

NAZARETH COLLEGE

Nazareth College is nestled in the suburban periphery of Rochester. Local musician Cammy Enaharo, a one-time student there, brings up this Nazareth campus superstition: “There’s a white squirrel that’s famous on campus,” she says. “When you see it you’re supposed to have good luck or something.” continues on page 22

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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

On the University of Rochester campus, the Merle Spurrier Gymnasium is home to a real oddity. Opened in 1955 as part of the women’s center for the Susan B. Anthony women’s dorm, the gym housed a 25-yard, six-lane swimming pool. When the women’s gym facilities were moved to the Robert B. Goergen Athletic Center in 1982, the Spurrier building became an alternative exam location for large classes.

When exams weren’t taking place, the pool became a depository for all sorts of extra desks and chairs and over time, the pool became an adopted home to more extraneous things the campus had no better place for. The university used the space for large boxes and equipment, and the Strong Auditorium kept an assortment of props in there like televisions and couches. Curious people who sought out the Spurrier pool found the cavernous room with assorted nonsense all over the deck of the pool, and the whole pool filled to the brim with desks, tables, chairs, and many more oddities.

Today the building is home to the University Program of Movement & Dance and practice rooms for the music department, and as such the desks and chairs in the pool have recently been removed.

At some point in this room’s history, there appeared a bunch of red-painted footprints all over the abandoned pool, the chairs and desks, the walls, and the tunnels that connect the gymnasium and the residence halls. The rumor, as it were, is that the footprints are those of Susan B. Anthony’s ghost.

EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Former Eastman School of Music student Maria Currie talks about one Eastman School of Music legend, in which George Eastman himself is buried “under the big dot in the Kilbourn hall entrance.”

“This is untrue,” Currie says, “and there is more than one dot — but people do say it to mess with new students.” It might be a fun story to mess with freshmen, but in reality, George Eastman’s ashes are buried on the grounds of Kodak Park, cased under a marble monument.

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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 24 RIT/NAZ/BROCKPORT/ GENESEO: Fall Semester begins August 28- September 19 GENESEO: Weeks of Welcome Promoting a sense of belonging on campus, this series of events brings together staff, faculty, and students in a series of events.

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September 4-7 New York State Festival of Balloons Festival of hot air balloons running throughout the Labor Day weekend.

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September 11-12, 18-19 Irondequoit Oktoberfest Two weekends of wiener schnitzel, lederhosen, and over-sized steins.

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September 11-13 Rochester Sci-Fi, Comic Book, and Anime Con Whether you’re a diehard anime fan or the casual Trekkie, come get your nerd on here.

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September 12-13 Clothesline Festival Entering its 59th year, the city’s longest running art festival features more than 400 local artists. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue mag.rochester.edu/clothesline.

September 17-26 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival Sit on the cutting edge of art and theater with this 10 day celebration. Downtown Rochester Rochesterfringe.com

September 21 Festival of Food Foodlink’s Festival of Food offers the chance to sample over 100 different local eateries.

Rochester Public Market, 280 North Union Street. Foodlinkny.org

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September 25 ROBERTS: Homecoming October 7 MCC: Homecoming October 8-11 UR: Meliora Weekend Alumni weekend with guest lectures, performances, seminars, and more.

Rochester.edu/melioraweekend.

October 8-18 ImageOut Film Festival LGBT film festival showing features, shorts, and documentaries.

Dryden Theatre, Little Theatre, and other venues. Imageout.org

October 11-14 ROBERTS: Fall recess October 12-13 GENESEO: Fall break

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December 11 RIT: End of Fall Semester

January 13 UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: Classes start

February 13-21 MCC: Winter Recess

December 14 GENESEO: End of Fall Semester

January 14 ST. JOHN FISHER: Classes Start

December 18 NAZ/ROBERTS: End of Fall Semester

January 25 FLCC: Spring Semester Begins

December 19 BROCKPORT/FISHER: End of Fall Semester

January 25 RIT/MCC/BROCKPORT: Spring Semester Begins

December 23 MCC: End of Fall Semester

January 19 GENESEO: Classes Start

March 14-18 GENESEO: Spring Break

January 11 EASTMAN/NAZARETH: Classes start

January 19-31 UR: Winterfest Weekend

March 21-27 RIT/FLCC: Spring Break

February 28-March 6 ST. JOHN FISHER: Spring Break March 5-14 EASTMAN/UR: Spring Break March 7-11 NAZARETH: Spring Break March 12-21 BROCKPORT: Spring Break

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March 24-27 ST. JOHN FISHER: Easter Break

May 2 NAZARETH: Spring Semester Ends

March 26-April 4 MCC: Spring Break

May 3 GENESEO: Last Day of Classes

May 14 BROCKPORT/GENESEO: Commencement May 15 EASTMAN: School Commencement

April 15-17 UR: Springfest Weekend

May 7 FISHER: Commencement

May 20 MCC: Last day of classes

Student group performances, athletic events, Communal Principles Day, and Dandelion Day are features of the University of Rochester’s Springfest.

May 7-8 NAZARETH: Commencement Weekend

May 20 RIT: Commencement

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