Rochester Institute of Technology

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NEWS

May 13 - The new film The Essentials, by RIT graduate Brendan Nagle, premiered Friday night at The Cinema Theatre in Rochester. The Essentials is described as a “Rochester based, spy-comedy.” The film is about an ex-spy, played by Jim Toepper, who goes rogue. His former Agency bails him out for his mistakes and tells him that this is the last favor he will get from them. Jim then... Read more
May 6 - On May 5, RIT celebrated its fifth annual Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival. Thousands of people came from all over Rochester to witness the hundreds of spectacles created by RIT’s finest students, faculty and staff. All throughout campus, spectators could check out all of the latest projects that members of the RIT community have been working on throughout the year.... Read more
Apr 22 - Every year RIT’s Anime Club puts together its annual anime convention, Tora-Con. Tora-Con is a two-day long event dedicated to all that is anime. This year’s Tora-Con took over the campus this past weekend. Everywhere you looked you saw hoards of people dressed in their finest anime attire.   There was a bevy of special guests from all throughout the industry who came... Read more
Apr 16 - On April 16, famed journalist and media consultant J. Ford Huffman came to give a lecture on today’s news. J. Ford Huffman has worked at papers all throughout the country and world. He was the managing editor at both the Democrat and Chronicle and the Times-Union in Rochester during the 80s. More recently, he has been working as a media consultant for numerous different papers... Read more

BLOG

How do you feel about jumping into an artic bath full of freezing water, or pushing your body through an electroshock therapy? Are you tough enough for this event? This may be the toughest event on the planet..It’s name: Tough Mudder. It is a hardcore 10-12 mile obstacle courses designed by... Read more...
Do you ever wonder how healthy the food is that your eating everyday? Do you ever stop to think before a meal how you could be eating healthier? You might think that eating healthier is more expensive, especially when you’re getting a box of macaroni and cheese for only .99cents. There... Read more...
Do you ever feel like you need to find yourself or even find peace within yourself? Do you ever feel like the world around you is weighing heavy on your shoulders and you just want to get away? There is an easy solution to these feelings and it can simply be running. You do not have to run at your... Read more...

My Campus Celebrity

Last weekend was Imagine RIT. The designer behind the official poster of the festival was second year Graphic Design student, Tyler Somers. His design was reproduced hundreds of times and...
This week we’re meeting the other pair running for Student Government president and vice president. Victor Santiago and Mark Leonardo are currently not a part of Student Government but are...
The celebrities on campus this month will be the different candidates running for Student Government positions for the ’12-13 school year. Current president and vice president, Greg Pollock...