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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015 / VOLUME 142, ISSUE 21
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Library
admins hold
student forum
New
Amtrak
station to
be built
BY ANGELA LAI
NEWS EDITOR
In a public forum, River Campus
Libraries staff and representatives
from Chaintreuil Jensen Stark
(CJS) Architects discussed plans for
the creation of Evans Lam Square in
the circulation area of Rush Rhees
Library giving a tentative vision
and asking for student input on
Tuesday, Nov. 10.
At the start of the forum, CJS
Project Architect Karsten Solberg
acknowledged that “there’s a lot
riding on this library space” and
that people have “deep feelings”
about the library’s character.
Solberg presented CJS Architects’
ideas in a PowerPoint presentation,
with the main points titled “Vision
of the Square,” “Conceptual Plan
& Program Elements,” “What
Not to Do,” “Aesthetic Hints &
Interpretations” and “Look &
Feel.”
Historical rooms like WellesBrown and the Messinger Periodical
Reading Room; the Friedlander
Lobby itself; and the Reference
Stacks will not be touched. Dean of
River Campus Libraries Mary Ann
Mavrinac noted that the Periodical
Reading Room and Welles-Brown
are the only two rooms in the library
that have largely stayed the same
since Rush Rhees’ construction.
Lam Square will be a long,
rectangular space located between
the columns near the large wooden
tables in the circulation desk area
up to the ground level entrance
to the stacks. The bathrooms and
staff offices will be relocated, so that
students walking through Rush
Rhees will be walking through a
large room rather than down a
hallway. The Gandhi Room will
also be opened up.
A square is thought to be a
fluid and adaptable space, Solberg
said, and CJS sees the square as
a “billboard,” a destination, an
advertisement, the place where
“everything is being heard” and
something more than a passthrough space.
For the current, loose and
conceptual layout, CJS plans on
creating symmetry and on keeping
the areas around the windows
open to allow as much light as
possible into the space. In the
SEE LIBRARY PAGE 4
BY CAROLINE CALLAHANFLOESER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
AARON RAYMOND / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
AFTER HOURS GETS PRESIDENTIAL AT '2016 ELECTION' SHOW
A cappella group After Hours staged their fall semester concert in Strong Auditorium last Friday. See page 13 for a review.
CEIS renews official
status and funding
BY LUCY WU
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The University of Rochester’s
Center for Emerging and
Innovative Sciences (CEIS)
was recently reinstated as a New
York State Center for Advanced
Technology (CAT) and awarded
$9.2 million in funding over
10 years.
CAT, which is supported by
the New York State Division
of Science, Technology and
Innovation (NYSTAR), was
created in 1983 to support
collaborative technology
research between New York’s
top research universities and
New York state industries. There
are 15 CATs, and each CAT is
designated for a period of up to
ten years, thereby making the
application process competitive.
CEIS has been a CAT since
1992. The recent designation
enables CEIS to continue their
work with Rochester researchers
and New York companies with
NYSTAR funding until the next
renewal in 2025.
Over the last 10 years, the
center has supported a diverse
range of projects in optics,
INSIDE
THIS CT
CHRISTIAN CIERI / ILLUSTRATOR
photonics and imaging that
generated $702 million in total
direct economic impact. 200
jobs were created and 239 were
retained.
For companies, there are
many benefits to working with
CEIS. The Center matches
funds for research sponsored
by companies, which magnifies
the impact of the research, and
helps the companies become
more competitive.
CEIS director Mark F. Bocko,
who is also the professor and
chair of electrical and computer
engineering, had worked with
several of the companies that
collaborated with CEIS. “Before
I became the director of CEIS,
I did a lot of research with
companies in Rochester and
Buffalo area with funding from
CEIS for many years.”
CEIS works primarily with
regional companies, and its work
has evolved due to the changes in
the industries and the companies
that it works with. In the
earlier days of CEIS, the center
collaborated with several large
companies such as Kodak and
SEE CEIS PAGE 4
Research
points to
Alzheimer’s
treatment
BY AMANDA MARQUEZ
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
On Nov. 4, the University
of Rochester Medical Center
issued a press release on a study
recently published in the Journal
of Neuroinflammation suggesting
that the brain’s immune system
could potentially be used to get
rid of amyloid plaques, which are
a crucial component of Alzheimer’s
disease.
The study, which was conducted
over a period of several years, was
authored by M. Kerry O’Banion,
M.D., Ph.D, a professor at
the University of Rochester’s
Department of Neurobiology
and Anatomy. Boston University
graduate student Jonathan Cherry
and University of Rochester
researcher John Olschowka, Ph.D,
were co-authors.
The inspiration for this research
came from a surprising discovery
made while studying the effects
of Alzheimer’s in mice. O’Banion
SEE BRAIN PAGE 4
As the holidays approach, UR
students might begin wondering
how they will be traveling
home. Traveling by train is one
option, but this November and
December, the Amtrak station
in Rochester will be demolished,
and the new station isn’t expected
to be ready for passengers until
September 2017. This news
could leave students who travel
by train questioning what to do
once Thanksgiving and winter
break arrive. A temporary station
was opened this month, and
will handle passengers in the
time between the demolition of
the old, 1978 station and the
completion of the new station.
The NewYork State Department
of Transportation (NYSDOT)
states on their website that
“the only change will be that
passengers will enter a different
set of doors in the temporary
station during the construction
of the permanent building.”
The 1978 station was itself only
meant to be a temporary station,
after the old train station built
in 1914 was demolished. After
nearly thirty years and millions
of passengers, NYSDOT decided
it was time to build a permanent
and updated train station in
Rochester. The new station is
designed to accommodate those
traveling with baggage, with the
website saying it “will make being
a passenger a much more pleasant
experience.” The station itself is
a $29.5 million project, with the
federal government footing most
of the $18.5 million bill, and the
city of Rochester and the New
York state government picking up
the rest. Congresswoman Louise
Slaughter was an advocate for the
building of a new station, and the
Department of Transportation
cites her as “instrumental in
securing federal money for
this project to advance rail
transportation.”
Railway history in Rochester
didn’t begin with the 1914
station. The first Grand Station
SEE AMTRAK PAGE 4
VICTORY FOR
FIELD HOCKEY
VIOLENCE OFF
THE FIELD
THE MANY FACETS
OF NORAH JONES
Women’s field hockey notched a
late victory Wednesday night to
move on to the next round in the
NCAA playoffs.
Taking on the trend of violence
among professional football
players in the NFL.
Singer-songwriter Norah
Jones performed at Eastman
on Friday night, pleasing the
crowd with hits from the span
of her career.
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PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE
Staff member finds
unknown man in office
AARON SCHAFFER / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
STUDENTS PERFORM SONGS IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Students competed to win Sign Idol, performing popular songs in American Sign Language while songs played over the
speakers and audience members signed their applause on Thursday, Nov. 5 in Hirst Lounge.
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
THURSDAY
UNDERGRADUATE CONVERSATION
NOVEMBER 12
MOREY HALL THIRD FLOOR, 5 P.M. - 7 P.M.
Modern Languages and Cultures professor Donatella
Stocchi-Peruccio will give the talk “Money and Fraud:
Perspectives from the Humanities,” addressing
Dante’s Divine Comedy and how it reflects on
economic phenomena.
‘MR. U OF R 2015’
HUBBELL AUDITORIUM, 7 P.M.
Sigma Delta Tau presents “Mr. U of R 2015,” a male
beauty pageant in which 12 contestants will compete
in formal wear, costumes and talent segments.
Tickets are $5 at the Common Market.
FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 13
DIWALI DINNER
DOUGLASS DINING CENTER, 6 P.M. - 8 P.M.
Join Hindu Students’ Association to celebrate Diwali.
HSA will be hosting a short aarti, a ritual of light
worship, followed by a dinner catered from Tandoor
of India. Tickets are $8 for students and $10 for all
others at the Common Market.
UNBREAKABLE VOCAL POINT
WILSON COMMONS MAY ROOM, 8 P.M
This Vocal Point concert will feature songs by Sia,
Taylor Swift, Nick Jonas and more. RICE Crew will
perform as the guest group. Tickets are $6 at the
Common Market.
SATURDAY
LOUVRE FALL SHOW
NOVEMBER 14
‘JUST DO IT: THE SHIA LABEOUF STORY’
SPURRIER DANCE STUDIO, 8 P.M. - 10 P.M.
Louvre Performance Ensemble presents “Interplay.”
Tickets are $7 for students, $9 for the general public
and can be purchased at the door and the Common
Market.
STRONG AUDITORIUM, 8 P.M.
The YellowJackets delve into Shia LaBeouf’s life story,
and will feature songs by Fetty Wap, Omi, The Weeknd
and more. Tickets are $7 for students, $10 for faculty
and $15 for others at the Common Market.
SUNDAY
NOVEMBER 15
‘RECYCLE THE RUNWAY’
DRAMA HOUSE, 4 P.M. - 6 P.M.
Students will model self-designed outfits made of
recyclable materials in GreenSpace’s annual event.
There will be prizes and special performances. This
event is free.
TROMBONE CHOIR
EASTMAN KILBOURN HALL, 8 P.M.
The Eastman Trombone Choir will perform pieces by
composers including Edvard Grieg, Franz Schubert
and Giuseppe Verdi. This concert is free and open to
the public.
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1. On Nov. 9 at 10:35 a.m., a
staff member in Lattimore Hall
reported a “suspicious person in
their office. The staff member
stated that they had stepped out of
their office for a few minutes, and
when they returned to the office,
an unknown man was seated
at their desk. The staff member
confronted the man and asked
what he was doing there. The
man told the staff member that he
was looking for directions to an
appointment he had somewhere
on campus. The staff member
gave the man directions and he
left the office without incident.
The staff member checked the
office but found that nothing was
missing or disturbed.
Man steals, uses items from
Goergen locker room
2. On Nov. 9, Department
of Public Safety (DPS) officers
responded to two separate
incidents of bags being taken out
of the Goergen Athletic Center
(GAC) men’s locker room. In
both incidents, the bags had been
left unattended and unsecured
in the locker room. The bags
contained clothing, laptop, credit
cards and other miscellaneous
items. One of the victims learned
that one of the cards had been
used in and around College Town.
A description of the person using
the card was obtained. Later that
night, at 10:56 p.m., DPS officers
responded to Hoeing Hall for the
report of a “suspicious male.”
Officers located the man in
question and began questioning
him on why he was there, and
learned that his reasons for being
on campus “did not check out.”
Correction:
An officer asked to check the
man’s bag and found items that
had been reported missing from
GAC. The officer then realized
that this person matched the
description of the person using
the stolen credit cards at College
Town. The man was taken into
custody and interviewed. He
admitted to taking all the items
and using the credit cards, and
was charged with burglary in the
third degree, criminal trespass in
the third degree and possession of
stolen property in the fifth degree.
The man was taken to Monroe
County Jail by the Rochester
Police Department.
Overloaded washer in Theta
Chi sets off fire alarm
3. On Nov. 10 at 4:57 p.m.,
DPS responded to a building fire
alarm at the Theta Chi House
on the Fraternity Quad. Upon
the officers’ arrival, residents of
the house stated that the alarm
originated from the basement
and that there was an active
fire. Rochester Fire Department
(RFD) also responded to the
alarm. DPS and RFD entered
the basement and found the area
full of smoke. The smoke was
coming from the laundry room,
and RFD found that the washer
had been overloaded, causing
the motor to burn and possibly
catch on fire. The washer was
taken out of service and the area
was ventilated. No other damage
and no injuries were reported.
Residential Life staff responded
and advised the residents about
using the washer correctly.
Lai is a member of
the class of 2018.
Information provided by
UR Public Safety.
The article “Burdick deconstructs financial aid process” (News,
11/5/2015) stated that Alex Wark is a current junior. Wark is a
junior, but he no longer attends UR.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015 / NEWS
Eastman museum
acquires Indian
cinema collection
BY ANNA WANG
NEWS STAFF
The George Eastman Museum,
located in downtown Rochester,
announced their acquisition of
the world’s largest collection of
contemporary Indian cinema
on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The George
Eastman Museum is an institution
affiliated with UR; the UR
website says that “the University
of Rochester and George Eastman
Museum have a long history of
collaboration in both teaching
and research.”
The collection consists of 775
prints representing 597 film
titles made between 1999 and
2013. In addition, more than
6,000 posters were acquired
as part of the collection. The
collection represents not only
films from the Hindi-language
film industry commonly known
as “Bollywood,” but also from
Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil and
Telugu productions. Admirers
will find works from acclaimed
masters of Indian cinema, such
as Mani Ratnam, Ashutosh
Gowariker, Anurag Kashyap,
Nagesh Kukunoor and Sanjay
Leela Bhansali.
“This was a really extraordinary
rescue operation because we
know that film prints are being
destroyed [on a] daily basis because
of neglect,” Paolo Cherchi Usai,
the senior curator of the Moving
Image Department at the George
Eastman Museum said. “[…] In
the case of the prints of Indian
cinema, these prints are particularly
rare because we do know that
collecting institutions in India
are chronically underfunded, and
they often do not have the means
of properly preserving the films
made in India.”
First discovered in an abandoned
multiplex in California, the
collection would have been
destroyed along with the multiplex
earlier this year if the George
Eastman Museum had not been
able to provide an appropriate
environment and professional
care to preserve it. However, with
financial support from the Louis
B. Mayer Foundation, a long-term
supporter of film preservation,
the collection has found a home.
“As a museum, we intend to
collect, preserve and exhibit the
best of world cinema. And I
consider Indian cinema one of
the best expressions of the art of
film,” Cherchi Usai said. The films
are intended to serve as scholarly
resources for the Indian cinema
and cinema industry in general.
Considering the large and
vibrant Indian community in
Rochester, Cherchi Usai also
proposed the decision to the
Board of Trustees of the Museum
in hopes of “giving the Museum
an opportunity to actively engage
with the Indian community in
Rochester.”
Since this collection of Indian
films is so large, it will take time,
money and human effort to make
the prints ready for exhibition.
Cherchi Usai revealed that the
Museum will exhibit these films
in its Dryden Theatre once they
are properly preserved.
“The George Eastman Museum’s
acquisition of such a massive
collection of films is an event to
be applauded by all those who care
for cinema as an art form,” founder
and director of the Film Heritage
Foundation in Mumbai Shivendra
Singh Dungarpur said. “Having
rescued all those prints from
destruction is not only a heroic
feat—it is a strong commitment
to preserve and celebrate the
beauty of Indian cinema as part
of the world’s cultural patrimony.
We look forward to working with
the Eastman Museum towards a
broader and deeper knowledge of
the creative energy displayed by
contemporary Indian filmmakers
through their work.”
Wang is a member
of the class of 2017.
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Rain garden to be installed behind
Southside Living Center
SAM PASSANISI / NEWS EDITOR
UR Facilites hired an external contractor to excavate and install the rain garden from November 10-20.
BY SAM PASSANISI
NEWS EDITOR
After a year of planning,
student environmental advocacy
group Grassroots is working with
UR Facilities this week to install
a rain garden behind Southside
Living Center. Facilities noted
in an email that an external
contractor will be working on
the project, which involves
excavating and landscaping a
section of the field, until Sunday,
Nov. 20.
Grassroots co-president and
senior Brian Rinehart explained
the concept of a rain garden,
saying that the project will consist
of a ditch filled with soil and
sand and populated with hardy,
water-resistant plants.
“With the plants there, and
the high sand content in the
soil, the water will sit there and
then recharge the ground water
instead of continuing to run off,”
Rinehart explained. “It kind of
keeps more water from running
into the sewer systems.”
River Campus Operations and
University Properties Projects
Manager Christina Goodermote
noted in an email that, in the first
phase of the project, they “are
conducting the site excavation
and filling the garden bed with
the required soil mixture. Then,
in the spring, the students will
complete the final plantings.”
Grassroots will work with a
local nursery to select plants for
the garden after the excavation
is completed.
Rinehart said that an example
of a rain garden on the River
Campus can be found in the
center of the Science and
Engineering Quad.
The rain garden is the first
landscaping project of its kind
for Grassroots, and is funded
by a grant from the New
York State Pollution Prevention
Institute, a state government
agency with local headquarters
at the Rochester Institute of
Technology. After being awarded
the grant last fall, Grassroots
began working with Campus
Planning and Facilities to find a
site on campus for the project.
Rinehart said that the initial
plan was for the construction to
take place over the summer, but
that “complications in dealing
with Facilities and contractors”
delayed the start of construction
until now.
“I think this project was just
very low priority for Facilities,”
Rinehart said. “Summer right
after graduation is obviously a
very busy time for them. [...] They
weren’t particularly prompt.”
He added that it was difficult
to get the project moving until
Grassroots notified facilities that
the grant would be rescinded if
it was not used by the end of
the year.
Grassroots had originally
intended to collaborate with
the Warner School. Had the
project been completed during
the summer, children from
the Horizons program (a sixweek “summer enrichment”
program for K-8 students from
Rochester schools) would have
been able to follow the progress
of the garden. However, since
the project was not started over
the summer, Grassroots and the
Warner School were not able to
work together on the garden.
Rinehart said he is not aware of
any plans for the garden to be
used as an educational resource
in the future.
Another hiccup occured in the
first week of October 2015. The
garden was originally supposed to
be located past Hill Court, at the
north end of campus. However,
when Facilites surveyed the area,
they “found a convergence of
utilities running right through
the middle of it underground,
where [they] were supposed to
be digging,” Goodermote said.
The new site near Southside was
selected as a replacement, being
one of the few places on campus
without underground utilities.
“It is important that we have
this complete before the weather
turns to snow,” Goodermote said.
The garden itself is scheduled
to be planted by Grassroots in
the spring semester, after the
ground thaws.
Passanisi is a member
of the class of 2017.
Weare’s dances explore contemporary views of
intimacy, both tender and stark, by drawing on our most basic
urges to move and decode movement.
Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015
2:00pm
Spurrier Dance Studio
Tickets available at
the Common Market
or at the door
$5 Students
$10 General
Public
For more information,
contact the Program of
Dance and Movement
at (585) 273-5150 or visit
www.rochester.edu/
college/dance.
Valid through December 31, 2015
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NEWS / THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015
Tech center retains
state recognition
CEIS FROM PAGE 1
Xerox, whose work generated
great economic impacts in the
region each year.
“We did a lot of work with
Kodak,” Bocko said. “When you
have a company that was the size
Kodak used to be, one project
can [have] a small effect, but they
may sell millions of that product.
So when you are working with
a big company, it’s much easier
to amplify your efforts because
they are in much bigger markets.”
In recent years, with the
downsizing of Kodax and Xerox
and other changes in the region,
the Center now works with
mostly small and medium sized
companies. In response to the
diversification in the region,
the Center has also expanded
its support of projects in areas
such as biomedical engineering,
energy and electronics.
Bocko said that the researchers
are “throughout the school and
many of them are at the Rochester
Institute of Technology (RIT)
too. It’s people from all across
engineering, chemistry, physics.
Approximately 20-30% of
the researchers the center has
supported are at RIT.”
For 20 years, NYSTAR was
the sole source of funding. “At
the most of it was approximately
$2 million, but around 2010, it
has been [$920,000],” said Paul
Ballentine, the executive director
of CEIS who joined the center
in 2010. “Now [$920,000] is
not a lot of money for all that
we are doing.”
In 2012, CEIS began to
pursue and apply funding from
federal agencies. The federal
grants the Center receives are
used for similar things as the
New York State grant but allow
CEIS to play a leading role in
efforts in other sectors such as
manufacturing.
Nevertheless, New York state
remains the primary source of
funding for the work of CEIS;
with the renewal, CEIS will
able to continue its mission
In recent years, with
the downsizing of
Kodak and Xerox [...]
the center now works
with mostly small
and medium sized
companies.
of “Research + Industry =
Transforming Technology.”
Ot h e r w o rk t h a t C E I S
does to revitalize regional
and state economies includes
market research and analysis
and the Annual University
Technology Showcase. The
center also offers scholarships
for Optics, Photonics and
Imaging Continuing Education
courses; it also holds seminars,
workshops and panels.
Wu is a member
of the class of 2018.
Researchers
suprised by
Alzheimer’s
results
BRAIN FROM PAGE 1
and his colleagues witnessed the
amyloid plaques being cleared in
the mice, reducing the amount
of inflammation in their brains.
However, the reason for this was
unclear. The research team tried
replicating their observations
through a series of experiments,
eventually realizing that microglia,
defined by the press release as
native cells that serve as one of
the central nervous system’s first
lines of defense against infection
and injury, were responsible
for clearing the plaques. Upon
manipulating the activation of
microglia in the mice, O’Banion
and his colleagues saw more than
a 60 percent reduction of amyloid
plaque in the brains of the mice.
In the press release, O’Banion
summarized the researchers’
findings, stating, “This research
confirms earlier observations
that, when activated to fight
inflammation, the brain’s
immune system plays a role in
the removal of amyloid beta.”
O’Banion also commented on
the future implications of the
research, saying, “We have also
demonstrated that the immune
system can be manipulated in
a manner that accelerates this
process, potentially pointing to
a new therapeutic approach to
Alzheimer’s disease.”
Marquez is a member
of the class of 2017.
Temporary Amtrak
station opens
AMTRAK FROM PAGE 1
was built in 1854 next to
High Falls; another station
replaced it 30 years later. It
wasn’t until the 1914 station—
designed by architect Claude
Fayette Bragdon—was built
that architects saw Rochester’s
railway station as something at
which to marvel. This building
was demolished in 1965, and
the current station was built,
though it was only meant to be
a temporary location.
The construction of the
parking lots for the new station
began this summer, along
with improvements to railway
bridges, but the demolition of
the current building won’t begin
until later this month. Starting
in the summer of 2016, The Pike
Company and LaBella Associates
will begin construction on
the new building. It will be
constructed in the same location
where the 1914 station once
stood, and the temporary station
will be right next door on Central
Avenue. As for other forms of
transportation, across the street,
the Greyhound and Trailways
bus stations will function exactly
as they always have, and RTS will
continue delivering students to
the train station. “Many students
travel by train to Rochester
from all over the northeast to
go the area’s several college and
university campuses,” NYSDOT
states on their website.
Callahan-Floeser is a member
of the class of 2018.
Libraries present plans
LIBRARY FROM PAGE 1
square itself, there would be screen
stations for computers, soft seating,
traditional table seating, a tech bar
for staff to potentially showcase
“gadgetry,” a pop-up space which
would transition and change as
the year progresses and a “looser,
open, collaborative space” which
would allow for more activity and
flexibility than elsewhere in the
square.
Solberg added that there would
also be a focal point or anchor,
something to define the space in
the same way that a fountain or
monument defines other squares.
She presented the idea of a “living”
or “inhabitable” wall which would
replace the bookshelves currently
lining the back wall of the circulation
area, with a help desk in the middle
of that wall as the anchor.
The living wall would contain
booths with varying purposes. On
the very edges of the walls might
be “touch and go spaces,” counters
where students could work while
standing or sitting. Moving further
inward would be “consult spaces”
where a student could meet staff
members and talk face-to-face.
Then, moving even further inward,
there would be nooks where
students could “nestle in” and find
“some degree of privacy.” Finally,
staff would work at the help desk,
or “command center,” in the middle
of the wall.
Solberg then showed three
pictures of the types of aesthetics
CJS is looking to avoid, displaying
a black and white photo of a
traditional room which she
described as “country club”-esque,
a space reminiscent of a highlighterhued Gleason and finally, a drab
space Solberg described as “so vanilla
and boring,” and as the closest to the
current, “soulless” circulation area.
For aesthetics, Solberg then
said that CJS wants a traditional,
sophisticated feel while striking
a balance between classical and
modern. She showed slides of color
palettes drawn from the works
of artists from the time period
of Rush Rhees’ construction,
showing and describing themes of
John William Waterhouse, James
McNeill Whistler and Gustav
Klimt’s works.
Students’ Association president
and senior Grant Dever and others
told the architects and library staff
that they really enjoyed the feel of
the recent renovations to the lobby
of Morey Hall, describing it as a
“cozy” space during the winter.
University Architect Jose Fernandez
added that the renovations to Morey
had been very well-received and that
the space feels very comfortable.
Students at the forum asked
about the large wooden tables in
the current circulation area. Solberg
said that the “5,000 pound” tables
would not be part of the square,
but that CJS will be heavily
incorporating woods in the space.
Lai is a member
of the class of 2018.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015 / OPINIONS
OPINIONS
EDITORIAL OBSERVER
What’s in a
name?
BY RAAGA KANAKAM
FEATURES EDITOR
In 1972, women accounted
for only about 38 percent of the
labor force. Today, they make up
closer to 47 percent. During the
1969-70 school year, only 92,481
master’s degrees were awarded to
women, compared to 143,083
awarded to men. Those numbers
have risen monumentally since,
with the 2009-10 year seeing
417,828 master’s degrees awarded
to women compared to 275,197
awarded to men. In 1970, only
about 11 percent of Ph.Ds that
year were awarded to women,
compared to 2010, when the
figure was closer to 50 percent.
Clearly, women are closing gaps
in many fields. They are seen, and
are seeing themselves, as equal to
men in all fields. As the gaps close,
women are getting more and
more confident to try things that
were seen previously as reserved
only to men, and, even in some
cases, doing better than men.
So, why is it still considered the
norm for a woman to change her
last name when she gets married to
a man? The tradition came about
with the archaic idea that women
become the property of their
husbands after marriage. That’s
where the term “maiden name”
comes from. A maiden, meaning
a virgin, retained her birth name
until her virginity was essentially
sold to her husband, when she
then became his “property” and
thus adopted his last name.
In the past, when these
concepts were first formed,
marriages were a huge thing—
but not in a “featured in TLC’s
‘Four Weddings’” kind of way.
Instead, marriages were a way of
securing yourself a comfortable
future. The woman stayed home
and bore children and were
responsible for them. The man
went out and worked to earn an
income to support his family.
These roles were a given and never
really opposed. Marriage was just
a glorified business transaction.
Dowries, in which the woman’s
family pay the man’s family to
accept their daughter and support
her, were part of this transaction
in many cultures.
Dowries not the case anymore
in America, though. Women are
taught to be their own person from
a young age. In many developed
countries, women are encouraged
to study higher education, develop
their own talents and bloom into
independent women. As of 2012,
nearly 50% of married couples
had dual incomes.
And, yet, it’s still the default to
change your name after marriage
if you are a woman.
Sure, it may have been cute
when you doodled “Mrs. Jonas”
all over your notebook in sixth
grade, but there’s no real reason
for this anymore. A name is
an identity. As one grows and
matures, their name collects
a personality and uniquely
identifies them a person. When
Caitlyn Jenner appeared on the
cover of Vogue declaring “Call me
Caitlyn,” it was a monumental
statement. This was the final step
of her metamorphosis into who
she truly was.
I love my last name. It’s my
favorite part of my name. It
identifies me with my family,
with my culture, with everything
that reminds me of home. To
take that away is separating me
from everything I grew up with
and everything I am. I would
get my bachelor’s degree and
a job with the education I got
with my name. People with my
last name supported me through
high school and college and were
there for every milestone. Sure, I
got married to some Doe, but did
they do anything for me during
my most important years? No
matter the family I married into, I
will always be “Raaga Kanakam.”
Nothing more, nothing less.
It’s also just practical to keep
your old name. You don’t get to
just magically start legally using
your shiny, new last name. You
have to first request lots of copies
of your marriage certificate so
you have proof of marriage and
therefore proof of needing a name
change, which could cost you
a lot. In New York, it’s $30 per
copy. Then, you have to do lots of
paperwork and send applications
and a certificate to Social Security,
the DMV, the post office, passport
office, your employer, telephone
and utility companies, banks and
insurance agencies. And, these are
just the required ones. It’s a lot
easier and less of a hassle to just
keep your name.
In addition, this tradition is
just no longer applicable. What
about for a same-sex marriage?
Who gets whose name? Do
you flip a coin? Play a game
of Monopoly and the first
person to flip the board has
to change their name? If they
get to have a discussion and
pick the option that they are
most comfortable with, why
can’t women in a heterosexual
marriage feel more free to do
that? What is it about a union
between a man and a woman
that makes women “property”
in this day and age?
Let’s abandon this tradition.
No one is anyone’s possession,
and no one should be forced
to change something so close
to them. Don’t make women
feel guilty for wanting to keep
the name they were born with.
They are still a whole person
without their husband.
Kanakam is a member of
the class of 2017.
campustimes.org / PAGE 5
EDITORIAL BOARD
A library with dignity
Since September, people have
murmured about the changes
to Rush Rhees Library as part of
the new Evans Lam Square—
compliments, complaints and
recommendations alike.
During the Nov. 10 forum,
which predominantly focused on
changes to the library aesthetic,
students favored the incorporation
of traditional design elements—
rich, moody colors and regal,
stoic woods—in the vision for the
Square. Nods greeted a suggestion
to emulate the 2014 changes to
the Morey Lounge.
In a previous editorial, we failed
to emphasize our main concern—
the library’s new look. Frankly,
we didn’t like what we saw—or,
what we imagined. At the time,
we didn’t know what the changes
would be, and, to an extent, we
still don’t. But, we’re getting closer.
We have a clearer idea of what
the goals for the new space are
because of the forum’s stress
on what the plans are not; we
appreciate this strategy.
Attendees of this week’s forum
saw three photos of spaces that
didn’t fit with the library’s plans
for Evans Lam Square. The
first contained a lettermanjacket-wearing male on a sofa,
surrounded by plaques and
trophies—country club decor.
The second showed a vacant space
filled with oddly-shaped tables,
fluorescent colors and bright
lights—like a preschool. The third
showed a bland space—a “sea
of desks,” as library staff called
it—that resembled the current
circulation area, with uninteresting
furniture, an incongruously dark
rug and clammy walls. According
to Dean of the River Campus
Libraries Mary Ann Mavrinac, the
circulation space is “actually quite
soulless.”
We don’t deny this. The space
screams for a unifying aesthetic.
Look at previous renovations to
the library: the Great Hall and
the Periodical Reading Room
underwent major overhauls to
restore them to their original
grandeur. This sort of change
was what we had in mind, and
we think other students seem to
concur. We want an academic
library—a library with dignity.
It seems necessary, then, that
whatever the new decor happens
to be, it will contain classical
elements. The library staff seemed
receptive to the students’ ideas
about this. An architect from the
firm was particularly pleased with
the excitement about Morey Hall,
the renovation of which he had
orchestrated. This is reassuring. At
the same time, we understand that
libraries are changing. A modern
library needs to cater to a variety
of student needs, needs that have
changed since Rush Rhees Library
opened in 1930 and that will
continue to evolve.
But, we are still unsure how
Library administrators will
proceed. The library admit that
any renderings we’ve seen are not
final, and this ambiguity makes
us uneasy. We await the release
of new renderings that might
illustrate what will effectively be
the center of campus.
We want a space that incorporates
new technology, while still evoking
the prestige of the University. We
want the detail of the Rush Rhees
entryway, the wood paneling in the
Welles-Brown Room, the coziness
of the Great Hall. We want a space
that will impress students when
they first see it. A change could be
good—we hope this one is.
The above editorial is published with the consent of a majority of the editorial board: Aaron Schaffer (Editor-inChief), Julianne McAdams (Managing Editor), Justin Trombly (Opinions Editor), Aurek Ransom (A&E Editor) and
Raaga Kanakam (Features Editor). The Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board make themselves available to the
UR community’s ideas and concerns. Email editor@campustimes.org.
EDITORIAL OBSERVER
BY PARSA LOTFI
PHOTO EDITOR
I don’t know if I’m simply more
aware of instances of ticketing or
if it is actually happening more
often, but our parking system
seems to be cracking down harder
this year than in the past. We’ve
only been in school for less than
three full months, but I’ve seen
a great number of tickets issued
and have personally known a few
people who have gotten boots on
their cars. This may simply be
the opinion of a naive student
who doesn’t quite understand
how the system works, but I feel
that there needs be a much laxer
policy surrounding parking on
UR property.
Tuition at the University of
Rochester costs about $48,290,
with the estimated cost of
attendance at $65,346. Yes, this
is a very high number, but that is
a discussion for a different time.
The argument here is that, with all
of these charges and fees, maybe a
stipulation for parking should be
included in those costs, too. We
are paying so much for school;
should we really have to take
another $500 out of our budget
to get to the education we’ve
Park it, UR
paid for? Obviously, this holds
significantly less true for people
who live on campus, but go even
as far as the Riverview housing,
and driving to campus becomes
a much more attractive option
in the winter months, especially
when the bus has a tendency to
run late. For commuter students
the argument holds even truer.
If a student lives off campus but
close by, they do have the option
to walk to campus or take a bus,
if one is available in their area.
Admittedly, the University has
done a lot to grow the reach of
the bus system, but between
staying on schedule and having
a shuttle at a helpful time, it
isn’t perfect. Many commuter
students end up purchasing a
parking pass for the lot dedicated
to commuters, Park Lot. How
is this helpful to students who
already live under two miles from
campus? Obviously, that isn’t the
distance between Park Lot and
campus, but unless you get lucky
and obtain a spot at the near
end of Park Lot, you’re going
to have some walking to do, or
you can wait for the Silver Line,
whenever it decides to show up.
This leads me to the next
argument. Let’s say that parking
passes are a necessity for societal
order, and therefore we must
have them in place. Why, then,
is there the need to restrict the
student’s parking to a small
range? If a Riverview student has
paid the $450 for a parking pass,
why should they be ticketed
if they park in Library Lot?
Maybe they know they won’t
be returning home until late
and prefer to drive themselves
home in the security of their
car, rather than walk across the
river and through a region of
Rochester where crime rates are
significantly higher. It would
make sense for a student to
think, “I’ve paid for a parking
pass, I should be allowed to park
on campus.” The university’s
parking
administration,
however, feels that having a pass
for a different zone is reason
to ticket. I understand why
the administration may think
zones are necessary, giving some
semblance of organization, but
why should a student not be
allowed to park nearer their
classes if they happen to be in
a rush? Why are students being
penalized for parking elsewhere
when their assigned lot seems to
have no usable parking spaces?
The point is, there are so many
parking spaces across campus,
and they should be open to the
use of the students without such
a high fee or risk of ticket. If
we want to make lives easier for
faculty, I think many students
would agree with me that a
faculty-specific lot is fine, or
maybe just faculty-specific spaces
in various lots. But charging so
much for parking, and then
cracking down on students
with expensive tickets seems a
hindrance to student lives more
than anything.
Lotfi is a member of
the class of 2016.
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OPINIONS / THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015
‘NO COMMENT’
OP-ED
The pictures
shouldn’t matter
BY JESSE BERNSTEIN
COLUMNIST
Have you ever seen the
video of Ray Rice punching
Janay Palmer in the face? The
security camera footage is
completely silent, but you can
tell from their body language
that they’re having a fight,
even before they walk into
the elevator. Once they get in
there, they begin to shove each
other. Rice moves to the other
side of the elevator, and the
fight seems to be over. Then,
Palmer starts to walk towards
him. Rice’s arm shoots out
too quickly for the camera to
really catch, and the next thing
you know, Palmer is knocked
out cold on the ground. Rice
stands over her for a minute
and, when he gets to his floor,
pulls her out by her waist. He
stands over her, moving her
around with his feet, while hers
still poke into the elevator. She
wakes up a few minutes later.
Does that sicken you? It
should. And, yet, for some, it’s
not enough.
In the summer of 2014, Rice
was indicted on third-degree
aggravated assault. In a league
where testing positive for the
prescription drug Adderall can
net you a four-game suspension,
the NFL decided to suspend
Rice for just two games. A
few months later, just as the
season was about to start, the
video of the assault was made
public on TMZ. Public outcry
reached a fever pitch, and Rice’s
suspension was extended to the
entire season. Then, he was cut
from the Baltimore Ravens. NFL
Commissioner Roger Goodell
and Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti
both claimed to have never seen
the video, though those claims
were later proved to be dubious.
Rice is out of the league for
now, and the NFL has donned
their requisite annual pink,
while also directing a massive
ad campaign aimed at women.
Four women were hired to
consult the NFL on domestic
violence. And, yet, here we are,
one season later, making the
same mistakes.
Greg Hardy was a standout
defensive end for the Carolina
Panthers
when
he
was
convicted of assaulting his
girlfriend, Nicole Holder.
Holder reported that Hardy
had thrown her off of a bed,
again into a bathtub and then
again onto a futon covered in
assault rifles. Hardy proceeded
to rip a necklace off of her,
slam a toilet seat on her arm
and drag her by her hair before
choking her. Then, Hardy
called 911 and falsely accused
Holder of having been high on
cocaine and instigating a fight.
Hardy was arrested on the
scene. He later appealed the
conviction, and the charges
were expunged from his record
last week.
The Panthers (obviously)
let him play in week one of
the 2014 season before the
public outcry became too
great, and he was benched for
the rest of the year (but never
suspended). The Panthers
declined to resign him after
the season, though he didn’t
have to wait long to find a
new team, quickly signing a
one-year deal with the Dallas
Cowboys. Goodell suspended
him for 10 games after a league
investigation concluded that
there was clear evidence that
Hardy had violated NFL policy
on assault. The NFL Players
Association fought to reduce
his suspension to four games,
which was granted, and today,
Hardy roams the field. His
coach, his teammates and the
owner of the team all continue
to back him, even as Hardy
continues to make comment
after comment that suggest he’s
failed to learn a thing from the
entire ordeal. There were calls
for the Cowboys to suspend
or cut Hardy, but they were
greatly outnumbered by those
who suggested his aggression
was now being channeled in
a more productive way. But,
then, the pictures came.
Deadspin released police
photos last week that showed
the extent of Holder’s injuries
after Hardy attacked her. She’s
covered head to toe in giant
purple bruises, and each of
the 48 photos show someone
who was absolutely battered.
Many of those commentators
who once defended him have
now changed their tune,
advocating for his suspension
or release from contract. Which
is good, I suppose—people
need to recognize the gravity of
domestic violence, and maybe
how they get there isn’t so
important.
But, it is. The pictures
shouldn’t make a difference
in the public perception of
Greg Hardy. It devalues and
delegitimizes Holder’s words
when no one will come to her
defense unless they’re provided
with what they determine to be
the incontrovertible evidence
of photos. Her testimony
provided everything there was
to know about what Hardy
did, and yet there were still
clearly public doubts about the
authenticity of her account.
Victims of domestic violence
deserve our utmost support,
and though that doesn’t mean
turning a blind eye to evidence,
it does mean their claims should
be given the same weight as
any. Cameras haven’t cornered
the market on truth.
Bernstein is a member of
the class of 2018.
The hypocrisy of
tolerance and free speech
BY JAKE SEHNERT
A few weeks ago, Yale
University’s Intercultural Affairs
Committee sent an email to
students reminding them to be
culturally sensitive in selecting
their Halloween costumes.
The president’s action was an
attempt to be conscious of the
well-being of all Yale students
and stemmed from the
diversity of that university’s
campus, a trait Yale and UR
share. The email came in
the wake of the president of
the University of Louisville
being caught wearing a
poncho, bushy mustache
I happen to agree
with the faculty
member [...] The
line dividing what
is considered
appropriate and
what is considered
inappropriate is
currently much too
conservative.
and sombrero. He was quick
to apologize for his actions.
The Yale email also brings to
mind an event that occurred
here, in which a student was
coerced into taking down a
Confederate flag, even when
he was genuinely expressing
his South Carolinian pride. All
of these examples showcase the
inappropriate and ridiculous
extent of the restriction of free
speech on college campuses.
A faculty member at Yale
responded to the email by
telling the student of the
residence hall she lives in that
they should be able to wear
whatever they want, despite
the potentially offensive nature
of their costumes. Feathered
headdresses, blackface and
turbans were discouraged in
the email. I happen to agree
with the faculty member,
who promoted the freedom
of students to wear whatever
Halloween
costume
they
like. The line dividing what
is considered appropriate and
what is considered inappropriate
is
currently
much
too
conservative. The traditional
constitutional argument claims
that in restricting Halloween
costumes, students are not able
to freely express themselves. I,
however, would like to point
out that if a student were to
dress up as a terrorist, I would
find this inappropriate. It is
an evidently sensitive issue in
the United States today, and
exploiting this current issue is
not right. This is different from
the president of the University
of Louisville’s actions because
there is no obvious derogatory
nature in the latter. The guy
dressed up as a stereotypical
Mexican. I know someone
whose costume was a “drunk
Irishman.” I did not consider
this offensive, and nobody
else seemed to find it so. My
friend’s costume was probably
much more offensive, too, as it
expressed a specific, negative
stereotype about a group
of people, something the
Louisville president’s costume
did not do. The costume did
not overtly demean Mexicans,
so is there really an issue
here? People are immediately
jumping to the conclusion that
he is demeaning Mexicans, and
that is much more offensive
than the act itself. Although it
may appear insensitive to claim
that the societal expectations
of Halloween costumes are too
conservative, there is a deeper
insight that merits attention.
The discrepancy between
appropriate and inappropriate
free speech is ambiguous, but
there is a point that is being
overlooked in this argument.
Consider the situation in
which a student dresses up as
a terrorist or in which the UR
student puts a Confederate
flag in his window. There is
an ignored social cost in these
actions that needs to be taken
into account. Regardless of
whether the student put a
Confederate flag in his window
for genuine reasons or not,
he will pay a price. If black
people walk past his window
and observe it as a promotion
of white supremacy, then
they will likely not associate
themselves with the individual.
Further, since this issue was
reported in several prominent
news sources, future employers
will likely come across this
incident and, if they do not
condone the presentation of
the Confederate flag, then
they will not hire him. If
students across the campus do
not approve of his behavior,
then they will protest against
him and alienate him on the
campus. There are a plethora
of social costs that the student
would experience, and these
would be the consequences
of his behavior. Preventing
the behavior in the first place
is redundant, as costs will
be imposed anyway. These
issues with freedom of speech
are completely ridiculous.
Students may be offended, but
the offenders will suffer from
the numerous social costs.
When freedom is allowed,
negative behaviors such as
blatantly offending others will
naturally be reduced, and there
is no need to institutionally
restrict these behaviors.
There is another point of
interest in all of this. When the
faculty member at Yale stood
by her initial email, students
protested and demanded the
resignation of both her and her
husband, a professor at Yale,
who vocally supported her
decision. When both refused
to resign, they were cursed and
yelled at vehemently. This is a
common tendency of liberal
people supposedly promoting
tolerance. These people claim
that they value tolerance, but,
when met with opposition,
they are in fact intolerant.
They are only tolerant of those
who share their views. I am sure
the faculty members at Yale
would be accepting of others
who disagreed with them. I am
sure they would respectfully
disagree
with
dissenters.
The ridiculous hypocrisy of
students cursing at the married
couple needs to be addressed.
People are allowed to have
This is a common
tendency of liberal
people [...] These
people claim they
value tolerance,
but, when met with
opposition, they are
in fact intolerant. they
are only tolerant of
those who share their
views.
different perspectives and
should not be alienated simply
because of these differences. A
person who values tolerance
must tolerate ambiguity and
respect others with different
opinions. Again, these students
are tolerant only of those who
agree with them.
I have also been personally
attacked on social media
for voicing my perspectives
regarding social issues. I have
been criticized by ardent liberals,
and their arguments generally
resort to criticisms of my
personal character and aspects of
my social media profiles, instead
of criticisms of my statement.
Generally, these criticisms are
fueled not by rationality but
by emotion. In fact, a relative
of my girlfriend said she could
not believe we are dating after
something I said on Twitter.
My profile is public, and I am
positive everything I say is not
offensive if the reader simply puts
on a critical thinking cap. I think
these people have the cognitive
capacity to understand that there
are consequences to every action,
and that statements are not always
offensive, even when they may
appear as such. People need to
critically analyze these situations,
as opposed to appealing to their
emotion, to prevent these social
controversies. If individuals from
all parts of the political spectrum
could adopt this notion, America
would be better off than it is
now, and freedom of speech
would not be as controversial an
issue as it currently is now.
Sehnert is a member of
the class of 2019.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015 / FEATURES
campustimes.org / PAGE 7
FEATURES
Ten tips for getting your grades up
BY RAAGA KANAKAM
FEATURES EDITOR
As of today, there are about
three weeks of classes left in this
semester.
Does this freak you out? Did
you just realize that you let
the semester pass by, and your
grades aren’t where they should
be? Fear not! Use these tips to
help you get back on track and
make this a successful semester.
1. Don’t freak out
This is the most important of
all the points in this article.
There’s more than enough
time to bump up a sad grade
to a happy one. There are
still homework assignments,
midterms and papers left. In
most classes, only about 50
percent or less of the grade has
been accounted for. If you get
your head in the game now and
focus, you can use the rest of the
ungraded work to haul yourself
back up. Acceptance of your
situation is what will motivate
you to get cracking.
If you’re finding yourself
stressed, talk to a friend,
professor or advisor, or go to
University Counseling Center
and help yourself mentally.
Your personal health is more
important than your grades.
2. Talk to the professor.
You screwed up. Don’t lie to
yourself. And, don’t lie to the
professor either when you make
an appointment with them to
talk about what you can do
to improve. The professor can
tell when you’re being honest
and when you’re just making
excuses for yourself. If you go
and tell them earnestly that you
didn’t focus hard enough this
semester but are going to now,
the professor will likely want to
help you.
Visit their office hours, send
them emails, do everything you
can to build that relationship
with your professor. They will
see that you are willing to work
hard and will help you in any
way they can.
3. Don’t skip meals.
Sometimes, you may find it
difficult to make time to have
a meal two or three times a
day. Between classes, jobs and
other responsibilities, you may
find yourself having at most 10
minutes or even less to scarf
down whatever Danforth has
that day before you’re on your
way to your next commitment.
You may find yourself having to
skip meals every day.
This is bad.
syllabus with a course schedule,
so make sure that you’re current
on every lesson. You can’t expect
yourself to get ahead when
you’re behind. Then, when it
comes time to do homework
or study for a midterm, you’re
not cramming or learning new
material—you’re just reviewing
material you already know.
Don’t be the one playing catchup.
5. Don’t overload yourself.
CHRISTIAN CIERI / ILLUSTRATION STAFF
Not only does having a
growling stomach distract you
from your work, you are also
physically tired when you don’t
eat enough food and may find
yourself constantly feeling weak.
Consider getting a clamshell so
that you can fill it full with food
to eat later or preparing meals
beforehand that can be reheated
and consumed right away.
Don’t forget to drink enough
water as well. A tall glass of
water will refresh you and help
keep hunger at bay. Always keep
a water bottle with you and take
sips every so often.
4. Get up-to-date with your
work.
Are you behind on your
work? Have you missed class a
few times and are feeling lost?
Take a night to work. Study all
the material you’ve missed so
far.
Nearly every professor has a
Extracurriculars are
very
important. They help take your
mind off school and let you
relax and do something you
enjoy. But, education must be
prioritized. If you’re finding
that you don’t have time to
study because you have a slew
of meetings, consider dropping
a few lesser-priority meetings
to get more study time. Once
you’re ahead and feel that you’re
prepared for class, you can pick
them up again.
It may be tough to drop
things you really like doing, but
it’ll make your life easier to have
more brain power to focus on
studies.
6. Get a tutor.
Do this now. Your best
resource is going to the Center
for Excellence in Teaching and
Learning (CETL) tutor website
and signing up for a slot that
works for you. If your class
UR OPINION
doesn’t have a CETL tutor, go
to your TA’s office hours or ask
someone who took the class
previously.
Even if you know the
material, review problems from
the homework or the textbook.
Having someone advise you on
the work will help solidify the
material as well as understand
the mistakes you’re making.
Review as much as you can
before so you can go in with
questions and get something
out of it.
7. Don’t go on social media.
This is the probably the
toughest one to do, but also the
most obvious. Having to cut
out Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr,
Reddit and all other websites
might seem daunting, especially
when you’re attached to them.
But, think of how much
these websites are consuming
your time: every time you get
remotely bored, you may find
yourself gravitating towards
your phone or to the URL bar to
distract yourself. But, the more
time you spend on Facebook,
the less you’re spending on your
work.
By no means think that you
have to deactivate all of your
accounts (although, if you do
that, more power to you). Just
install an extension in your
browser that blocks a website
for a certain time period, such
as Block Site for Chrome. Out
of sight, out of mind.
8. Clean your room.
Pick up the clothes on the
floor and do the laundry. Clean
out the garbage and put a fresh
bag in. Wipe down all surfaces
and make your bed.
Having a clean room will
allow you to breathe and make
space to work. Not having to
trip on cords or clothes will
allow you to focus and relax.
Also, the act of cleaning will
serve as a calm distraction to
your brain. The mundane,
repetitive tasks will allow your
brain to be on autopilot and
recharge. Not only are you
helping yourself, but you’ll be
relaxing yourself and getting
ready for your next study
session.
9. Don’t spend the night up.
This is another difficult one
to do. It’s easy to think that
you need to spend all night up
to catch up. Sometimes, it’s the
only option you have. But, what
good does it do to stay up until
5 a.m. and be sleepy all day? If
you don’t have a morning class,
then consider going to sleep
early and setting an alarm to
get up earlier. Not only can you
fit in a nice, full breakfast, but
you’ll be awake when it’s bright
outside, which will keep you
up. Also, consider using the
weekend to work, so that you’re
free during the weekdays.
10. Keep a calendar.
Pencil in everything. Put in
classes, extracurriculars, jobs,
everything. This way, you’re
able to visualize your free time
and study more efficiently. You
may use the hour between class
to relax because it seems like
it’s too short of a time to crack
open your book, but, seeing
it on your calendar as a big,
empty spot will motivate you to
fit in a lesson or two and review
during the time.
You can even go the extra mile
and schedule in free time and
meal times, so that you can just
look at your calendar to know
what you’re supposed to be
doing. It’s nice to be organized.
Though three weeks seem
short, with the inclusion of
weekends and Thanksgiving
break, you’ll have enough time
to raise your grades. But, it’s not
enough to recognize that there
is a problem—it’s important
to act on your mistakes and be
willing to change.
Imagine how much happier
you’ll be when you log in to
Blackboard after finals and see
grades you like. Get working.
Kanakam is a member of
the class of 2017.
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ON-CAMPUS A CAPELLA GROUP?”
BY BRIAN CAPUTO
PHOTO STAFF
DANIEL LEE ‘19
VICTORIA KASS ‘19
CALEB KRIGE ‘18
NATE WOODARD‘17
LUIS MARTINEZ ‘16
IMAN ALI ‘17
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UR TECH
The best
procrastination machine
BY PARSA LOTFI
PHOTO EDITOR
Who loves procrastination?
We, as college students, do.
For the majority of us,
procrastination comes in the
form of television or video
games. Thanksgiving is coming
up, and after Thanksgiving is
Black Friday, every shopper’s
favorite holiday. With Black
Friday comes amazing deals
on great tech, including video
games. So this week, we’ll be
taking a look at video games.
There’s a lot of competition
out there, so it may be hard to
narrow down which one you
want to buy. Do you go with
Microsoft’s Xbox One or Sony’s
PlayStation 4 (PS4)? What
about this SteamBox we’ve been
hearing about lately? Or, should
you take the plunge and get a
gaming PC, which is the correct
answer according to many heavy
gamers?
Among console gamers,
the age-old question has been
Xbox or PlayStation? Though
the PlayStation lineage is
longer, the two systems have
been competitors since the
introduction of the Xbox in
2001. Things really heated
up when the Xbox 360 was
announced to compete with the
PlayStation 3 (PS3). Both came
with their respective exclusive
games and specifications, and
thus began one of the most
polarizing debates in video
game’s not-very-long history .
It really is difficult to choose
between the two, and often, the
decision comes down to which
console has the exclusive games
you like, not to mention brand
loyalty. I began console gaming
with a PlayStation 2 back in
2001 and would be hard-pressed
to change to an Xbox now.
That doesn’t mean the Xbox is
completely out of the decision
pool, though.
Each console has its own pros
that fight for it. For example,
the Xbox has had much better
controllers
throughout
its
time on the market, especially
with the latest Xbox One. The
controller has a nice heft to it
and feels at home in your hands.
The PS4 controller feels almost
too long; and, though I prefer
the button layout of the former,
things just don’t feel as refined as
with the Xbox controller.
Looking at the actual system,
the PlayStation family usually
has the upper hand. With each
generation of consoles, Sony has
made sure to pack their consoles
full of fantastic hardware. It was
rumored that the full potential
of the last generation PS3 was
never fully tapped, while the
Xbox 360 was certainly showing
its age.
If you enjoy playing online
with people across the globe, the
Xbox may be the better system
for you. Though Microsoft’s
online network is pay-to-access,
it is markedly the better of the
two networks, featuring higher
player volumes, more stability
and better features. Sony has a
free-to-access online network;
but, to access all the features,
you need to pay for PlayStation
Plus, a system that is nice but
still not very competitive with
Xbox Live.
Now, if you prefer a PC for
your gaming, then you just
read the above paragraph and
thought, why would I limit
myself like that? Having never
owned a gaming PC, I have
certainly asked this question
multiple times. It seems that
there are so many more games
available for the PC, you aren’t
locked into any sort of hardware
and you can pick whatever
controller you like.
Many gamers prefer to build
their own computers. This gives
them the freedom to not only
build according to their budget,
but to put in elements into
their computers that do what
they want. For the same price
as an Apple iMac, you could
build your own computer with
advanced graphical processors
and efficient cooling systems,
buy a nice monitor and make it
all look amazing. If any of the
parts in your computer start to
get outdated, you can change
them. Don’t feel like using a
mouse and keyboard? That’s
weird, but fine. You can use a
third-party controller.
Here’s the best part: Feel like
you’re getting tired of a game
as it is? There are plenty of
modifications, or mods, you can
buy or download for PC games
that can refresh games that feel
tired. Have you ever seen GIFs
out there from Grand Theft
Auto where ridiculous things
keep happening? Probably
mods. See the Skyrim mods
with Thomas the Train instead
of a dragon? Very weird but
interesting and definitely a
mod. It doesn’t matter what
game you’re playing—there are
amazing things you can do with
it.
If you’re looking for the
abilities of a PC with the price
and convenience of a console,
there has been a recent trend that
might just help you out. Valve,
the awesome company behind
games like the Portal series and
Counter-Strike, has released a
sort of operating system that
allows other companies develop
for what will be called to be
called Steam Machines. These
are console-like machines that
run Valve’s Steam software,
allowing users to play PC games
on a console, almost like the
best of both worlds. Currently,
a few companies, such as Dell’s
Alienware branch and Orion,
have similar consoles out.
I know that this can all get
confusing. Consider all your
options and get ready. Sales
season is heading our way, and
it’s as good a time as any to either
step into the video game world
or to upgrade the system you’ve
already got. Happy gaming!
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the class of 2016.
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Amanda’s guide to anal probing
BY AMANDA MARQUEZ
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Have you ever gotten it on
with your man and decided
to take an unexpected turn
into his hind-quarters? Was his
reaction to immediately tense
up and defensively shout, “No
way”?
Well, both of you should
consider exploring this more
because, in case you didn’t
know, the male G-spot is the
prostate gland and is easily
activated with the simple
insertion of a finger.
While this might sound a
little taboo, it’s definitely an
area worth exploring if you’re
looking to mix up your sex life
and try something new.
Here are six tips to guide you
through your anal adventure.
Don’t take him by surprise.
Remember, foreplay and sex
should always be consensual,
even if it’s with your significant
other.
Therefore,
before
you start experimenting, it’s
important that you ask if
your partner is OK. Having a
conversation about his G-spot
and your method of pleasing
beforehand is a good way to
ease any concerns and know
what exactly he is comfortable
with doing.
Keep your hygiene in check.
Whenever you engage in
any type of sexual behavior,
cleanliness is the key to
protecting yourself against any
harmful bacteria, STIs, STDs
and the like. If you anticipate
getting frisky, make sure that
you and your partner have
both showered recently, that
your hands are thoroughly
washed and that your nails are
trimmed and rounded so you
don’t end up hurting him or
accumulating harmful bacteria,
such as e-coli, underneath
them.
If you or your partner
haven’t showered and find it
embarrassing to ask, consider
starting off in the shower first.
Not only are you both clean
and ready to go, but it’s also a
fun way to spice up foreplay.
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Lather it up.
For the same reasons you
wouldn’t want to have dry sex,
do your man a favor and use
a generous amount of lube on
both the anal region and your
finger.
If you feel like this could
turn into an awkward moment,
make the lubrication process
a part of your foreplay and
sensually massage the area.
This will make the experience
one which you can easily slide
into.
Gently work your way in.
Just
because
you’ve
generously lubricated the area
does not mean that you can
prod your finger inside of him.
Prepping the area for
penetration is a process
that requires patience and a
series of gentle attempts. It
will probably take multiple
tries for the anus to become
loose enough so that you can
completely enter it. The most
important part of this step is to
keep your partner completely
relaxed
and
comfortable.
Remember, slow and steady
wins the race.
Cue the fireworks.
Assuming that the area has
been properly prepped and is
now loose enough for complete
entrance, it’s time to find that
G-spot. The prostate gland is
the size of a walnut and located
between the bladder and the
penis.
When your finger is inserted,
gingerly search for the gland
with the pad of your finger.
This part requires you to pay
close attention to how your
partner reacts with every move
you make. You should be able
to tell that you’re at the right
place by their body language.
Sit back and enjoy the ride.
Now that you’re familiar with
the area, it’s up to you and your
partner to decide what types of
motions you feel are best. You
can apply as little or as much
pressure to the area depending
on the intensity you’re trying
to achieve. You can also rub
the G-spot up and down or
circularly to obtain different
sensations. Communication is
key here—listen to what he and
his body is saying. Eventually,
you’ll figure out what exactly
does the trick, and you’ll have
him orgasming like crazy.
With these new tricks up
your sleeve, you’ll elevate your
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HUMOR
What is art?
BY SCOTT MISTLER-FERGUSON
HUMOR STAFF
What is art? The first result
on Google defines it as “the
expression or application of human
creative skill and imagination,
typically in the form of painting,
music, literature and dance.” This
definition, however, is inadequate.
It doesn’t take into account the
beauty and grace of a 10-page
research paper crammed to the
margins or the emotional depth of a
photo on Instagram of a Starbucks
coffee, cupcakes in a bakery or a
puppy wearing a hat against its will.
Art is so much more than
society’s conventional and
outdated ideas of it. Art is
expending more effort on
perfecting your hair and outfit
in the morning than you did
studying for your test the
night before. Art is buying a
rattlesnake, naming it Steve
and then moving to Los Angeles
with Steve because screw Mom
and Dad I’m gonna sell t-shirts
out of a kiosk in the hipster
neighborhood of Los Angeles.
For all intents and purposes, art
is in the eyes of the beholder.
For example, the beholder might
be holding her iPhone in front
of her face, aimed at a tree just
beginning to change colors.
You know, like, when the leaves
aren’t, like, quite at that perfect
red yet? Like, they’re getting
there and every day it’s, like,
a little closer, but, like, wow!
When they really change it’s
gonna be so magical!
In a way, one could argue that
most everything surrounding us
is art. My laptop’s uber creative
wallpaper depicting a really
generic mountain with a sky that’s
so colorful that you know it’s
computer-generated is art. Heck,
even the stickers on my laptop that
let people know I’m an individual
expressing my individuality
through logos that everyone else
has is art. Why, you ask? Because
it’s ironic, of course! Whenever
anyone says an outfit is too basic,
a song too overplayed or a pair of
Uggs too overused, they are only
revealing their own embarrassing
ignorance. To any doubters or
haters who say that your Yik Yak
account is obnoxious, just explain
to them that you only downloaded
it ironically. When they, in turn,
ask why you post at least five times
a day, remind them that it’s only
to keep up the appearance that
you care.
Understanding this, we can
now realize that everything is
art. Even this article is art. Even
this article.
Mistler-Ferguson is a member of
the class of 2018.
HUMOR / THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015
Student chooses to not pursue
internship, thinks it’ll work out
BY NATE KUHRT
HUMOR EDITOR
This past weekend, junior
Charles Wilkens announced
to his parents: “Mom, Dad, I
don’t want an internship this
summer.” Wilkens’s parents were
in shock with no understanding
of where this underachieving
attitude had come from.
“When baby Charles told
us he wasn’t pursuing an
internship, we assumed
he had planned to take
the MCAT…
he didn’t. This
was a wake-up call to us.
How on earth does he intend
on making the top five percent
before his firstborn???” cried
his mother.
Ta l k i n g
to Charles, he
explained, “I don’t
know, I just want to do
something more enriching.
Maybe go work at a golf course,
which offers free rounds or be
a camp counselor. Or, even
better, volunteer for those
in need. I just want to make
the world better, you know?”
These thoughts were an
enormous twist from
Charles’s typical interests.
Charles sudden change in
life-path caused great concern
with UR Admissions staff. “If
all students act like this, there
is no way we will get as selective
a class for upcoming years,”
an anonymous admissions
counselor said. “ We may
transition from a research
institution to a—I don’t want
to say it—liberal arts school.”
The UR Career Center
commented on this bold
decision with regards
to his future job
prospects,
MORGAN MEHRING / ILLUSTRATION STAFF
stating, “It’s questionable,
but I am sure he will get by
if we reformat his resume.”
Looking for an explanation as
to why their son is no longer a
go-getter and intends to fully
enjoy his summer with a minimal
income, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkens
filed numerous CARE reports
concering their son. Thus far, it
has been determined that Charles
is not a heavy drinker, does not do
drugs, is not depressed, is still on
pace to make Dean’s List, is active
in the Rochester community and
is behaving exactly how he always
has. The only explanation for his
change in goals appears to have
been offered by his residential
advisor, Michelle Riccardo. “I’m
not sure if this is correct being
that I’ve only read about it in my
books, but it appears
that Charles may
have a disorder called laziness,”
she said. “That, or he’s really
passionate about other things.
Maybe he just doesn’t care about
being successful? But that’d be
really odd and the first case among
undergraduates I’d have seen yet.”
When asked about his
plans for after graduation,
Charles responded, “I think
it will work out, I have a few
options. For now, I am leaning
toward moving to Colorado with
that whole pot legalization bit.
If that doesn’t pan out, maybe
I’ll backpack around Europe.
Worst-case scenario, I go to
grad school or get employed
b y m y d a d ’s c o m p a n y.”
Kuhrt is a member of
the class of 2017.
Starbucks serves up a grande-hold the
spirit-dose of holiday hell
BY ERIC FRANKLIN
HUMOR STAFF
For those of you reading this,
congratulations on surviving
the nuclear apocalypse that has
surely taken place between the
time this was written and the
time it was published. I’m sure
there can be no one who doesn’t
know this by now, but for the
few whose underground bunkers
have lost communication with
the outside world (but who
also have received their Campus
Times subscription in a timely
manner), here’s what happened:
Starbucks, the Seattle-based
coffee company upon which all
civilization rests, introduced its
new holiday-season cup.
What could Starbucks have
possibly put on or in this cup to
provoke the War to End All Wars?
Did the cup have a drawing of
the Prophet Muhammad? Did
it have a Trump-toupee and call
Putin a loser? Did Starbucks
accidentally print the launch
codes for the nuclear weapons
corporate America keeps hidden
underneath the Mall of America?
No, the cup…was red.
Oh the humanity!
Yes, as Karl Marx wrote in
“The Communist Manifesto”
over 150 years ago, “The final
and most glorious uprising
will pit the proletariat against
the greatest of all enemies
created by the bourgeois. The
beginning will be marked by
the removal of generic secular
winter images from the public
“This cup, which is Christmascolored-but-slightly-lessChristmas-themed-than-lastyear, is a literal threat to my
religion, my freedom and my
country,” proclaimed a man
calling himself “Dino,” who may
some more English.
“Thomas Jefferson wrote the
Second Amendment for this
exact moment. He knew China
and Russia would invade and
try to take away our religion,
so he made sure to put it in
MORGAN MEHRING / ILLUSTRATION STAFF
spaces.” By removing reindeer
and snowflakes from their cups,
Starbucks has single-handedly
sealed our fate as slaves to the
Red Menace that is China and
also Russia (and probably ISIS).
have been using a pseudonym to
protect his identity but was also
stomping around roaring with
his arms tucked into his sleeves
before and after the interview.
Between rampages, he managed
the Constitution that America
is a country founded explicitly
on Christian gun-ownership
and excessive portion sizes.”
It should be noted that Dino’s
outrage was not enough to
prevent him from buying
his venti-decaf-mocha-double
shot-extra whip-nonfat-soy-half
and half-extra hot-light ice-hold
the mocha-occino.
Some took a more nuanced
approach to the Starbucks Sin,
such as Lynn Murray, a frequent
Starbucks customer who said, “I
read America’s official religious
doctrine once, the original text
written by George Washington.
Somewhere between the
paragraph about what Bible
passages we have to be weirdly
adherent to and the paragraph
about being super worried about
other people’s sex lives, I think
there was something about Jesus
loving others. It’s a hazy memory,
but I think maybe Jesus would
be OK with the Starbucks cup,
assuming he even heard about
it while he was out helping the
poor with their actual problems.
Either way, I think it’s important
that we willfully ignore that
and use Jesus as a cudgel with
which to bash people whom we
don’t like.”
So, Merry Christmas everyone.
May all of Jesus’s favorites
survive the communist hellscape
that Starbucks has condemned
us to.
Franklin is a member of
the class of 2017.
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After
Hours joins
political
race
Zola epic
captures
public
imagination
BY SAM PASSANISI
BY JESSE BERNSTEIN
NEWS EDITOR
Student a cappella group After
Hours hit some high points—and
some high notes—during their
fall semester show, “The 2016
Election,” in Strong Auditorium
on Friday, Nov. 6. Despite a few
slow moments, the show was
funny, robust and enjoyable, if a
little on the lengthy side.
The show opened on a video
segment that featured members
of After Hours as candidates in
the 2016 presidential race. At
some a cappella concerts, these
cinematic interludes serve as little
more than filler between songs,
but After Hours’s video was
genuinely funny, skewering the
presidential contenders with subtle
humor. Sophomore Melanie
Ottino drew laughs as “Melary
Clinton,” junior John Queenan
was funny and groan-inducing as
“Johnald Trump and sophomore
Jonathan Heinz mocked the
youngest Bush’s mediocrity as
“Jebathan Bush.” Dark Horse
candidate “Ramblernie Sanders”
was portrayed by a guest actor,
junior Ben Hall, of the Midnight
Ramblers.
The show started off strong with
a rendition of “The Star-Spangled
Banner” followed by “Bright,” by
Echosmith, and an earnest medley
of Keane’s “Somewhere Only We
Know” and “Vienna” by Billy Joel.
By midway through the first set,
it was apparent that the sound
mixing for the show was going to
be a bit rocky. In any case, it was
no fault of the After Hours singers,
who dealt with the problem
admirably, not missing a beat.
Three songs into the program,
After Hours stepped off stage
to make way for their first guest
group of the evening. The Syracuse
University Mandarins, an allfemale a cappella group, sounded
great and kept the audience
warmed up for After Hours’
second set. Arguably the best song
of the first half of the show, rolling
out right before the intermission,
was After Hours’s smooth cover of
“Creep” by Radiohead.
After Hours might not have the
explosive exuberance of some of
UR’s other a cappella groups, but
their vocals are nothing to scoff at,
and they bring no shortage of fun
to the stage. Friday night’s show
was longer than it perhaps needed
to be, but I can truthfully say I was
still having fun even as the show
rolled past the two-hour mark.
After the intermission, After
Hours returned to the stage to
perform songs by Mumford and
Sons, Tori Kelly, and Sara
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CATHERINE KONG / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
NJR OPEN MIC HOSTS STUDENT ARTISTS
Sophomore Chris Langfield sings and plays guitar at Starbucks’ Friday Night Live as part of an eclectic concert sponsered
by NJR.
Norah Jones sings in dulcet tones
BY PAMELA ORTEGO
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
When tickets for Norah
Jones’s November performance
at Eastman Theatre went on sale
on Sep. 9, fans went wild and
the show sold out in less than 38
minutes.
Three years have passed since
nine-time Grammy awardwinning singer and songwriter
Norah Jones last came to
Rochester.
However, on Friday, Nov. 6,
Jones came back to Kodak Hall
to perform for a sold-out show
that did not disappoint. Being the
multi-faceted and extraordinarily
talented songstress that she is,
Jones put on a beautiful display
of soulfulness and versatility on
the stage of Eastman Theatre. The
show was definitely worth the
wait, for she made it seem like she
was singing in a small coffee shop
rather than a grand theater hall.
Norah Jones first emerged
in the music industry with the
release of her album “Come Away
with Me” in February 2002.
This self-described “moody little
record” of hers introduced a
singular new voice to the world,
eventually growing into a global
phenomenon. Not long after, she
swept the 2003 Grammy Awards,
which triggered a paradigm
shift away from the prevailing
synthetic pop music of the time.
From then on, Jones has sold over
40 million albums worldwide and
has released a series of critically
acclaimed and commercially
successful solo albums: “Feels
like Home” (2004), “Not
Too Late” (2007), “The
Fall” (2009) and “Little Broken
Hearts” (2012).
Despite her great successes,
Jones continues to perform
humbly, featuring her raw
musical talent in a sincere and
almost vulnerable way. She shares
the stage and shows off the talents
of her fellow musicians and other
artists. The concert this past
weekend opened with Swedish
born singer and songwriter
Alberta Cross. Since 2005,
Cross has been the songwriting
project of Petter Ericson Stakee;
he formed the band in London
before relocating to its current
home of New York City where
it dedicates its music to a mix
of Indie and Alternative Rock.
After its performance, the anxious
energy of the crowd could not be
ignored. Aware of Jones’ soon-tobe presence on stage, audience
members chatted about their
favorite songs while waiting for
the intermission to end.
Backed by the band The
Candles, Jones showed her range
as a musician during the show,
playing a plethora of different
instruments including piano,
acoustic guitar, electric guitar and
keyboard, while simultaneously
singing. The pace of the concert
started sultry and slow but then
evolved into a rock and roll
show as guitarist Jason Roberts
ripped into a furious jam, which
was one of the highlights of the
night. Soon after, the band exited
the stage leaving Jones alone
on the piano with just a single
spotlight from above. It was
the quintessential Norah Jones
experience that so many came to
see. She sang beautifully in such
a deep and genuine manner that
one can’t help but feel emotionally
moved by her songs. With merely
her voice and piano, Jones had the
power to fill every inch of Kodak
Hall with her haunting melodic
ability, singing “Miriam,” “Don’t
Know Why” and “Turn Me
On.” These performances gave
devoted audience members more
than enough reason to cheer and
applaud. Jones closed with one of
her most beloved songs “Come
Away with Me.”
The crowd clapped along as
Jones played a Tom Waits cover
and as she finished the song it rose
to its feet with a standing ovation.
Jones returned for an encore
along with her band and finished
the night with the song “Sunrise.”
Ortego is a member of
the class of 2019.
“Y’all wanna hear a story about
why me & this bitch here fell
out???????? It’s kind of long but full
of surprise (crying with laughter
emoji) (crying emoji).”
Thus begins what’s come to
be known as the “Zola Story”
(or sometimes just “Zola”), a
scintillating tale of sex, drugs,
debauchery, suicide, murder
and good old Tampa, Fla. It’s
like Thelma and Louise meets
Tarantino meets a Lil’ Kim
song. The language is colloquial
(“hoeism” has officially entered the
lexicon), filled with abbreviations
(“trst” stands for “the rest”),
misspellings and grammatical
errors, but the story, told through
148 tweets, is easy to follow. And
of course the kicker: it’s a true story.
At least that’s what the author
says. Aziah Wells (Zola) swears by
the veracity of her account, and
even as conflicting details have
arisen (from both characters in the
story and the Washington Post),
there are some undisputed facts.
In March, Jessica Swiatkowski
(“the white bitch”), Wells,
Akporode Uwedjojevwe (“Z”) and
Jarret Scott (Jessica’s boyfriend)
embarked on a journey from
Detroit to Tampa, where Wells and
Jessica danced in various high-end
strip clubs. Some turn of events led
to Wells and Z pimping Jessica out
to patrons of the hotel they were all
staying at. After that, nothing can
be confirmed. Wells claims that
Z shot a man in the face; Jessica
claims she never slept with anyone
for money; and Jarret denies Wells’
claim that he tried to jump off of
a fourth-floor balcony. Today, Z
is awaiting trial for sexual assault,
battery, two counts of trafficking
and two counts of attempted
pandering with threat of physical
force.
The truth of the story is far from
what matters. Wells has become
a celebrity overnight, attracting
legions of fans, booking agents and
producers. She says that she’s been
approached by various executives
looking to adapt her story for the
screen, but in the meantime, you
can buy a T-Shirt emblazoned with
the word “hoeism.”
The whole situation is murky.
Some of Wells’s supporters have
praised her actions as both a black
and feminist icon, while others
have voiced their admiration for her
storytelling style. Tweets of support
have noted that the “Zola Story,”
which, again, is ostensibly a true
story, has character development,
an exciting and complex plot, a
unique voice and
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‘Red’: A tale of blood and the void
BY KATHERINE VARGA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Classical music plays as Mark
Rothko stands in the middle of
the stage smoking a cigarette.
The painting studio set behind
him features a few completed
paintings, a few blank canvases
and boarded up windows. Rothko
sees none if it: He’s staring out
at the audience. His young new
assistant Ken enters and Rothko
demands, “What do you see? Wait.
Stand closer.” Ken inches towards
the end of the stage, and we realize
they’re not looking at the audience;
they’re looking at Rothko’s art
hanging on the (fourth) wall. Ken
contemplates, then finally says,
“Red.” This is the name of the show
the audience is here to see—John
Logan’s play about the famous
abstract expressionist painter, his
commission to create murals for
the Four Seasons restaurant and
his assistant’s response to this act of
commercialization.
The opening of “Red” at Geva
Theatre Center, the second show of
their season, sets up a blurred line
between life and art that permeates
the play. Director Skip Greer (who
also teaches a course in directing
at UR) bridges the gap between
life and art with tiny moments of
realism onstage. Throughout the
play, Rothko’s cigarette produces
real smoke. Audience members
in the first few rows can smell the
paint he pours from one container
to another. He cracks real eggs
and throws away the shells. In one
particularly intoxicating moment,
Rothko and Ken set up a huge
blank canvas and, with gorgeous
synchronization and fervent
energy, cover the entire white
square with red strokes. It stays in
the background and the audience
gets to watch the paint dry as the
characters discuss how dried red
paint looks like blood.
This moment is particularly
satisfying because the audience
gets to experience the visceral thrill
of watching paint cover a canvas
after hearing Rothko philosophize
vaguely about art. For Rothko,
painting is about capturing raw
emotion—what people really
mean when they say they’re fine.
“How are you feeling? Conflicted.
Nuanced. Troubled… I am not
fine. We are not fine.” He points to
the audience, which the characters
see as his paintings: “Look at these
pictures…. Not nice. Not fine.
Real.”
Rothko breaking the fourth wall
without realizing there are people
behind it returns at a later moment
in the show. We learn that he paints
because he’s afraid of oblivion and
pain—“the black swallowing the
red.” Even though art is about
expressing and sharing universal
human conditions, Rothko thinks
he is the only person in the world
who can feel his pain and convey
it through art. Ken accuses him
of not thinking anyone is good
enough to look at his art. Actor
John Ford-Dunker induces chills
when he declares, “I don’t think
you’d recognize a real human
being if he were standing in front
of you,” and the two stand looking
at each other in a gloriously tense
moment.
Unfortunately, the show is not
always enthralling and breathless.
Rothko talks. A lot. And, while
Stephen Caffrey embodies the
intimidating and self-absorbed
genius perfectly, at times his selfindulgent chatter can feel tedious
and pretentious. However, the
rewards of the play far outweigh
any moments of alienation. The
audience has suffered through
Rothko’s elitism and arrogance
through the first part of the
play, making Ken’s explosive
condemnations of Rothko in the
second half all the more satisfying.
In the final scene, Rothko
stands under a red light that
gets swallowed by the black.
Immediately, lights appear on his
red and black painting and the
actors come out for their bows.
Shortly before this, Ken tells
Rothko of his commission: “It’s
just painting.” The same could
potentially be said for their story:
“It’s just a play.” However, Red
transcends being “just” anything,
capturing the angst and awe of
people trying to create a piece of
art, forging a connection with
another human or figuring out
how to live in a bloodstained
world.
Varga is a
Take Five Scholar.
Zola: sleaze meets high art
ZOLA FROM PAGE 13
a racially diverse cast. Others have
expressed disgust at the humorous
tone that most reactions have
taken—though Wells’s storytelling
style is undeniably funny (“Ima full
nude typa bitch”), it still depicts
supposedly real scenes of rape,
human trafficking, attempted
suicide and murder. The line
between fact and fiction is beyond
blurred—it’s been erased.
For our purposes, we’re going to
assume that though some central
elements are true, a good deal of
embellishment went into the story
(think Hunter S. Thompson’s “The
Kentucky Derby is Decadent and
Depraved”), and we’ll consider it
fiction.
It’d be easy to Jonathan Franzen the
whole thing and moan about how
low the cultural standards have fallen
for the “Zola Story” to qualify as good
storytelling, but it’s more complicated
than that. There’s something to be
said for the inventiveness of the style.
It’s reminiscent of Joe Wendworth’s
“Letters to Wendy” or portions
Jennifer Egan’s “A Visit From the
Goon Squad,” novels that used
experimental formats and blurred
reality. Is it “Finnegan’s Wake?”
No. But, using tweets as the format
through which the story is told is
fascinating, in both a cultural and
literary sense (and, by the way,
“Cloud Atlas” author David Mitchell
did the same thing last year). Wells
might not be well versed in the MLA
Style Guide, but that doesn’t take
away from the story at all.
In the days that have followed
the story’s publication, it’s gone
through the usual Internet filters—
think pieces, think pieces reacting
to the initial think pieces, fullscale journalistic investigations,
memes, pictures of people’s Zolainspired Halloween costumes, and
so on and so forth. This is how we
process cultural events today—we
break them down, adapt them
into more easily digestible forms
that retain the zeitgeist of what
happened. That’s not a complaint,
but it’s not a compliment, either.
To put it simply: this is
something that could only have
happened in 2015.
Bernstein is a member of
the class of 2018.
After Hours for president 2016
A CAPPELLA FROM PAGE 13
Bareilles. They took a break after
those numbers and welcomed
their second guest group. Louvre
Performance Ensemble was really
good, and danced to three songs;
one slow instrumental song and two
higher energy numbers. Following
Louvre, After Hoursewas back to
close their show with a final four
songs, including their alumni
song “And So It Goes.” It was the
final song, however—Tori Kelly’s
“Nobody Love”—that was the
best of the bunch. At the close of
the song, Rouse hit and sustained
a note that you had to be there to
believe; people were talking about
that note on the way out of the
theatre.
Complementing the last set was
the final video segment, in which
Melary, Johnald and the others
gathered eagerly to learn the results
of the presidential race. All four
candidates were dismayed when
the video revealed that America’s
next president would be none
other than the University’s very
own Joel Seligman.
After the show, After Hours sold
shirts emblazoned with Seligman’s
visage, above the year “2020.” I
almost bought one, but I think
I’d rather wear one of Seligman’s
actual shirts, so I’ll hold off until
they sell those. Maybe they’ll beat
the next concert.
The program for the show
advised that the group is “hard at
work producing their upcoming
EP.” After Hours Publicity
Manager Grant Sorbo confirmed
that the name of the EP is still
secret, but that the release is
upcoming. “We’ll start teasing
some more details online at the
start of next semester,” Sorbo
added.
Passanisi is a member of
the class of 2017.
CT RECOMMENDS
‘TRAINWRECK’
BY YOONSIE KIM
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
“Monogamy isn’t realistic.” In Judd Apatow’s “Trainwreck,”
the protagonist Amy (Amy Schumer) lives by this motto ever
since her father repeated it to her and her sister (Brie Larson)
when they were young girls. She has casual sex but never
spends the night. She dates but never exclusively, much to
the dismay of her boyfriend Steven (John Cena). His dreams
of having Amy as his “crossfit queen” are shattered once he
snoops on her cell phone only to receive a text message of
another man’s genitalia, and he ends the relationship. Amy
indifferently continues her single life. By day, she writes for
a men’s magazine in New York City, “S’Nuff,” which caters
to the lowest common denominator of men. By night, she
drinks excessively, smokes weed, and has sex with strangers.
Amy often teases her younger sister, Kim, because she doesn’t
understand why Kim chose having a family and a quiet life
in the suburbs over being single.
That is, until she meets the subject of her newest article for
S’Nuff, Aaron Conners (Bill Hader)—a sports surgeon who
treats celebrity athletes. Amy is confronted with a conflict
that is familiar in romantic comedies: Will the commitmentphobic casual dater end up with her monogamous-minded
love interest, or will she return to her old ways? Though
the plotline is hackneyed, Schumer’s and Hader’s reversed
gender roles give leeway to Schumer’s characteristically
satirical and neo-feminist comedy gold. Unlike typical female
protagonists in romantic comedies, Amy is unapologetically
sexual, making her a more realistic and relatable character.
“Trainwreck” is the only full-length feature film Apatow has
directed but not written. This will be a pleasant surprise for
fans of Schumer who can recognize her style from her standup or her show on Comedy Central, “Inside Amy Schumer.”
Although Schumer seems to be playing herself in the movie,
her emotionally vulnerable scenes were convincing. And
her chemistry with Hader was natural and believable. The
standout actors were John Cena and LeBron James, who
plays Aaron’s best friend. The timing and execution of their
lines were among the most memorable parts of the movie.
Like many recent Judd Apatow movies, the pace slows and
certain scenes drag, particularly before and after the story
takes a more dramatic turn in hopes to make the transition
less abrupt. For a romantic comedy, the movie handled the
more emotional scenes well, while approaching the cheesier
romantic aspects in a cleverly self-aware and funny manner.
Though the movie doesn’t subvert its own genre the way it
intended, fans of the classic rom-com won’t be disappointed.
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Gunnar Zemering - Swimming
BY MAX EBER
SPORTS EDITOR
Sophomore Gunnar Zemering
claimed first place finishes in both the
50- and 100-meter freestyle races this
past weekend. He was also a member
of the 200-freestyle relay which
placed first, and the 200-medley
relay, which placed second. He
has been honored as the Liberty
League Male Swimmer of the Week.
1. How did you first get into
competitive swimming?
In the Netherlands, my dad would
bring us to our public pool almost
every day, where we played games
and went off the slides. I first started
racing when we moved to Evansville,
Indiana, but after moving again
to New York, I stopped for a few
years. I got back into it when I was
10 because I really wanted a pair of
towel pants—which were only sold
at swim meets.
2. Do you have any rituals you
perform before starting a race?
PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS
Sophomore Gunnar Zemering takes a breath at the Grove City Invitational.
I do my best to get rid of all
superstition and focus on being
physically and mentally ready
for the race. I stretch out, eat
some fruit snacks and take deep
breaths to store oxygen before the
race. For relays, we always huddle
up and discuss our race strategy
before we go and motivate each
other.
3. What is your favorite aspect of
the sport? Why?
Definitely the team. In a sport
that’s so time consuming and
physically draining, it’s vital to
surround yourself with people that
support you in every way. Our
swim team does exactly this: the
chemistry on UR swimming and
diving is incredible. We help each
LAST WEEK'S SCORES
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
other in practice, with homework
and almost everything else outside
of the pool. The team, including
the coaches, is a close family and it
has always felt that way at practices
and meets. The positive energy
is what keeps everyone pursuing
improvement.
4. How did it feel to have
such a strong performance this
past Saturday, including two
individual first place finishes?
I’m just excited to see how the
rest of the season goes.The meet
this weekend included some close
races which simulated what the
race environment will be like at
the championship meets. The
team and myself are on the right
track but we still have some work
to do before Liberty League and
University Athletic Association
Championships. To be this close
to my personal bests so early in the
season is a good sign, but I’m more
focused on what I can do differently
in my races and relays to score more
points for the team.
5. What is on your mind as you
look forward to the Liberty League
championships in December?
These next three weeks are crunch
time. It’s time for [us] to condition
ourselves even harder and perfect
our technique in the pool. We have
some strong competition this year,
so we will have to make sure that
our races and relays are on point
if we want to defend our titles.
I also “Amazon Prime’d” some
“SpongeBob” DVDs to keep us
busy on the long bus ride to Liberty
Leagues.
6. Would you rather have cooking
lessons from Batman or Harry
Potter? Why?
Even though Batman would have
top-of-the-line equipment to cook
with, he wouldn’t be that great at it
because Alfred has cooked for him
his whole life. Harry Potter and
I could definitely whip up some
delicious chocolate frogs or strange
flavored jelly beans, but, at the end
of the day, nothing beats my mom’s
cooking.
Eber is a member of
the class of 2017.
Field Hockey advances in
Liberty League playoffs
• Women’s Volleyball vs Case Western Reserve University - L 0-3
• Women’s Volleyball vs New York University - W 3-1
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7
• Football vs Worcester Polytechnic Institute - L 34-35
• Women’s Volleyball vs Carnegie Mellon University (UAA 3rd Round) - L 0-3
• Women’s Soccer vs Emory University - L 1-3
• Field Hockey vs William Smith College - L 1-3
• Men’s Soccer vs Emory University - L 0-3
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
• Field Hockey vs Misericordia University - W 2-1
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13
• Men’s Swimming and Diving at Carnegie Mellon University Invitational - Day 1 - Pittsburgh, PA - 4 P.M.
• Women’s Swimming and Diving at Carnegie Mellon University Invitational - Day 1 - Pittsburgh, PA - 4 P.M.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14
• Men’s Swimming and Diving at Carnegie Mellon University Invitational - Day 2 - Pittsburgh, PA - 9 A.M.
• Women’s Swimming and Diving at Carnegie Mellon University Invitational - Day 2 - Pittsburgh, PA - 9 A.M.
• Men’s Cross Country at NCAA Atlantic Regrional - Mt. Morris, NY - 9 A.M.
• Women’s Cross Country at NCAA Atlantic Regrional - Mt. Morris, NY - 11 A.M.
• Football vs Hobart Colleg - 12 P.M.*
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17
• Women’s Basketball vs William Smith College - Geneva, NY - 6 P.M.
• Men’s Basketball vs Hobart College - Geneva, NY - 8 P.M.
*DENOTES HOME GAME
(DH) DENOTES DOUBLEHEADER
PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS
The team celebrates together after their comeback victory over the Misericordia
University Cougars.
BY JACKIE POWELL
SPORTS STAFF
On Wednesday afternoon, UR
field hockey, ranked 20th nationally
clinched a spot in Sweet 16 of the
NCAA Division III tournament
by knocking off the unranked
Misericordia University Cougars
in a come-from-behind victory at
home.
The ‘Jackets rallied to defeat
the Cougars 2-1 after trailing 1-0
with 17 minutes remaining in the
second half. The two UR goals
were controlled by the tag team
of junior Tiffany White assisting
all-time leading goal scorer and
senior captain Michelle Relin. Both
goals scored were a result of penalty
corners, and were scored within
three minutes of one another. This
victory leads the Yellowjackets (175) to their second NCAA Sweet 16
in school history.
The Cougars, with a 10-12 record,
scored their first and only goal in
the 53rd minute off of a rebound
from senior Lindsay Hischak for her
15th goal of the season. Hischak’s
teammate, sophomore Melanie Fry,
sent the ball into the goalie’s circle
and it was kicked and defended
by the senior ‘Jacket goalie Tara
Lamberti. Hischak was in the right
place at the right time and was able
to take the rebound and shovel the
ball into the goal.
What gave the ‘Jackets the
competitive advantage was their six
penalty corners and 16 total shots
taken on goal. Rein took seven of
those shots, with teammates Sayaka
Abe and Tiffany White taking one
apiece, and junior Callie Fisher
taking four herself. The game was
fairly clean as neither team recorded
any fouls or offsides.
Rochester’s first 12 shots all
came in the first half as Abe almost
sent one into the back of the net.
Abe’s shot was saved at the last
minute by Cougar line defender
Samantha Partington. White also
had an opportunity off of a penalty
corner, but unfortunately her shot
went wide. All initial frustration
aside, the ‘Jackets were able to come
through due to the performance of
top-scorer Relin.
With this win, the Yellowjackets
solidified their 11th win at home;
this is the first time the ‘Jackets
remained unbeaten at home since
1986.
UR will move on to face #7
ranked Salisbury University at
Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa.
this Saturday.
Powell is a member of
the class of 2018.
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SPORTS
Amid controversy,
University of Missouri president resigns
BY JESSE BERNSTEIN
SPORTS STAFF
University
of
Missouri
President Tim Wolfe has resigned
in the face of repeated calls for
accountability with regards to
the university administration’s
handling of recent racial tensions
of campus. This week, almost
30 black football players at
the University of Missouri
joined with the Legion of
Black Collegians (LBC) in
demonstrations against Wolfe.
In light of what the players
and the group had determined
to be the administration’s failure
to act appropriately regarding
several recent events, the players
had announced that they would
refuse to play unless Wolfe
resigned.
Wolfe released a statement on
Monday. “It is my belief [that] we
stopped listening to each other,”
he said. “We have to respect each
other enough to stop yelling at
each other, start listening and
quit intimidating each other.
I take full responsibility for
this frustration, and I take full
responsibility for the inaction
that has occurred.”
LCB made its announcement
on their Twitter account on
Saturday night. “The athletes
of color on the University of
Missouri football team truly
believe ‘Injustice Anywhere is a
threat to Justice Everywhere,’”
the LCB announcement read.
“We will no longer participate
in any football related activities
until President Tim Wolfe resigns
or is
removed due to his
CHRISTIAN CIERI / ILLUSTRATOR
negligence toward marginalized
students’ experiences. WE ARE
UNITED!!!!!”
The statement was tweeted
along with a photo of participating
players linking arms together
with a graduate student who
participated in a hunger strike.
Wolfe had met with the student
before tearfully announcing his
resignation on Monday.
LCB
and others had
specifically taken issue with the
way in which the university
failed to adequately respond to
numerous instances of racial
slurs being directed towards
black students on campus.
In addition, it was recently
discovered that someone had
used feces to smear a swastika
onto a residence hall wall.
On Sunday, Wolfe had intially
responded, “My administration
has been meeting around the clock
and has been doing a tremendous
amount of reflection on how to
address these complex matters.
Clearly, we are open to listening
to all sides and are confident that
we can come together to improve
the student experience on our
campuses. We want to find the
best way to get everyone around
the table and create the safe space
for a meaningful conversation
that promotes change.”
Bernstein is a member of
the class of 2018.
Swimming conquers
Grove City with multiple
first-place finishes
BY BEN SHAPIRO
SENIOR STAFF
After a strong rookie
season, sophomore Gunnar
Zemering has come out
to a strong start as a big
contributor for UR men’s
swimming this season. When
the UR men’s and women’s
swimming and diving teams
traveled to the Grove City
Invitational in Grove City,
PA last weekend, Zemering
and several other ‘Jackets had
stellar performances, winning
numerous individual races.
Zemering led the team to
three first place wins, taking
first in the 50-freestyle
and the 100-freestyle. He
also swam one of the legs
in Rochester’s first-placefinishing 200-freestyle relay.
The other members of that
winning relay team were
junior Ryan Berger, junior
A.J. Brewer and freshman
Danny Aronson. In addition
to contributing to the success
of the team, Zemering’s
results earned him the title
of Liberty League Men’s
Swimmer of the Week.
Other winners for the men’s
team
included
freshmen
Eric Feirouz and Elliot
Schwinn, who took first in
the 200-backstroke and men’s
1000-freestyle, respectively.
On the women’s side, the
‘Jackets more than held their
own. UR claimed first place
in five races, including two
races won by sophomore
Annie Thayer.
Thayer was
victorious in the 200-butterfly
and 400-individual medley.
To add to the team’s successes,
freshman Becca Selznick won
the 200-freestyle, junior Alex
Veech took the 100-breaststroke
and senior All-American Vicky
Luan reached the wall first in
the 50-freestyle, an event that
is only one trip across the pool
and back, making it short and
incredibly intense.
The ‘Jackets will now go
into a period of intensive
training until their next meet,
which is scheduled for Dec.
4 and 5, when they travel to
Troy, N.Y. for the Liberty
League Championships hosted
by Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute.
Although that
both the Rochester men’s
and women’s squads finished
first at last year’s Liberty
League Championships, both
teams will be facing tough
competition as they go in with
targets on their backs.
Shapiro is a member of
the class of 2016.
Cover the athlete, not their body
BY JACKIE POWELL
SPORTS STAFF
What if a student asked a
professor what brand they
are wearing, or if a student
completed an exam and was
bombarded with questions on
their love life. These instances
seem inappropriate, rude and
out of place, because they are.
Two weeks ago, an unknown
video appeared on my Twitter
feed. At first, I was humored
and a bit baffled by what I
saw.
Well-known athletes,
including Sidney Crosby
and Michael Phelps, were
being asked cringe-worthy
questions.
For example, for Phelps:
“Removing your body hair
gives you an edge in the pool,
but how about your love
life?” The video continued
expressing comments and
questions made about an
athlete’s appearance rather
than their performance or
skill set.
A commentator uttered
that English soccer great
Wayne Rooney was “not a
looker.” The footage seen was
created by adapting quotes
from different interviews and
sporting events to footage of
male athletes.
However, questions like
these are not always fictionally
generated.
“She has a look that the
international judges love.”
If I didn’t know any better,
it would be fair to assume
that this quote was about a
Miss America beauty pageant
or a standard poodle at the
Westminster Dog Show, but
is, in fact, about a competing
female athlete. What’s my
point?
Well, those clips from male
athletes appeared preposterous
because we rarely ever see male
athletes get asked questions
pertaining to things other
than sports. When the clip
hit the one-minute mark, it
simply asked all of its viewers,
“How come female coverage
sounds like this?”
Jessica
Schnurr
and
Hannah Smit, two marketing
consultants of the Toronto
based advertising agency John
St., are urging the world to
put an end to sexist broadcast
journalism and to participate
in
the
#covertheathlete
movement. They conceived
#covertheathlete with the
intention to create real cultural
change. After viewing the clip,
I immediately
headed to the
website
for
the project,
where
they
urge anyone
and everyone
to
reach
out to local
and major
networks,
urging them to stop
asking women about
their sex appeal and
personal
lives,
but
instead inquire about their
performance and the job that
they just completed.
Similar to the #askhermore
campaign, which encourages
red carpet commentators
to ask about the women on
the carpet rather than their
fashions and looks, this is a
call for substantive broadcast
journalism and coverage.
The difference between the
two campaigns is that these
athletes aren’t on a red carpet
designed for glamour. But
apparently, this fact doesn’t
matter as time and time again
we hear networks ask women’s
tennis players to “twirl” rather
than discuss their strategy on
the court.
It is paramount to stress our
need for substantive inquiries.
Is there more of a story being
told behind what an athlete
is wearing rather than if they
are making history? Can we
not ask appropriate questions
anymore?
So, if it’s not socially
acceptable for me to ask a
professor about their outfit,
why is it not even questioned
when sports
broadcasters
ask the same of athletes?
Join Schnurr, Smit and
me as we urge networks to
#covertheathlete rather than
their
image.
Powell is a
member of
the class of
2018.
MORGAN MEHRING / ILLUSTRATION STAFF
