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EDITOR IN CHIEF Laura Mandanas my money’s on trogdor Managing Editor Ilsa Shaw It was the spring of my junior year of high school and I was looking at colleges. COPY EDITOR David Spiecker My tour group had just disbanded, and I wanted to do some snooping on my own NEWS EDITOR Andy Rees – figure the place out, you know? I was embarking on my first solo venture down LEISURE EDITOR John Howard the Quarter Mile, and I was determined to inspect every brick on campus. FEATURES EDITOR Madeleine Villavicencio I only made it about twenty feet before I stopped dead in my SPORTS/VIEWS EDITOR Jack Reickel tracks. The cause? Trogdor. Trogdor the Burninator. Laid out on the pavement before me was a detailed chalk drawing of the Homestar WRITERS Geoffrey H. Bliss, Alecia Crawford, Jackie Runner character I had been watching on repeat for the past several months. I was Fingerhut, Maximiliano Herrera, John Howard, Stephen delighted. Marveling at the accuracy with which the artist had depicted the dragon- Leljedal, Kayla Kimball, Dan Lovria, Emily Mohlmann, man’s single beefy arm, I knew it right away: this was somewhere I belonged. Chukwuma Morah, Andy Rees, Ilsa Shaw, Madeleine It was this moment of realization that came to mind as I read the review of Strong Bad’s Villavicencio Cool Game for Attractive People (see Reviews, page 14). Stopped me dead in my tracks. As many of you are painfully aware, there are plenty worse places for a geek to be than Art RIT. Bearded ladies may pass comfortably in public now (see “Bearded Ladies,” page 18), but ART DIRECTOR Susie Sobota geeks seem destined for an eternally awkward out-of-placeness in certain social circles. RIT STAFF DESIGNERS Evan Anthony, Ryan Moore, is a geek’s paradise, and I’m genuinely happy to be here. It’s an easy thing to forget, what Kelvin Patterson with all the snow and the homework and the tests and the general, everyday misery of the AD Designer Lisa Barnes student body. But I really do like it here. Although it seems a rare occasion that you’ll hear anyone speak this sentiment aloud, it is a nice thing to be reminded of from time to time. PHOTO EDITOR Eric Drummond Trogdor fan or not, I hope you like it here too. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Jake Hamm, Josh Lehrer, Christopher Valites
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Business news pg. 06 Photograph above by Josh Lehrer + PUBLICITY MANAGER Lindsay Block From the Archives: 1998-99 Matt Crowell and Mercyhurst’s Kirk Medernach battle for the puck at RIT on Friday, December 12. AD MANAGER Kyle O’Neill Back in the day, RIT students BUSINESS MANAGER Danielle Gotschall used to microwave condoms. Cover illustration by Jamie Douglas Make of that what you will. Online Photo Auction 12.19.08 issue correction + ONLINE Production manager Chris Zubak-Skees Free food from the photo department, Gary Prokop works for RIT’s Purchasing Department, not Facilities Management Services. ONLINE editor Adimabua Ofunne free paper from the FBI. Forecast Advisor Banjo Bill is up to his hair-dying, spirit- Rudy Pugliese raising antics again this Sunday. Go Tigers! features pg. 16 sports pg. 26 To Hell and Back Bearded Ladies The Skate of the Tiger Contact According to some, sitting in Eat your bread crusts. But not too many. Our hockey team has fans for a reason. MAIN 1.800.970.5406 ext. 9 class is hell on earth. Your Friendly Neighborhood EMAIL [email protected] Masters of Illusion views pg. 28 ADVERTISING 1.800.970.5406 ext. 0 leisure pg. 10 A double-edged sword. Sustaining Sweatshops EMAIL [email protected] Where the Bills Belong Dropping Things in Style Max Herrera wants you to know that Keeping the “Buffalo” in “Buffalo Bills.” Juggling is serious business. sustainability is more than “being green.” Staying Private in a Public Place Artifacts Word on the Street How to pick a wedgie in public. Find something weird (and relatively What’s your New Year’s resolution? Reviews flat)? Slide it under our door. Rings So You Want to Be a Wizard and Strong If you know the difference between
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Copyright © 2007 Reporter Magazine. All rights reserved. No portion of this Magazine may be reproduced without prior written permission. FROM THE ARCHIVES 1998-99 compiled by Andy Rees Photo Auction RIT Forecast by Geoffrey H. Bliss compiled by Alecia Crawford Sat 10 The Nineteenth Annual Photographic Arts and Sciences Holiday Saturday Night Standup: Johnny Walker Auction is, according to Bill DuBois, professor and administrative Ingle Auditorium. 10:30 p.m. Musical comedian chair of Photographic Arts in the School of Photographic Arts and Johnny Walker comes to tickle your funny bone Sciences, “a hidden gem of RIT where we ask vendors to bring in and bring hilarious sounds to your ears. Cost: $1. items, faculty to give us prints, and people to donate items. We bring them in here to sell them at good prices before the holiday season begins.” The event, held inside of the building 7B lobby, brought Sun 11 in a great number of students, faculty, and interested patrons. Dr. Destler’s Orange Hair Challenge This year, the event was hosted by two RIT organizations, the Clark Gym. Noon – 2 p.m. Come fill Technical Photography Student Association for the Imaging and up the stands for Women’s Basketball Photographic Technology (TPSA) program and honors students from games vs. Ithaca. Dr. Destler promises the College of Imaging Arts & Sciences (CIAS). “They are splitting the to dye his hair orange. Cost: Free. total proceeds with the Community Darkroom,” DuBois said. “It is a facility here in Rochester that gets photographers together to talk about and print imagery and make things happen in the photo community.” Mon 12 Following an opening message, DuBois began the auction. As the Manic Mondays ‘80s Dance Party! auction proceeded, items were called off quickly, prices were yelled The Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 11 p.m. Grab out, and interested patrons either chose to raise their paddles to your neon short shorts and David Bowie place a bid or remain silent. The auctioned items varied in subject albums and report to the dance floor. matter, including photography books and antique cameras. Cost: Free. Must be at least 18 years old. The big item for the evening was a $3,000, one weeklong workshop at the Maine Photo Workshop, which included not only the $1,000 lab, but also room and board. There were also Tue 13 prints from a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, faculty, Guitar Hero Contest As we start getting used to writing December 12, 1998 “MADD Awards RIT Alcohol the Racquet Club housing complex, or the and students, all of which were sold in a silent auction. Rookie’s Neighborhood Sports, 2351 Buffalo 2009 on our checks, it’s a wonder that just Policy” – At the time, the recently instituted RIT “Racquet Hole,” as the article refers to them, T-shirts, vests, and even a full color printer were sold to one Rd. 8 p.m. Tired of beating everyone on 10 years ago we began worrying about Y2K. alcohol policy was hailed by the Mothers Against were slated to be demolished. The townhouses student for just $70. Many were heard yelling, “Sweeten the deal!” your floor at GH? Test your skills for a grand Bill Clinton was president, Sega’s Dreamcast Drunk Driving organization. The policy changed were said to have provided substandard living as items were given even better bargaining value. All purchased prize of $50 in hard cash. Cost: Free. was the hot Christmas present, the world RIT from a “wet” campus to a “dry” campus. conditions. They have since been replaced by a items were claimed at the end of the auction in the conference population had recently reached 6 billion, and January 22, 1999 “Snow Storms Force Rare senior living development. room near the lobby. At certain points in the auction, film was Napster had just been unveiled. Certainly, the Institute Closing” – Few students can claim they April 16, 1999 In an article titled “Welcome to thrown to audience members who scrambled to catch the rolls Wed 14 world was a different place. But have things lived through an RIT snow day. Institute officials the Campus of the Future,” Reporter explored in mid-air. These were given away for free, in addition to a large Acoustic Night at Java Wally’s really changed at RIT? Buried in rusty filing are usually fairly conservative about issuing a what RIT might look like in the new millennium. amount of photo paper from the FBI, which was a free gift to RIT. Java Wally’s. 9 p.m. Watch some of cabinets, tucked into drab file folders, Reporter cancellation due to weather. However, in the Some of the ideas have been implemented, This year marked new changes as to how the auction is run, RIT’s own musicians play music in has uncovered some of the RIT news headlines winter of 1999, conditions became bad enough to such as “College Park,” which evolved into Park predominantly in relation to technology. Eric Kerby, a fourth year Java’s laid-back setting. Cost: Free. from 10 years ago. close the campus for a day and a half. It was the Point. College Park, which was going to be Imaging & Photographic Technology student who is a member first snow day since the winter of 1995-96, and it located on Bailey Road, was envisioned to have of both TPSA and the CIAS honor society, stated, “We’ve been May 8, 1998 “Students Speak Out” – was not repeated until the 2006-07 school year. “variety stores, eateries, hip hang-outs, keeping electronic spreadsheets about sold items, regarding Thu 15 Rallies were held in front of the Student Alumni January 29, 1999 “Two Students Suspended in a bowling alley, video stores, [and] a drug who bought them, how much they paid, and what the items CAB Thursday Night Cinema: Kiki’s Delivery Service Union to protest the controversial arrest of Campus Arson Case” – Fire alarms caused by store.” Other ideas presented in the article, are. This year we’re using Google spreadsheets to coordinate Ingle Auditorium. 9:30 p.m. The Anime Club Rochester Cannabis Coalition president and RIT burnt popcorn were a common occurrence 10 such as a golf course on campus, seem to have everything amongst everybody. This is the first year we’ve also co-sponsors a movie about a young girl’s student Shea Gunther. Gunther was arrested years ago, just as they are today. However, fallen out of view. had a projector up displaying items as they’re being bid on.” flying ability and her adventures. Cost: Free. while attempting to speak to the RIT Board of in December of 1998, two students were April 23, 1999 “Women’s Resource Center One student, Laura Slotkoff, a third year Fine Art Photo Trustees. According to the article, a Campus arrested after allegedly setting fire to a Ribbon Cutting Milestone” – The Women’s major, commented, “ It’s kind of frightening, all those students Safety report cited Gunther for “battery and microwave with “a bag of microwave popcorn Resource Center (now just the Women’s running after film! It’s nice being a photo student ... having Fri 16 disorderly conduct.” A simultaneous rally was and small items, including condoms.” Center) was officially opened in the spring the opportunity to be here and take advantage of all this. We CAB’s Open Mic Night held for a “Zero Tolerance” policy toward February 19, 1999 “Portion of Racquet Club of 1999. • get great supplies, free paper, free food. It’s a good time.” RITz. 9:30 p.m. No need to go far acts of racism. to be Demolished” – The townhouses of The Holiday Photo Auction will happen again next year. • to see people express themselves through musical means. Cost: $1.
News | 01.09.09 The discussion covered the All jokes aside, the panelists possible additions include atheists, different perceptions of heaven, generally agreed that one’s post- agnostics, Buddhists and Hindus. expand. hell and purgatory, the factors death experience is the ultimate Nearing the end, the moderator now To which decide where you go, judgment and, in the words of and director of the Center for and what happens when you die. Eisa, “God alone determines who Religious Life, Jeffrey Hering, advertising In his speech, Lawson described is going to heaven or hell.” requested that questions and online hell as the absence of God and a The reason behind this is that all topic suggestions for future Hell life without God as essentially the panelists were representatives discussions be submitted to 1.800.970.5406 being hell on Earth. He concluded, of the Abrahamic religions. “We the panelists or the Interfaith “Hell, heaven and purgatory are share common beliefs and … we Student Council’s supervisor, Dr. not punishments or rewards. basically have the same God. Larraine Frampton. Nothing has and Rather, they are treatments for Therefore, there are groups here been scheduled as of yet, but the state of our souls at death.” that have not been represented,” one idea came from Koroleski One interesting moment occurred explained Koroleski. while responding to an audience when Eisa lightheartedly attempted There was a general consensus member’s question. “Stay tuned Back to explain the Islamic belief of from the audience that there be a for our next discussion: being promised 72 virgins in more diverse panel in the future. There’s Something About Mary,” by Madeleine Villavicencio paradise if one died as a religious “I think they could have done a lot Koroleski joked. • photograph by Eric Drummond martyr. “I have no idea where they better than three Christians, came up with that number,” he said. a Muslim, and a Jew. If they For more information, visit the Center “I suppose it would be very much “I guess the Bedouin tribe just really could have three different types for Religious Life’s website at like sitting in class.” That was how wanted 72 virgins — dates, of Christians, then we could http://rit.edu/studentaffairs/religion. Steve Lawson, a fourth year Film water and 72 virgins were hot on have different types of the other and Animation major as well as the list there. Maybe that’s just religions,” said Matthew Breski, Roman Catholic, described his view how much camels can carry and a third year Public Policy major, of purgatory. “Personally, I wouldn’t 73 would have been the straw that after suggesting the inclusion of perceive this place of spiritual broke the camel’s back.” a more conservative Jew. Other cleansing to be painful, but more uncomfortable — not necessarily fire and brimstone,” he clarified. Lawson was one of the five student representatives in the discussion panel entitled “Are You Going to Hell?” held at the Xerox Auditorium December 17. The event was arranged by the Interfaith Student Council, a group of students from various religions that aim to encourage interfaith understanding and cooperation. With Lawson were Ethan Heilicher, a Jewish second year Electrical Engineering major, Alex Koroleski, a Lutheran fourth year Applied Networking and Systems Administration major, Osama Eisa, a Muslim fourth year Political Science major, and Nathan Haseley, a Christian fourth year Bioinformatics major. Each panelist was given a few minutes to present their views regarding one’s fate after death based on their religious affiliations. Afterwards, the floor was opened for questions Osama Eisa, fourth year Political Science major, represented the Muslim viewpoint during the discussion. and clarifications.
News | 01.09.09 Where the Bills
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With the Buffalo Bills’ season coming to a close, speculation once again rises over the franchise’s future in the city of Buf- falo. Countless blogs, forums, and discussion groups have been unable to answer that looming question: What now? Despite missing the playoffs yet again this year, sources have told ESPN that head coach Dick Jauron has signed a contract exten- sion that places him as the Bills’ head coach until 2011. Yet with the owner Ralph Wilson Jr.’s decision weighing heavily upon the team, the extension of their current head coach by no means so- lidifies the existence of the team in next few years. Meanwhile, our neighbors in Toronto have wanted to breach the international border and become part of the NFL for years. This may be their chance. Second year Illustration student and lifelong Buf- falo Bills fan Rachel DiNunzio won’t let that happen. As a native of Buffalo’s nearby village, Williamsville, DiNunzio has been a Bills fan since before she can remember. The pride she has for her home team stems from deep within her family, since her brother, mother, father, and grandparents are all devout Bills fans. When news reached her family that the Bills may be re- about designing an easily recognizable logo that would represent their DiNunzio remarked. “People are able to point and say, ‘I’ve dom, they are more than happy to have Bills fans visit the web- located in just a few years, they knew they needed to get involved. movement. They wanted an image that would combine every aspect of seen that before.’ ” So far, according to DiNunzio, BillsIn- site, sign the petition, and pick up a t-shirt to spread the word. DiNunzio, along with her brother, Alex, and their uncle, their pride for their home team. “At first it was very general. Buffalo4Ever has received over 3,000 responses. DiNunzio hopes Bills fans across the country will unite in an effort Bob Schwartz, are the leaders of a campaign whose goal is to keep the They needed an awesome graphic that everyone would rec- T-shirt sales are on the rise as more and more people take notice. to keep the team in their home city so that the league will remain na- Bills in Buffalo. They have created a website, ognize,” DiNunzio said. “My work let their ideas come to The online petition has brought out the pride that Bills fans tional. “It’s important to keep the NFL part of this nation.” http://billsinbuffalo4ever.com, to inform and unite Bills life with a workable product.” After scrapping countless are famous for. One signer even added a comment to his signa- DiNunzio added. “Not only for the Bills, but fans across the nation. The site includes an online peti- preliminary ideas, she drew up the iconic final logo. ture, which stated, “I love my Bills with all my heart, and I will for football fans in general.” • tion that offers fans an opportunity to take action. “[The logo] has become a recognized symbol. Loyal fans have contacted fight to death to keep them where they belong.” While DiNunzio by Dan Lovria | photograph by Christopher Valites Last summer, DiNunzio was approached by her brother and uncle us from far regions, wanting a t-shirt or a bumper sticker,” and her family are hardly asking anyone to resort to martyr- logo opposite page by Rachel DiNunzio
10 Leisure | 01.09.09 11 Staying Private in a If no walls are available for use, The problem arises, though, cab.rit.edu try maneuvering through your when you’re sitting at a stoplight pockets without looking suspicious or driving at a slow speed. You Public Place as a gateway to relief. You should can always pretend that you’re by Emily Mohlmann | illustration by Matt Mancuso be able to pull at your underwear wearing your invisibility cloak with your hands well enough using and carry on with your business, SENIOR your back pockets for this one. but what do you do when you turn and see a cute guy or girl in Fire In The Hole: the next car over staring at you After removing your wedgie, you – or worse, your physics teacher? may find your stomach to be a If singing wildly is your thing, little bloated. While farting is a you can always turn to the back natural part of life, it is probably seat and act like you’re yelling at NIGHT best to avoid ripping one around a companion. Keep in mind that people. But, sometimes, there’s this will only work if your back at just no way around it. windows are tinted. Another trick: The absolute best way to shift stealthily place your cell phone the blame from you to someone on your ear, and act as though else is the old “fart and run” you were talking on it all along. If maneuver. This is exactly what you can’t pull either of those off, it sounds like: You release your hit the gas and hope there’s not devil and then walk swiftly away another red light for a while. from the scene of the crime. It works particularly well when out Loud Leslie: at large stores or parties. “Hi, yes, I need to make an If you know you tend to have appointment. No, the Levitra is loud noises accompanying your still good, but I needs to renew veryone enjoys a little private time to unwind. farts, it’s probably best to cough my hemorrhoid cream.” If you Saturday January 10 EMany can do things that they may not ordinarily or talk loudly simultaneously don’t have the guts to pull this dare to do in public due to lack of nerve. The good news with gas release, distracting from conversation off in public, there 9 pm - 2 am is that it is still possible to get away with some of these your Step Brothers-like fart. are some tricks to work around it. activities outside of the confines of your own four walls. If you’re on the phone with a Lovin’ Cup - Park Point Open Market: doctor’s office, try to state your Digging For Gold: It’s safe to say that, at one problem once and then only Let’s start with an obvious one: picking your nose. Little kids do it time or another, everyone answer “Yes” or “No” after that. unabashedly in the presence of others, so why can’t the rest of us? has unknowingly walked Try wording your sentences to There are a couple ways to approach this operation in clear sight around with their fly undone. sound more like you’re talking of strangers and friends alike. The first would be the “itchy nose Inevitably, someone will notice about someone else, unless, of Free gourmet food technique:” Rub your pointer finger back and forth under your nose, all and obnoxiously point it out, course, you want the world to the while making a pass at that pesky booger with the tip of your finger. making way for the unavoidable know the reason for your visit. & live music by There is also a more advanced technique; you can do the “grab and pull” embarrassment. with your pointer finger and thumb. This particular maneuver can be However, if you do get lucky and If all of this seems like a whole Rochester’s own used on either nostril by alternating the hand of attack. Adding a slight notice it (or think you do) before lot of trouble for what it’s worth, twist of the wrist can also help you curb that drippy nose of yours. anyone else does, the mission is and you are a confident enough Something Else! fixing it discreetly. Check to make person to go about your day Bend And Snap: sure nothing’s in the way, then and activities as if no one was The next most obvious embarrassing encounter is picking wedgies. The quickly zip when no one’s looking. watching, by all means, do. A male and female population both have this problem and it’s becoming If you’ve forgotten how, an open wise man by the name of Dr. even more taboo now that underwear companies advertise anti-wedgie fly is the least of your worries. Seuss once said, “Be who you are cash bar w. proper ID undergarments. and say what you feel because The easiest solution to this problem is to go and buy the special Automobile Idol: those who mind don’t matter and underwear that doesn’t ride up, but where is the challenge in that? For You may feel your car is a private those who matter don’t mind.” If removing that floss rammed between your cheeks without having to place and thus do a range of nothing else, you’ll provide the wait until you’re near a restroom, find the nearest wall and stand with not-so-discrete activities in it, rest of us with something funny you back to it. Then, remove your wedgie while no one is watching. including those mentioned above. to talk about in our next lecture. •
12 Leisure | 01.09.09 co-sponsored by co-sponsored Reviews 01.09.09 At Your Leisure by John Howard angry mob forces Strong Bad to accidentally discourages any prolonged thought process. STREAM OF FACTS Cartoon by Kory Merritt Strong Bad’s crash into his Trogdor arcade cabinet. The Just like everything on the Homestar Runner Aside from playing spokesmen on Geico com- Cool Game for accident releases the game’s titular dragon website, however, the area where this game mercials, geckos possess another talent that Attractive People, (or maybe, a dragon-man) into his world truly shines through is the writing, due to all allows these reptiles to literally “drop” their Episode 5: 8-Bit Is Enough to burninate the countryside and pummel the sweet send-ups of all things video game. tails. After detaching, the tail will wiggle and by Stephen Leljedal innocent people with his single beefy arm. Oh, From licensed shovel ware to pointless quests, thrash a bit while the gecko scurries away — and a universal rift was also made, allowing and Wolfenstein 3D to Mega Man, this game is tailless — to safety. Platforms: PC, Wii several elements of the video game world to brimming with meta-references of the entire Many fans familiar with the term thrash (Note: This review is of the PC version only.) seep over into Strong Bad’s reality, forcing him industry, particularly from the 8-bit era. The witnessed Tony Hawk land the 900 live during Developer: Telltale Games to literally jump into the video game world to game even features a character that embodies the 1999 summer X Games. However, the pro Cost: $34.95 or 1000 Wii Points set things straight. almost every Japanese anime cliché in the skater’s attempt at the loop ramp in a gorilla If you’ve played any of the Sam and Max book. suit that took place years after was not so for- Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People, games made by the same developer, Telltale On one last note, it’s highly recommended tunate. Due to some miscalculations on his or SBCG4AP for short, is a point-and-click Games, then you should know what to expect that you immerse yourself in the irreverent part, Hawk ended up with a fractured skull, adventure game whose episodes have been here in terms of setup. You navigate Strong humor of the Homestar Runner website first thumb, and pelvis as the result of spinning out distributed every month since August of 2008. Bad by pointing and clicking and handle to understand most of what’s going on when of control in mid-air. All of the episodes were made available over items in a similar manner, by using a rather playing SBCG4AP. You’ll be very glad that you The 2007 film Control, is a story profiling the WiiWare (or, for the PC version, at the website simple interface with inventory, map, and did. Now, if you’ll excuse me, it is my intention life of Ian Curtis, lead singer of the band Joy of its developer, http://telltalegames.com). menu buttons. In fact, this layout makes the to sit down and play video games for several Division. In the film, all the actors learned to Each episode in the series stars Strong Bad, gameplay a bit too simplistic, since impatient hours. • play the band’s songs themselves; when they the constantly cynical, boxing glove-donning players can just keep reusing items on appear to be playing on screen, they actually villain of the cult classic Homestar Runner everything in the environment until a solution For Homestar Runner immersion, go to are. It is said that the film was financed by the website. In this installment, the pressure of an is found. Overall, it’s a tad disappointing and http://homestarrunner.com. efforts of director Anton Corbijn, who was so financially desperate that he even had to mort- gage his house. To see more of Kory Merritt’s comics, check out The tagline “Humanity is Overrated” was re- moved from the website of hit television series has gained the ability to think on its own and trees to life as they fight against a man House after it was reused in a Finnish school Reporter recommends So You Want to Be and is out to kill anything in its path. out to destroy this world as they know it. shooting. 18-year-old Pekka-Eric Auvinen was http://easybib.com. You know how you always get to the end of a research paper, a Wizard Taxicabs are just one of the many objects At first, I didn’t know if a book from the seen on a Youtube video in a black t-shirt por- but it’s 5 a.m. on the day it’s due and you want to get two hours sleep but you still have Diane Duane that come alive in Diane Duane’s So You Want early ’80s about such young characters traying the same catch phrase prior to shoot- to type up the Works Cited page? Sucks, doesn’t it? You say to yourself, “Wow, I wish by Jackie Fingerhut to Be a Wizard. The story opens with a 13 would entertain me, but I was pleasantly ing his headmistress, the school nurse, six other there was a website or something that would just format this for me.” Turns out there year old girl, Nita, who finds a mysterious surprised. Nita and Kit deal with problems students, and himself. is and it’s free: http://easybib.com. 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I would have given anything for proof 2 5 8 4 7 Guy in thug clothes and safety goggles “Apple is like Campbell’s Soup: There’s always other cars and pedestrians, making me grip There, along with the mutant taxicabs, they that magic is real, a characteristic alone dining at Panera Bread. going to be a little bit of a need for it.” whatever I could reach so hard my knuckles are chased by dragons, encounter a species of that makes this story worth reading. • 4 6 5 Businessman in Bausch & Lomb Building. turned white. Imagine, now, that the cab man-eaters called preytons, and bring statues 3 4 9 8
8 2 4 5 QUOTE by Jimmy Page 6 3 7 2 9 4 “I’M JUST LOOKING FOR AN ANGEL WITH A 7 2 BROKEN WING.”
14 Leisure | 01.09.09 15 Seeing a kid fall off his bike face first on Ichihana did not give off as mystical of a really want to know how this trick is done?’ the Quarter Mile isn’t the only magical thing vibe as Blizzard. I would have thought that he After they tell you, the mystery is gone. that happens on campus. Somewhere in the was just like every other kid until I saw him That’s why being an amateur magician is depths of RIT lies a community of students make a card disappear from his hands and like a double-edged sword; in pursuing and faculty who share a great appreciation for then, somehow, regurgitate it. Yes, the card a passion for magic, I lose a part of that all things magic, illusion, and freaking people came out of his mouth. mystery.” Ichihana, on the other hand, out with cards. These amateur masters of Ichihana started messing around with card doesn’t necessarily mind. “I think they can deceit and enchantment hide amongst us yet tricks at the age of 12, but he only began still be entertained after the mystery is gone. go unnoticed (kind of like the cast of Heroes, taking magic seriously two years later, after I know when I perform, I don’t think anyone except they’re still interesting after the second spending a week at Tannen’s Magic Camp, believes the stuff I’m telling them. Everyone season). Jimmy Ichihana, a fifth year Industrial located in Philadelphia. A few summers knows I’m going to be lying to them as soon Engineering major, and Deborah Blizzard, an ago, he also worked at a camp called the as I start,” he laughs. associate professor in the Science, Technology Frenchwood Festival of the Performing Arts, So what is it about magic that has these and Society/Public Policy department of located about 140 miles outside of New York two so hooked? “I think it takes you back the College of Liberal Arts, are both self- City. Here, he and three others formed their to your childhood when everything proclaimed amateur magicians who practice own theater. was possible,” says Blizzard. “As you grow in their spare time. I had a chance to listen to Being an amateur magician requires much up, you get these cultural constructive their thoughts and, luckily, they didn’t make practice, which Ichihana doesn’t always have rules; you’re taught one plus one is two. As my tape recorder magically disappear. time for as a full-time student. “Schoolwork an adult you don’t have the fantasy of a It only takes a peek into Blizzard’s office comes first, but it’s just like any other sport. child, and I think, for many people, there’s to realize she isn’t your average RIT faculty You find time to go to the gym and practice a longing to go back.” For Ichihana, “It’s member. Although I’ve never been inside a every now and then. It’s just something where, just another form of entertainment that magic store, I felt like I was sitting in one. I if I have spare time, I’ll do it. It’s very relaxing can become an addicting hobby. It gives was surrounded by magic accessories, stage for me.” And no, he hasn’t used magic to meet you a kind of challenge to work on and it’s props, magic show posters, and, oddly enough, women on campus, in case you were wondering. something fun to do … To tell you the truth, a large Adam West era Batman wall clock. It all seems a bit corny to him. Shame, really. I almost like watching magic more than Blizzard has always been “enamored” by Despite popular belief (and by “popular,” I performing, and I guess that’s why I keep magic and it shows. At the age of five, she mean everyone who watched The Prestige,), trying to learn new things.” was given the opportunity to be a magician’s magicians aren’t very competitive with each Blizzard and Ichihana both left with a few assistant for a family friend. Five years later, other. “The guys I usually meet up with are words of inspiration for anyone looking to when she started experimenting with her first all willing to share,” said Ichihana. From start performing tricks of their own. As per magic set, the deal was sealed. Blizzard’s experience, it’s more of a quid pro Blizzard, “I would advise them to not do it Now a professor here at RIT, Blizzard has quo situation rather than one-upmanship: alone; find a group that’s interested because even taught a class entitled, “Magic, Science “It’s more of a, ‘Hey isn’t this cool?’ thing. It’s you can critique each other.” Ichihana, on and Technology.” “In this course, students all very geeky.” This leaves most amateur the other hand, recommends reading a good learn not only the craft of contemporary magicians with a lot of room to learn and grow. book. “Start by reading classic books; don’t magic, but also the history, sociology, and Like RIT without brick, magic is nothing look for anything that’s new. Card College by anthropology of how and why people engage without mystery. Magicians often refrain Robert Giobbi is one of my favorites. Also, in the performative patterns and the rituals of from sharing their secrets with the audience, Expert at the Card Table by S. W. Erdnase is magic,” explains Blizzard. The class attempts yet some like David Blaine and the Masked considered one of the most classic texts; it’s to explain why adults who are accustomed to Magician, explain how the tricks are done on from the early 1900s and also talks about a very scientific culture willingly enter into a prime-time TV specials. “I don’t like it,” says gambling.” Finally, and most importantly, situation where reality will be altered and the Blizzard. “I don’t think these TV shows give never perform an act until you’re absolutely laws of physics do not apply. people the chance to ask themselves, ‘Do I sure you’ve got it down. •
by Chukwuma Morah | illustration by Jamie Douglas
16 Section | 01.09.09 17 by Ilsa Shaw | illustration by Jamie Douglas
To my knowledge, I have always been female. out to find an anabolic steroid that would the perception of those employed by the circus. So you can imagine my surprise three weeks minimize the negative androgenic effects Nowadays, freak shows are banned in a ago when a mirror’s reflection revealed a associated with other steroids. What he number of US states and their number has long, thick, and dark single hair sprouting stumbled upon was methandrostenolone, greatly decreased, but the eerie fascination from the middle of my chin. I fiddled with it which was soon marketed as Dianabol to call women with facial hair “strange” for a bit, thinking, “How the hell did this get and sold to countless numbers of body still remains. Perhaps the most popular here? Is it a case of too many bread crusts?” builders, including Governor Arnold bearded woman of our time is Jennifer It seems that this was just the follicle of a Schwarzenegger and Sergio Oliva. Miller, a professor at the Pratt Institute in new occupation: that of a bearded lady. It once even doubled as the “One A Day” Brooklyn, New York. Miller founded and I was either lucky or unlucky for growing tonic tablet for women, particularly during participates in Circus Amok, a politically- this bud of a beard on my own. In the times the 1960s, until beards started sprouting driven circus whose performances when freak shows were popular (the 19th to and once-womanly voices began to deepen. address such issues as gentrification, mid-20th century), most bearded ladies were Methandrostenolone was legal until the 1990s, health care, gay marriage, police brutality, simply ordinary women with fur plastered when the customarily slow FDA finally put public education, and gender identity. onto their chins. There are various incidents their foot down. Doctor Ziegler later turned Before her 30s, Miller had grown a full beard, where carnival crowds got out of hand and against his discovery by saying, “I wish to about which she says, “A doctor told me I had exposed the bearded lady — and, on occasion, God now I’d never done it. I’d like to go back high progesterone.” Nevertheless, she refused the entire carnival — to be a fraud. At the time, and take that whole chapter out of my life.” to remove it, and has since distinguished there was no definitive method to stimulate As anyone who has ever watched The Elephant herself as “a woman with a beard, not ‘the hair growth in women. Usually, the most Man knows, freak shows were a major moral bearded lady.’ ” Miller has made a name for authentic bearded ladies had either a rare ill of the time. A person that performed herself as the figurehead of the Circus Amok medical condition like hypertrichosis, which in a freak show was just that: a freak and show, and you can’t help but think that she is also known as werewolf syndrome, or facial nothing more. Such is the case with Miss has a better grasp on some of the social issues hair follicles that were sensitive to androgens Annie Jones, who, by the age of five, had she’s tackling as a genuinely bearded female. (the type of hormones that stimulate grown a full-fledged beard that only Miller notes that freak shows were “other masculine characteristics in vertebrates). a lumberjack could envy. Although the ways of looking that weren’t traditional, Perhaps the most well-known androgen is reasons for her beard growth are unknown, white, and Protestant; [they] were another testosterone. Although all women’s bodies it has been speculated that it was due to way to allow people to feel superior, less contain and utilize the hormone, excessive hirsutism, excessive hair growth in women existentially lost.” It is a natural impulse for a amounts over a period of months or years that is a symptom of an entirely different person to look at something and immediately can render them bearded with acne, a deeper medical disorder. She was quickly noticed demand categorization. So when Miller voice, and a longer clitoris. In 1935, a group of by American showman P.T. Barnum, who walks by with her thin arms, feminine figure, scientists at the University of Amsterdam first signed her on to the Barnum Circus troupe and hairy chin, one just isn’t sure what to identified testosterone. Shortly afterward, a with a hefty promise of $150 per week. make of her. By bending the boundaries of patent application was filed and the steroid Photographs of Jones were widely distributed what is defined as gender and calling for hormone became infamous. Stories of British and she soon became the “must-see freak” both political and social change, her beard neurologist Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard of the show. Many people developed an has rendered her an honest victim; she is a resurfaced as common chitchat. 46 years eerie, inhuman fascination with the idea of woman still perceived as a “freak,” but fighting prior to this discovery, he had injected a bearded lady. Jones was soon kidnapped for change just as Miss Jones once did. himself with an extract of dog and guinea by a phrenologist and was eventually Miller is comfortable with her beard. She pig testicles — only to feel much more elated found being shown at a church fair. has never looked towards hair removal and invigorated. During World War II, other Although the whole affair was likely a hoax treatments of any kind. “I don’t think of steroids were also used to experiment on put on to generate attention for the circus, it as a problem, so I’m not looking for a concentration camp inmates and prisoners Jones could not escape being a shaggy publicity cause,” says Miller. Even so, it was time for of war so as to test their effects on chronic stunt. She became America’s top bearded lady my personal beard experience to come to wasting. Even Adolf Hitler was injected with and is said to have toured through Russia, a halt. With a pair of tweezers in hand and testosterone derivatives, according to his where she turned down the chance to pose as my eyes set on the target, the chin hair physician, to combat various ailments. Jesus for several painters. In her adulthood, was dredged from my skin. No hairs have About 20 years later, an American scientist she tried ardently to eliminate the word “freak” sprouted since, and the outlook is bleak for my by the name of Doctor John Ziegler sought from common language and spoke out against alternative career path as a bearded lady. •
18 Section | 01.09.09 19 by Geoffrey H. Bliss | illustration by Jamie Douglas
ome have said that juggling is juggling school supplies when he should be jugglers. This year will mark the 32nd Spring simply “dropping things in style.” studying for exams. Still, he always finds Juggle-In, which will be held from April 17 to Others insist that it’s all about time to finish his schoolwork. 19 in the Clark Gym. The event is a fundraiser how you keep throwing things Lannan first came across the club during for the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, up. Famous jugglers including his freshman year after seeing them on the an organization that fights to cure dystonia, a SJason Garfield, president of the World Juggling Quarter Mile. After taking the juggling class disease which causes muscles to contract and Federation, have said otherwise: “You call taught at the Student Life Center, he quickly spasm violently. Approximately five hundred juggling a sport and people laugh. You call joined the club on campus. His experience participants are expected this year, coming juggling an art and people laugh. When you from the class gave him the confidence to together from all over New York State, the east say there’s a juggle magazine people laugh a juggle three balls, but he wanted to learn a coast, and even Canada to compete, exchange lot. But you punch them in the face, they stop more advanced trick: How to juggle clubs. Since tricks, and network with other jugglers. laughing.” Fortunately, the members of the RIT then, he has quickly moved on to master other There will be a “five ball endurance” exercise Juggling Club do not follow this philosophy. techniques — with the help of his club mates. and a “seven ball endurance” exercise, both of Instead, the RIT approach involves a high “Juggling Club meets twice a week on which test who can juggle the longest. “This degree of discipline, trial, and patience, where Mondays and Wednesdays and its meetings year will feature an opening act by Wes Peden, entertainment, pastime, and professionalism are structured around training sessions the son of Jeff Peden, who is a world renowned are combined in what can only be seen as a for specific techniques, followed by official juggler who returns every year,” said Lannen. sport in a class of its own. This juggling club is club business,” explained Lannan. “We’ve Jeff Peden has trained with professionals serious business. also participated with campus events such from San Francisco Circus School and Cirque Eric Lannan, a fourth year Mechanical as Up ‘til Dawn and the Midnight Breakfast. du Soliel. Currently, Wes Peden is attending Engineering major and president of the RIT Recently, we had a mural painted in the a circus school in Stockholm, Sweden and is Juggling Club, views juggling as “the ultimate tunnels between Nathaniel Rochester Hall capable of juggling seven clubs as if he were pastime.” He spoke about his past and present and Gleason, which we finished this quarter.” born doing so. juggling exploits both in and outside of the The club meets directly after weekly sessions According to Wes’ website, his shows feature club. “There are a ton of different styles that of the juggling class so that class members “impressive techniques, strange shapes, metal we really encompass in the club,” he said. “We who choose both have the opportunity to take convolution inventive hesitation, counter- use everything from juggling balls and clubs, advantage of a continuous practice session. clockwise conclusions, and more tricks than to rings .... There is also staff and poi [forms Lannan added, “Still, now that the weather is you can fit in a very large pickle jar.” With of juggling], sometimes on fire but usually not. bad, we may decide to hold club meetings only a description like this, the Spring Juggle-In Still, we’re not allowed to juggle fire stuff at RIT once a week.” appears to be ready to pump up crowds with for obvious reasons. It involves a lot of training.” The Juggling Club itself began in 2000, but lighting fast adrenaline. • As president, Lannan has had an extensive RIT’s juggling class was said to have started juggling background, all the while balancing on campus in 1977 under the guidance and For more information about the club, visit his academics, inventing new juggling direction of Greg Moss, the current senior http://rit.edu/sg/jugglingclub. For anyone who moves, and pulling off sweet tricks. He associate director for Athletics and Recreation, wants to see juggling talent at its best, check out usually finds himself sitting at his desk and as well as Jeff Peden, both experienced Wes Peden’s website at http://wespeden.com.
20 Section | 01.09.09 21 Find something cool? Slide it under the door of the Reporter office, THIS WEEK THE REPORTER STAFF FOUND THE OBJECTS. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN TO START LOOKING. along with a note about where you found it. We’re located in the basement of the Student Alumni Union, room A-426.
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design team, next to multiple plastic giraffes.
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5 3 Found hung on the wall of the Found on the first floor of the SAU, near an exit on the North side of the building. Found in an illustration class. 1. 2. 4.
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The Skate of the Tiger by Kayla Kimball | photograph by Josh Lehrer
This picture: Taylor McReynolds of RIT fights for his goal against Mercyhurst goalie Matt Lundin on Saturday, December 13
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They have a pep band that energizes With nine shorthanded goals, the Tigers lead The Tigers brought their endurance to the Fourth year Industrial Design major Jesse Frank Ritter Ice Rink opens its doors for the past Erikson’s glove side, which tied the score the crowd, different nets for the Division I in penalty-kill goals. Finally, to top Frank Ritter Ice Rink and overpowered the Newman from British Columbia wrapped first Men’s home hockey game of the season 3-3. After the Huskies managed to score their warm-up and the game, and the all off is an outstanding goalie. The Tigers’ Mercyhurst Lakers in their last two games up the Friday night by scoring his second on January 9 for a game at 7:05 p.m. Their own power play goal, Favot tipped the puck goaltender, third year Business major Jared before the holiday break. The Friday night goal of the game and 14th of the season. opponent, the University of Connecticut in on a Tiger power play and tied the game boisterous Corner Crew whose name DeMichiel from Connecticut, has six wins, game started with a scare when the Lakers Young Tigers dominated Saturday’s game Huskies, have four wins and 11 losses. The yet again. Brenner scored the winning goal speaks for itself. They also boast three of which were from the last three games. had a chance on an open net, but luckily against Mercyhurst. Defenseman Chris Tigers met the Huskies in November 2008 in on another power play in the third period. streaming spotlights, the Canadian He has 27 goals against, with 297 shots. failed to follow through. Play throughout Haltigin, a first year Biomedical Science major Connecticut, where they each took a win. The Now the Tigers will have to prove to their and American National Anthems, a Except for a win in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the game was back-and-forth between from Ontario, scored his first two goals. Anton first game was close, but the Huskies beat fans at home that they can sweep Connecticut spot on television, and an announcer against Western Michigan University for the Tigers’ offensive and defensive ends. Kharin of Russia, a third year Business major, the Tigers 2-1 with an unanswered goal on to gain a winning overall record and keep who is so loud that the coach has their second game, the Men’s Hockey team Both teams ended the game with 39 shots and Favot each had a goal and an assist. Point a Tiger penalty kill. The Tigers had plenty of their winning record at home. After all, the were off to a slow start with four close on goal. In net, DeMichiel led the Tigers leader and playmaker Dan Ringwald, a third chances, but the only goal they managed to team has fans for a reason; that much can be to yell over, even if he is not angry. losses and a tie at the beginning of the to their 6-2 victory, as his teammates year Business major from Ontario, earned make was from lead scorer Brennan Sarazin, seen at any one of their intense games. • Who has these amenities? The season. Since then, however, the Tigers shot the puck past the Lakers’ goalie. two assists. McReynolds scored his second a fourth year Finance major from Ontario. RIT Men’s Hockey team does. have gained steam and are evening out their Many teammates contributed to the goal goal in two games off a shot from Kharin. In What they did not do right in the first game, Captions The Tigers did not receive all of this fanfare record to eight wins, nine losses, and a tie. scoring, starting with a shorthanded goal by net, DeMichiel stopped 32 shots as the Tiger the players made up for in the second game just because they are Division I; they have An important three game winning streak forward Brent Alexin, a third year Packaging outshot the Lakers 38-35. The two wins broke against Connecticut. They made a comeback 1 >> Brennan Sarazin of RIT takes a shot against Mercyhurst goalie Ryan Zapolski. earned an ornate presentation by attracting started in Colorado Springs against the Air Science major from New York. Justin Hofstetter, a seven game winning streak for Mercyhurst, to win the game 5-4. Down by two, Mike Janda, a sizable crowd to each game, even though Force. The Tigers were able to hand the a fourth year Biology major from Ontario, which may have been a contributing factor a second year Marketing major from Illinois, 2 >> Sean Murphy, RIT forward, there is an admission fee (five dollars for Falcons their first conference loss with 32 tallied a power play goal. First year Business to the immense tension between the two was able to intercept a Husky pass and shoot and Patrick Goebel of Mercyhurst students, 10 for adults, and eight for faculty, seconds left in overtime, 3-2. Matt Crowell, major from Alberta, Taylor McReynolds, teams. The players seemed to have trouble the puck off a Huskies skate into the net. Three have the puck in their sights at staff, and alumni). The team showcases their a third year Marketing major from British slapped a rebound past the Lakers’ goalie for holding back from fighting with each other. power play goals and a short-handed goal Frank Ritter Arena December 12. talent with speed when dumping the puck Columbia, was able to divert the Falcon his first collegiate goal. Ontario native Tyler In the upcoming year, the Tigers will face answered all of Connecticut’s goals. Crowell 3 >> RIT forward Mark Cornacchia into their offensive zone and chasing it to defenseman as Andrew Favot, a second year Brenner, also a first year Business major, new teams as well as those teams they have scored the first power play goal in the first skates around Mercyhurst’s Cullen Eddy. set up scoring chances. Their defense-to- Criminal Justice major from Ontario, shot quickly followed McReynolds’s goal with already confronted. If they continue to work period with a wrist shot past the Huskies’ defense passing in their zone is exceptional the puck past the goalie’s glove. DeMichiel his own after a Lakers’ defensive fell inside as relentlessly as they have, the team has goalie, Beau Erikson. Alexin started the scoring 4 >> Mercyhursts’s Phil Ginand goes as it creates many breakout opportunities. earned his fourth win with 39 saves. his blue line and lost control of the puck. a decent chance to go far this season. The in the second period with a shorthanded goal airborne while RIT’s Sean Murphy looks on.
26 Sports | 01.09.09 27 RIT has become a brand name for sus- struction of natural resources,” as tainability. The university just invested the GIS homepage says. The needs what’s your new years resolution? in a shiny new sustainability building of the present are not accounted for built for the shiny new sustainability in this definition, nor does it con- word Ph. D. program, and both sider the basic needs on the street Bill McKibben and Peter (water, nutritious food, photographs by Jake Hamm Singer have visited to and shelter) of people “To not completely mess up in present their views on in extreme poverty. “ENJOY SNOW!!!” University Physics II.” t he env ironment and If sustainability is social justice. RIT is do- about making sure Elizabeth Bennett Robert Close ing a great job gaining that future genera- Finance Software Engineering a green image, but sus- tions have the ability Third year Second year tainability is not simply “being green.” to meet their own needs, then we Being green is a popular branding cannot ignore the needs of those technique, but sustainability is much who are suffering now. Not only are more than that. It is a matter of eth- there people around the world liv- ics, and it is not ethical to sell clothing ing without the most basic needs, made in sweatshops. Yet in the new but these people are also exploited bookstore there are brands that uti- for cheap labor, or, to put it bluntly, lize sweatshop labor, and what makes sweatshop labor. What part of this it worse is that our university logo is is sustainable? on their clothing. We cannot ignore the fact that at Sweatshop labor would not fit in the the RIT bookstore there are sweat- Sustaining definition given by the “Our Common shop labor products. This seems Sweatshops Future” report of the World Commis- unacceptable for an institution “4.0.” “To make it to class once in the sion on Environment and Development — an educational institution, at that next seven weeks.” by Maximiliano Herrera that is quoted on the Golisano Insti- — which is committed to sustain- Chris Hinkle illustration by Evan Anthony tute of Sustainability (GIS) home page. ability, considering that over 100 Software Engineering Joel Winter In the report, sustainable development universities have already pledged Second year Imaging Science is defined as “development that meets to be a “sweat-free” campus, most of Second year the needs of the present without com- which do not parade around a mes- promising the ability of future genera- sage of sustainability. This list in- tions to meet their own needs.” cludes many prominent universities Sweatshop labor does seem to meet such as Harvard, Stanford and Carn- the “needs of the present,” but what of egie Mellon University. RIT seems considerations for future (and present) to be far behind in this respect, generations? It is the same old indus- especially since RIT claims to be an trial revolution model that has gotten innovative campus. the world into the trouble it is currently RIT has shown little commit- in. RIT does have a big “going green” ment to meeting the needs of the campaign that ties into their commit- present. This makes RIT’s com- “I would like ment to sustainability, but it seems only mitment to sustainability a fraud. to gain 20 pounds.” to be a way to spend as little money as Until RIT has a commitment to, possible on energy, transportation, and at the very least, remove sweatshop Kyle Knapp so on by using new eco-efficient tech- products from campus, sustainabil- Mechanical Engineering nology so that profits are larger. Even ity on campus will remain a fraud. Third year if “going green” was more than a mar- This is a glaring deficiency in an keting buzzword, it would still not dis- educational institute with a com- play more than a shallow commitment mitment to sustainability. When sus- “To become to sustainability. tainability means more to RIT than more blonde, Sustainability is not just making sure a marketing technique, it is only and keep it a our environment is safe, and it is not then the issue will be addressed secret from my simply preventing “negative environ- and rectified. • parents.” mental effects, such as air and water pollution, solid waste, and biodegrada- Jin-Ah Kim tion, which lead to larger, global prob- Photo Journalism lems including climate change and de- First year The opinions expressed in the Views section solely are those of the author.
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