Think it has been cold this week? There are a few Greeks on campus who would beg to differ. They’ve experienced cold. And to them, this must seem like a heat wave. A team of RIT students, all from Greek organizations, took the Polar Plunge Feb. 11. They dove into the frigid water of Lake Ontario in the name of charity. The Democrat and Chronicle reported
One week ago, President George W. Bush was preparing to make a historic address to the United States Congress. Not only would it be the first State of the Union address Bush had to deliver to a Democratic Congress, but the first time a female speaker of the House of Representatives ever presided over a State of the Union. Throw in hot-button issues like
I’ve been fortunate enough to see some pretty cool things and meet some fairly high-profile people during my brief career. I’ve been inside the White House, interviewed various sports stars and have received “free” admission (as long as I was working) into many different sporting events. Those are some of the perks that accompany the grueling hours and relatively low pay that comes along
The seed was planted during a public relations conference I attended in early June. I attended a workshop on how to successfully place Op-Eds (opinion pieces that run opposite the editorial page in newspapers). During the presentation, it occurred to me that this would be a perfect medium in which to obtain some national media attention for Professor Sam McQuade’s cyber education initiative.
It’s better to be lucky than good. There is little credit that we can take for discovering that the daughter of Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel is an RIT student. That credit goes to the wonder that is Google. All of us at University News subscribe to receive Google News Alerts, via e-mail, whenever Rochester Institute of Technology is referenced in a news story.
Yes, that infamous sweater that Brandon has been blogging and writing about for the past few weeks has been returned to its creator. And as our colleague Susan Rosinski says, “It’s about time the good guys won.” But the sweater didn’t get returned until I went through what was, by far, the weirdest afternoon that I have experienced during my brief tenure with University
For those of you living on Neptune, I have some news for you: today is Election Day. And, after my last post about a lack of young people reading newspapers, I would be remiss if I didn't use this blogging opportunity to discuss youth voting. Everyone knows the rap on young people: they're unengaged, they're ambivalent, they don't vote. Well, if RIT is a representative
Why aren’t young people reading newspapers? For as long as I can remember (my colleagues will laugh here, because I'm the baby of the group), that has been the big question facing the newspaper industry. Newspaper executives have found a multitude of answers since then, discovering that young people have turned to other mediums to get their news and information: Internet news sites, magazines,
Margaret’s House celebrated turning 10 this month. Not being one to stay away from a party—I made sure to swing by. Okay, maybe the primary reason I went was because the 10th anniversary of Margaret’s House, specifically a $100,000 gift from RIT Vice President Emeritus Al Davis to Margaret’s House in the names of Al and Carolie Simone, was being featured on WHAM-13’s “Bright
There isn’t a more beloved figure on campus than RIT’s mascot, Ritchie the Tiger. But, as I interviewed the men behind Ritchie's mask for a feature story in the upcoming issue of News & Events (which hits the racks Sept. 7), I learned that it isn’t easy being Ritchie. People tend to show their affection in different ways. Many, especially young children, like to hug.
It was one of my first tasks upon joining the ranks of University News. Biljana Mancic, one of our students at the American College of Management and Technology in Croatia, was named Miss Croatia and would be competing in the Miss Universe competition July 23 in Los Angeles. It was my job to interview her. My reaction? ‘Sweet gig. I’m gonna love this job.’ I should
You remember that game, right? The one your older siblings thought was so much fun. They’d toss a ball back and forth while you scurried between them. You were never quite sure which side to lean toward in hopes of snatching it. But this much was certain—if you stayed in the middle, you’d never get that darn ball. So you picked a side,