http://www.reportermag.com/ Tag Views from Reporter Online. en-us http://www.reportermag.com/article/128 No one is happy with the situation. No one profits from having our own Provost serve as our special guest speaker at Commencement. In all fairness, there is nothing wrong with Dr. McKenzie as a person. (Granted, I've only seen the man once, and that was when he spoke at that other "big C" Convocation.) It is unfortunate that he will be leaving RIT with the most stigmatized RIT Commencement in recent history. Being stuck with our own provost for a Commencement speaker is about as taboo... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/128 http://www.reportermag.com/article/193 Recently, I was asked to meet some administrators to explain the cartoon that depicted swastika graffiti. Other issues aside, one thing was clear it was easier for me to get away with the cartoon because I am Jewish. We live in a culture where political correctness is at odds with a growing amount of racial humor and discussion. In the middle of it is the question of who can say what. Look at recent television. Dave Chappelle's show was always jam-packed with race jokes, including a... Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/193 http://www.reportermag.com/article/175 If They Don't Win, It's Our Shame I have never been, nor will I ever be, an athlete. I prefer to watch it all from a safe distance by occasionally attending basketball games, cheering on the Crew Team at the Genesee River, or elbowing my way into a seat at Ritter Arena. Yet even at this arm's length vantage point, I can easily see that sports are under-supported at RIT. If I were one of the Tigers playing on the field day-in and day-out, I'd feel mightily shafted. Games are poorly... Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/175 http://www.reportermag.com/article/176 You're remarkable-you really are You're the only one like you There isn't another in the whole wide world Who can do the things you do Because you are special, special Everyone is special Everyone in his or her own way Yes you're special, special Everyone is special Everyone in his or her own way! -Barney, the Purple Dinosaur In 2007, Midwest Trophy Manufacturing Company, Inc. sold 82 million dollars worth of trophies, pins, plaques, and other miscellaneous mementos signifying... Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/176 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/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 http://www.reportermag.com/article/81 In the midst of untruth, we have allowed fear to transcend all notions of morality, ethics, and humanity. Principles man has attempted to hold true since his dawn, such as "do not steal, do not murder, do not torture," are messages heard across all religions, denominations, and ideologies. Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi, King, and numerous others preached that violence is never justified, yet we find ourselves once again standing on the edge of the pitfall of history. Still, the opportunity... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/81 http://www.reportermag.com/article/50 Ever wonder why at the end of every quarter, a student has six 24 packs of Mountain Dew, 10 board games, 10 bags of chips, three mega Goldfish containers and six pints of ice cream in his dorm room? Or why you hear at the end of the quarter, "Who wants to go to Ben & Jerry's? My treat!" Food Debit rules require all students living in the dorms to spend a minimum of 1,281 on food, to be bought only on campus. In addition, food debit is not available as a form of currency at every... Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/50 http://www.reportermag.com/article/36 There are at least a hundred good arguments against socialized medicine. For one, it's expensive. Hillary Clinton's plan comes with a price tag of 110 billion a year at a time when Social Security teeters on insolvency and the national debt is over 9.4 trillion. Then there's the issue of incentives-it destroys them. Patients have no economic reason to seek out healthcare that is anything less than the absolute best available, expenses be damned. For that matter, patients have no... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/36