http://www.reportermag.com/ Tag: Cars from Reporter Online. en-us http://www.reportermag.com/article/94 Going to the car wash is one of my favorite activities. It's one of life's simple pleasures. For a few fleeting instants, I'm able to take my hands off the steering wheel, sit back, and stop worrying. It doesn't matter that I'm the one in the driver's seat; nothing is required of me for the next two and a half minutes. Soap surrounds the car, dirt washes away, and I emerge from the other end of the tunnel sparkling clean, feeling almost virtuous...especially as I look at all the filth caked... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/94 http://www.reportermag.com/article/109 Where there is a will, there is a way. Living close to Colony Manor and opposite Perkins, I'm proud to say that I've been tough enough to walk to all my classes and labs and wherever else I want to go, come hail or storm. I chose to live here to experience life off-campus. I chose to avoid driving. As per DMV rules, if I (as a foreign national) want a driver's license in the US, it's got to be from the DMV of the same state as the institute mentioned on my visa (RIT, in New York state),... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/109 http://www.reportermag.com/article/101 In September of this year, RIT entered a contract with Flexcar, a company providing easy car rentals. However, after a few months of business, problems popped up in the program. Cars were mysteriously "unavailable" at all hours of the day, but still sitting in the parking lots. After some deliberation, on October 30th, Flexcar executives announced a merger with a competitor, Zipcar. This seemingly minor change caused a considerable loss of jobs for employees working in Flexcar's... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/101 http://www.reportermag.com/article/108 When I first stepped into the two-bedroom Colony Townhouse assigned to me and my three roommates, I was in awe. It was more spacious than I could have ever imagined, at least compared to the dorm room I had been stuck in the previous year. As I unpacked all my belongings, tantalizing thoughts of cramming a drum set in the basement danced through my mind. Everything was going quite well and fall quarter progressed rather nicely, but the nearly perfect living situation came at a price... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/108