09 12 08 | reportermag.com EDITOR’S NOTE TABLE OF Contents 09 12 08 | VOL. 58, ISSUE 03 EDITOR IN CHIEF Laura Mandanas A DOSE OF HONESTY MANAGING EDITOR Ilsa Shaw Crossing your fingers and hoping that you’re healthy is not a good strategy – I think we can all agree COPY EDITOR Jen Loomis on that. When it comes to your health, ignorance is most certainly not bliss; it’s dangerous, and NEWS EDITOR Andy Rees it’s stupid. Although getting tested (see “Testing for HIV,” page 10) may mean that you have to hear LEISURE EDITOR John Howard something you don’t want to hear, knowing is infinitely better than not knowing. FEATURES EDITOR Madeleine Villavicencio SPORTS/VIEWS EDITOR Rachel Hart Similarly (although admittedly, much less life-threateningly), when it comes to the “health” of a campus, knowing your status is much, much better than not knowing. When was the last time RIT WRITERS Michael Barbato, Geoffrey H. Bliss, Neil DeMoney, went in for a checkup? The administration’s not saying, but udging by some of their recent actions, Jamie Douglas, Carolyn Dunne, Rachel Hart, Evan McNa- they’re about due for another. mara, Elvis Montero, Madeleine Villavicencio In the 2007 U.S. News & World Report, the percentage of alumni giving back to RIT had yet to climb Art out of the single digits. There’s a reason for this, RIT: Unhappy students become unhappy alumni. ART DIRECTOR Susie Sobota Although you do appear recognize the symptoms of an ailing student body, you all too frequently STAFF DESIGNERS Evan Anthony, Ryan Moore, go about administering your treatments directly to those symptoms rather than addressing their Kelvin Patterson causes. The way you handle the pathetic lack of alumni participation is a prime example of this; AD DESIGNER Lisa Barnes your naïvely ineffective attempts to raise school spirit are another. STAFF ILLUSTRATORS Katie Anderson, Joanna Eberts, Robert Modzelewski So here’s a list of some of your three biggest ailments right now, RIT. I hope you’re paying close CARTOONIST Nate Rotunno attention. This may sting a bit, but a dose of honesty may be just the thing to cure you. PHOTO EDITOR Eric Drummond STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Maegan Gindi, Ben Liddle, Ailment #1: You are in the middle of a housing crisis, and seem completely unwilling to admit it. Thomas Liggett, Emma Tannanbaum Cramming five people into a room is not a mere “reclassification” of the space; it’s a travesty. Is a Photo to the left and Cover five-person room really a place that you expect students to thrive in? photographs from RIT ProdUCtion archive compiled by PRODUCTION MANAGER Kyle O’Neill Prescription: Take Student Government up on their housing challenge (see “SG Update,” page five). Ben Liddle PRINTING Printing Applications Lab Once one of your own experiences how it feels to be one of the guinea pigs living in forced quints, perhaps you’ll recognize the direness of the situation, and come up with some creative solutions Correction: 9/05/08 Cover BUsiness to address it. Solutions that don’t involve piling more bodies into rooms like cattle. photograph by Ben Liddle PUBLICITY MANAGER Lindsay Block AD MANAGER Kyle O’Neill Ailment #2: The major changes in parking and transportation policies this year is infuriating a lot of BUSINESS MANAGER Timothy Wallenhorst students, especially those living at Park Point and in the on-campus apartments. They’re confused news pg. 05 SpILL IT THREE STARS GO PRO CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE Kaity Werner as to why you’ve made these changes, and you’re not doing a very good job of explaining it. FOREcaST Dishing out advice on turtles, Go Tigers! Plan accordingly. your roommate’s sex juice, ONLine Prescription: I realize that we’re built on a swamp and that makes construction of parking garages and computers. sports pg. 26 ONLINE EDITOR Chris Zubak-Skees difficult... but you should probably reconsider this option. And work on putting some more informa- SG WEEKLY UpDATE tion out there to tell students why you’re doing what you’re doing. Student Government’s first MOVIE REVIEW FaLL SpORTS PREVIEW AdVisor meeting of the year. Gunfights, explosions, and Tennis, cross country, Rudy Pugliese Ailment #3: As a general rule, your communications with the student body leave much to be de- everything else Nicolas Cage likes volleyball, and soccer. sired. The hugely negative reactions to both situations above could have been somewhat deflected BRICK BEAT to do when he’s not being The ContACT if students had had some prior warning and an explanation. SG gives free notebooks. Crocs Weather Man. views pg. 28 MAIN 585.475.2212 Next Step Campus Tour takes TECH COmmENTARY: EMAIL [email protected] Prescription: Make use of the media outlets on campus to introduce some more transparency into volunteers to give bone marrow. MUSIC REVIEW SaFEGUARDING YOUR ADVERTISING 585.475.2213 your decision-making processes. Making yourself more available to do interviews with Reporter The Hives – The Black and White REPUTATION EMAIL [email protected] would be a great place to start. SPARSA LOSES CLUB SpacE Album and Mogwai - The Hawk Is The virtues of detagging. The Security Practices and Howling. So there you have it. Please don’t call me in the morning. (A Letter to the Editor would be fine, Research Student Association I’M NO GUITAR HERO, BUT I CAN though.) seeks a permanent location. AT YOUR LEISURE STILL SHRED A FEW NOTES leisure pg. 10 features pg. 16 Mady V. has rhythm and skills. RINGS Laura Mandanas TESTING FOR HIV UNDEFEATED SINCE 1977 Looking for a good time? 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No portion of this Magazine may be reproduced without prior written permission. RIT ForeCAst SG UpdAte compiled by Jamie Douglas by Geoffrey H. Bliss SenAte WELCOMes New ACAdeMIC YEAR SATUrdAY, 13 Student Government (SG) opened the 2008-2009 academic year by introducing and explaining KEVIN HURLEY, HYPNOTIST the expectations and guidelines to new and returning senators. Respective responsibilities Ingle Auditorium. 10:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. Live entertainment of Representative Student Organizations (RSOs), Major Student Organizations (MSOs), from veteran hypnotist Kevin Hurley. Leave your and SG advisers were also included in this introduction. embarrassing secrets at home. Sponsored by CAB. Cost: $1. “Student Government is faced with many important issues and, through the SUndAY, 14 constituencies you represent, you must follow what you believe,” said Emily Hughes, THE DONKEYS Acting Vice President of Student Government. “Professionalism is very important.” Bug Jar. 8 p.m. A relaxed indie rock group all the way from San Diego. Check ‘em out at http://www.myspace.com/thedonkeys. Acting President Matt Danna spoke of current and future goals of SG, mentioning that Must be 18 or over to get in the door. Cost: $7. “Dr. Jeremy A. Haefner, RIT’s new Academic Provost, intends to meet with the Senate to discuss the design of the new Innovation Center, the improvement of Freshmen MondAY, 15 Orientation, and expanding the transparency of RIT’s overseas campuses in Dubrovnik ScaNDINAVIAN COOKING WORKSHOP and Dubai.” Tops Cooking School, Mt. Read Blvd. 7 p.m. “Ever wondered how to cook those Sweden Biscuits with the Viking Sauce? Gerry Brunelle, Director of Student Services, also commented that “SG TV will be Now You Can!” Cost: $20, contact (585) 663-5449 for more getting a major overhaul” this year. “It will be like a real TV station, having up-to-date information. videos of university news and events. We’re also going to launch iTunes U, which will really get the RIT name out there.” TUesdAY, 16 VaLENCIA WITH SING IT LOUD, ZOLOF, THE ROCK N ROLL HOUsinG ChALLenGE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY DESTROYER, SINGLE FILE, AND CASH CASH Many students this year have been placed in quads and ‘quints,’ placing many of them NSA Water Street Music Hall, 204 N. Water Street in Rochester. in tight living quarters. SG is planning to challenge senior administrators of RIT by 6 p.m. Pop/rock. Cost: $8 advance tickets, $10 at the door. asking them “to live and dine in the dorms to see if they can handle it themselves for one week without going home.” This will include eating at the dining halls, using the WednesdAY, 17 showers, and sleeping in extra long twin beds. “EXOTIC LaNDS AND MYTHIC REALMS” Fairport Public Library, 1 Village Landing, 7 p.m. An operatic Megan Maksymowich, a representative from the College Activities Board (CAB), lecture on some of the places you could go after you graduate. suggested, “After the administrator has moved into the dorm, the student should move Lecture by Art Axelrod. Cost: Free. into the house of the RIT staff member for the same amount of time.” The Senate unanimously agreed that this idea will “capture a lot of publicity on campus.” Your perspective.