'Tis the season for goblins, ghouls and mischievous spirits to take the spotlight; however, Halloween isn't the only time restless souls wander the streets of Rochester. Far from it, in fact; ghostly legends of demons and the damned linger in the air throughout the city and its suburbs. In places hidden in plain sight, the shadows of lonesome ghosts may still creep across the unassuming walls and dimly lit corners.

The Rochester Rundel Library

115 South Avenue

Notably featured on SyFy Channel's “Ghost Hunters” in 2012, The Rochester Rundel Library has become legendary for creatures that bump in the night...

A narrative of Manhattan Square Park, TRYCYCLE, and the Fringefest chaos.

A local beer review

It can be any street corner in America. Any abandoned warehouse, any half decayed picket fence...

When a room is quiet, there’s an uncomfortable stillness in the air. High, electronic whines press in on our ears and make the enclosed spaces we live in feel even smaller...

Homesickness is common among students starting a new year in college and can affect them in numerous ways. It can make a person feel anxious, depressed, unmotivated and lonely...

"Bojack Horseman" is Netflix's latest show, but does it stand above the everyday sitcom?

A simple, cheap and easy rice recipe for apartment living.

A history of the washtub bass, accompanied by a step-by-step guide on building your own!

3/5 Stars

Follow-up albums can be hit or miss for many bands...

4/5 Stars

Yes, you read that correctly. Michael Cera, the “Juno” actor and professional woman and child lookalike, came out with an album this summer...

Why would you home-brew?

It’s a question that seems complicated, with a response that would theoretically be filled with snobby references to unidentifiable flavors, loose throwing around of the word “passion” and of course..

Not everyone has the time or the inclination to sit down and read through the New York Times every day. The NYT Now app provides a quick and easy way to access the news. While it doesn’t give readers intricate details about each story, it fulfills its goal of giving them a good idea of what is happening in the world.

Twice every day, once at 6 a.m. and again at 6 p.m., the app is updated with briefings. These briefings set this app apart from The New York Times’ website and main app in that they provide just a glimpse of each top news story...

When it comes to marijuana use and legalization in this country, whether you’re in complete support or against it, it’s hard to deny that everyone from high schoolers to political figureheads have been throwing in their two cents recently. 

 Karen Pelc, RIT’s coordinator for Wellness Education, and Jessica Ecock of the Center for Student Conduct hoped to set the record straight on common marijuana myths this past Wednesday, April 16. During their presentation, aptly entitled “Up in Smoke - Let’s Talk About Pot,” Pelc and Ecock addressed a small gathering of students in the Center for Campus Life about marijuana and its potentially dangerous side-effects...

Quote of the Month

“I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.”

-Annie Lennox

Word of the Month

Ze (pronoun): One of many coined gender neutral pronouns used in lieu of he and she.

Sentence: Tim was lost while taking the bus. Ze asked for directions to the nearest museum and was able to get there on time.

Reporter Recommends: Rethink the Gender Binary

We live in a diverse world where each and every human being is the sum of unique attributes and identities...

Picking up two years after the events of Marvel’s "The Avengers", "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" doesn’t waste any time showing off Captain America and his old style but still with a charming sense of humor. The movie proved to display balanced amounts of humor, suspense and action, all wrapped up in bow and ready to be presented.

First, the characters. With one exception, not much has been revealed about the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. up until now. We knew that Black Widow was a former KGB operative and that Nick Fury had built up a reputation for himself as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., but that was pretty much it. This time around, we learn more about Fury and Miss Romanoff...

For the spring showing of “The Marriage of Bette and Boo,” director David Munnell worked with NTID to create a unique experience for both hearing and ASL audiences...

4/5 Stars

April 1  is usually a day of hatred and suspicion for gamers, but this year, a small independent game developer by the name of Coffee Stain gave the gaming community what may be the greatest April Fool’s joke of all time: Goat Simulator. Goat Simulator was first seen in a YouTube video in late February and was described by its creators as “the world’s dumbest game”. After the video went viral however, Coffee Stain decided to release a full version of the game on Steam for $10...

Album/Comedy

Rating: 3.5/5

"Starbomb," the self-titled debut of a collaboration band between famous YouTube animator Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson and comedy band Ninja Sex Party (NSP), is a rather hilarious romp through the classic eras of gaming that falls short on the flag pole.

The songs that are funny are genuinely a riot but many of the tunes rely on a comedic crutch that is detrimental to the album: an overabundance of dick jokes. Whereas the comedy from NSP tends to rely on clever innuendos or generally surreal but funny situations, “Starbomb” tends to dish out just overtly sexual references with no rhyme or reason...

It took five hours of walking, driving, battery life and all our resources, but finally the Resistance took back the RIT campus.

The Resistance is one of the factions in Ingress, a game developed by Google internal startup Niantic Labs. It can best be described as a real-time augmented reality multiplayer online pervasive game. Its gameplay revolves around your geographical location, with an angled birds-eye perspective resembling Google maps.

The gameplay follows a search and destroy format featuring two factions vying for control of portals...

Pluvial (adj): Rainy or related to rain.

Sentence: After the dreaded pluvial weather persisted for a solid month, Kate decided to transfer.

“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, ‘It might have been.’” –Kurt Vonnegut, “Cat’s Cradle”

There is an all-girl cover band of Led Zeppelin called Lez Zeppelin. Founded in 2004, they were called the leading force in all female cover bands and even recorded their first album with one-time Led Zeppelin recording engineer Eddie Kramer.

The Super Soaker was invented by NASA engineer Lonnie Johnson...

Released in February, “A Journey Too Far” is the fifth LP by Nostalgia77. The album has a distinctive big-band sound, while combining other genres such as swing and reggae, and features horns, snare and soft female vocals.

“A Journey Too Far” offers very easy listening, so much so that the music quickly becomes boring, the simple jazz reminiscent of mall music.

Exceptions to the album’s base style are “An Angel With No Halo” and “Like Dark To Light”. Both tracks offer a mystic feeling by using acoustic guitar, violin, rolling cymbal and piano...

As a fan of “The Daily Show,” I have seen John Oliver’s work before. I watched his skits and appreciated his sense of humor, and honestly, I worried that his live show at Freeze Fest would be no different...

This year’s Tora-Con is set to be bigger than ever, in celebration of the event’s 10-year anniversary. Tora-Con is RIT’s major anime and Japanese culture convention, put on by the Anime and Cosplay clubs. With a multitude of new events planned, Tora-Con’s organizers believe this year will be record-breaking in terms of attendance.

According to Jan Dvorak, , the Tora-Con chair,  Tora-Con’s audience consists of RIT’s anime fans, as well as anime fans from Rochester and surrounding areas. Surprisingly, past Tora-Cons have been visited by a large number of high school students, which is one reason why the event’s organizer have made it as family-friendly as possible...

Ah, Valentine’s Day! Love is in the air and you are going out with your significant other for a holiday drink. Wait, you don’t know where to start? Well come by each day leading up to the Day of Love for a new drink recipe each day including feedback from our tasting team.

For each drink, we rated the drink on its appearance or first impression, smell, taste and whether or not it was Valentine’s Day material.

Photography by Seth Abel 

Rank: Second Place

Rating: 4...

Ah, Valentine’s Day! Love is in the air and you are going out with your significant other for a holiday drink. Wait, you don’t know where to start? Well come by each day leading up to the Day of Love for a new drink recipe each day including feedback from our tasting team.

For each drink, we rated the drink on its appearance or first impression, smell, taste and whether or not it was Valentine’s Day material.

Photograph by Seth Abel

Part of a “His and Hers” Valentine’s Day drink duo. The ratings difference between the “His” and “Hers” drink were so drastic, we rated them them separately...

Ah, Valentine’s Day! Love is in the air and you are going out with your significant other for a holiday drink. Wait, you don’t know where to start? Well come by each day leading up to the Day of Love for a new drink recipe each day including feedback from our tasting team.

For each drink, we rated the drink on its appearance or first impression, smell, taste and whether or not it was Valentine’s Day material.

Photograph by Seth Abel

Rank: Fourth Place

Rating: 2...

Ah, Valentine’s Day! Love is in the air and you are going out with your significant other for a holiday drink. Wait, you don’t know where to start? Well come by each day leading up to the Day of Love for a new drink recipe each day including feedback from our tasting team.

For each drink, we rated the drink on its appearance or first impression, smell, taste and whether or not it was Valentine’s Day material.

Today, we’ll be looking at two of the lowest rated from the six drinks we test tasted, because who gets excited about the least favorite drinks?

Photograph by Seth Abel

Rank: Sixth Place

Rating: 1...

comic by Emily DeVault

Hypocorism (noun): a pet name.

Janet’s boyfriend, Tony, would not respond to the hypocorism Fluffy, much to her disappointment.  

“Love is friendship set on fire.” – Jeremy Taylor

In a recent study, it was found that Tylenol or acetaminophen can be used to reduce feelings of dread and social rejection. Participants were given Tylenol before told to remember a painful experience. Those who took Tylenol reported less emotional pain than patients that took a placebo.  

In Korean, wisdom teeth are called Sa-rang-ne or “love teeth...

“Oh wow, cool, thanks a lot for the, uh, bouquet of roses and giant teddy bear. This is, um, really sweet of you. No, I’m only yawning because I’m just so overwhelmed by my love for you at this very moment. Here, I got you a forced smile and a pat on the back. I hope they’re the right size.”

Do you know who that quote’s from? That’s your crush balking at your piss-poor excuse for a romantic gift this Valentine’s day. Any Joe Nobody with access to his parents’ Discover card and a pocketful of dreams can roll to the nearest “Cliché Warehouse” and buy some oh-so-meaningful gifts from the oh-so-meaningful gift isle...