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OCTOBER 12, 2007 | WWW.REPORTERMAG.COM GHOSTS OF MATHARE THE BEAUTY AND THE HORROR WHITE CANE LABEL STYLE GUIDE FOR THE BLIND RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD EDITOR’S NOTE TABLE OF CONTENTS OCTOBER 12, 2007 | Vol. 57, Issue 06 UntYinG the GordiAN Knot EDITOR IN CHIEF Jen Loomis Clad in a pair of black dress pants and a slightly faded long-sleeved shirt (also black), Steve Woz- MANAGinG Editor Adam Botzenhart niak stands before a crowded room with squinted eyes and a big smile hiding behind his scraggly COPY Editor Veena Chatti salt-and-pepper beard. His wrist is held high in the air, wrapped in a strange device— not exactly a NEWS EDITOR Joe McLaughlin watch, but watch-shaped, and containing two transistor-like decorative elements. The accessory’s LEISURE EDITOR Casey Dehlinger charm lies in how unassuming it is. FEATURES EDITOR Laura Mandanas SPORTS/VIEWS EDITOR Geoff Shearer Wozniak’s wrist, as well as the hand attached to it, waves emphatically; the man is sketching the switches and lights of a PC board in the air, and is caught up in the excitement of the moment. He WRITERS David Carter, Michael Conti, Casey Dehlinger, speaks with a sort of practiced uneasiness, taking great care to space out the words within each Laura Mandanas, Tiffany Mason, Ryan Metzler, Reid Muntz, sentence, but somehow running the end of that sentence straight into the beginning of the next. Sarai Oviedo, Mike Percia, Geoff Shearer, Lacey Senese, Madeleine Villavicencio You can barely see his eyes, he’s squinting so hard. Yet somehow, they still shine as bright as stars when he gets going. “Technology was going to be a revolution.” He speaks of the early parts of Art his career like a true dreamer. From his vantage point those many years ago, perched directly atop LETTERS | PG. 04 ART DIRECTOR Josh Gomby the breaking wave of personal computing, he saw a new social era on the horizon. Programmers, Letters Comments, concerns, and haiku STAFF DESIGNERS Kelvin Patterson, Jason Sfetko, equipped with their ideas and the power of the personal computer, would solve the world’s prob- from our readers. Susie Sobota lems. Their knowledge of computing, said Wozniak, would make them Supermen, heroes ready to STAFF ILLUSTRATORS Robert Modzelewski, change the world. Caitlin Yarsky NEWS | PG. 06 CARTOONIST Alex Salsberg The personal computer was supposed to change everything. You can see it in Wozniak’s eyes. STUDENT SERVICES BUILDING A one- “Technology was going to be a revolution.” I find it almost heartbreaking to witness, seeing this stop shop for services leaves some students Photo dreamer reminisce about his younger years— not because the man is disappointed, but because I concerned. 12 PHOTO EDITOR Dave Londres am. The Information Age has marched boldly forward for years, but we have yet to untie the Gordian STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Eric Drummond, knot from around its riches. BRICKBEAT RIT has a record year in photograph by Dave Londres Ryan Randolph, Megan Rossman research funding. RIT history book gets The personal computer, and then the Internet itself, promised a new era of technological freedom. second edition. ProDUction Information could be carried like water through pipes, pouring into the homes of all men from all LEISURE | PG. 10 AvoidinG FinAnciAL PRODUCTION MANAGER John Carew walks of life. It could be the great equalizer, bringing collective knowledge to all people. Perhaps FORECAST Plan accordingly. HOWIE MANDEL Of hedgehogs and ArmAGeddon Reporter helps you help PRINTING Printing Applications Lab not all men would be born equal, but every person on this green Earth could work for a better life psychiatrist Tom. yourself. And your money. through technological progress. SG WeeklY UPDAte The Club Affiliation BUsiness debate is put to rest. Almost. RIHANNA A leather-clad BDSM ballerina PUBLICITY MANAGER Kayla Himelein We are not there yet, and are not even close, a conclusion that is somewhat alarming in its simplicity. dances on center stage. SPORTS | PG. 26 AD MANAGER Geo Kartheiser It’s so amazingly obvious, how unfulfilled this technology has left us. Modern capitalist society is per- SPORTS DESK Rock climbing and Folf. Fun! BUSINESS MANAGER Lilena Harris petually held back by its inability to properly identify what role information plays in the marketplace. STEVE WOZNIAK The Wonderful Wizard CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE Kyle O’Neill Information flows through those pipes like water, sure, but who owns it? And who isallowed to own of Woz. Men’S Soccer Clinching the Empire 8. it? Should software be patentable? Is it morally questionable to download music? For that matter, is Online it economically questionable to download music? Is network neutrality an ethical concept? Should AT YOUR LEISURE Things, stuff, and ONLINE EDITOR Dan Orth governments have the ability to censor web content? These problems, and a plethora of related ones, people, too… VIEWS | PG. 30 need a bold strike of insight; until then, the knot tying down our true potential will only get tighter. RinGS Who ya gonna call? ADVisor Rudy Pugliese The sight of Wozniak is almost heartbreaking, but is saved from despair by the hope shining brilliantly FEATURES | PG. 16 Views Lacey Senese lives here too! in the familiarity of the man’s speech, attire, and awkward devotion to technology. I see multiple Ghosts of MAthAre Documenting the Contact copies of this man every day, taking classes and, in his spare time, working on the next version of slums of Kenya. MAIN 585.475.2212 the Linux kernel. He loves technology, and truly believes in the coming revolution. He could be a EMAIL [email protected] Superman. White CAne LAbel Style guide for the ADVERTISING 585.475.2213 blind. EMAIL [email protected] PAGE 16 ON THE COVER Jen Loomis Matt Costanza brings SHArinG A MEAL Engineers for a A child of poverty in Kenya. Illustrated by Editor in Chief us the slums of Sustainable World give back. Caitlin Yarsky. Mathare, Kenya. 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