Culture
The American Sign Language and Deaf Studies Community hosts a talk on Understanding Anxiety and Depression in Deaf culture. How can we remove the stigma of depression?
A narrative of Manhattan Square Park, TRYCYCLE, and the Fringefest chaos.
Food options that RIT provides for vegan students are unsatisfactory. Although RIT is trying to change, it may not be enough to adequately support all of its students.
A local beer review
Message Center is a major source of broadly targeted emails at RIT. What can the university do to improve it?
It can be any street corner in America. Any abandoned warehouse, any half decayed picket fence. Often chalked up to petty and rebellious teen antics or establishing gang territory, the art of graffi ti perseveres through its gritty exterior. Few and far between pieces glimmer with vibrant neon colors and deep charcoal outlines against the drab concrete backdrop, all through the rattles of Rust-O-Leum spray cans.
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. With a short trip over the Genesee River at Brookdale Preserve, however, I found the escape we so often need from the hum of everyday life.
You walk into an apartment where music is playing, drinks are flowing and people are laughing. This is the night, the one your mother told you to avoid and your best friend told you to go all-out on. You feel stressed from the week before but now it’s time to let it all go.
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. These feelings often have negative impacts on academic work and a student’s social life.
To whom it may concern, My name is Erich Lehman, co-curator of WALL\THERAPY. I also work full time here at RIT, which is where I read the article with Alex Vadas in your September 2014 issue. While Alex is absolutely entitled to his opinion about our efforts, I was troubled by a number of factual inaccuracies that he chose to share that were not fact-checked by the writer.
Terrence Pegula, current owner of the Buffalo Sabres and multi-billionaire, has acquired the Buffalo Bills for $1.4 billion in a deal that has many Buffalo residents and fans excited to see what the future for the team holds.
In this week’s Beyond the Bricks, a raging California wildfire has forced Californian authorities to evacuate hundreds of homes near Silverado Canyon. A coalition of countries is now banding together against ISIS after Obama gave the go-ahead for a series of airstrikes in Iraq. Obama’s health care program might have another series of complications for millions of Americans, which may cost them profoundly in the long run.
"Bojack Horseman" is Netflix's latest show, but does it stand above the everyday sitcom?
Gamergate has sparked a lot of angry discussion on the internet. The main issue behind it can be traced back to game journalists. Too often, game journalists have very close relationships to the developers they are reviewing, and this leads to a number of problems -- most notably angry consumers.
Students at RIT have a lot of things to complain about; the weather, the cost, the horrible food at Gracie’s, but the most common complaint for RIT students is the low number of available women. With this in mind, the we here at Distorter Magazine have come up with a solution by forming a publishing arm on campus that specializes in erotic literature.
The People “Student affairs really got out of hand these past couple of years,” Interim Senior Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Rolls Royce-Barshee explained. “I remember when we had only 10 or 20 [student affairs activities] per year. Now it seems like we have closer to 17,000.”
Wegman’s had partnered with RIT to create a new School of Nutrition attached to the College of Health Sciences. The Objective is to train students to become nutrition leaders. Students will learn how to identify risk factors in patients and innovate in exercise programs.
The current crisis in Ukraine has grabbed the attention of major headlines around the world. As Ukrainian forces battle pro-Russian rebels, the world watches attentively to see the events unfold. Here's a timeline of the major events leading up to the situation.
Obama made an announcement on ISIS and the threat from the Middle East, the Men’s Rights Activists meet in Detroit, and Scotland is close to voting for Independence from the UK.
Jennifer Hayes, a highly admired and respected interpreter and faculty member passed away last spring. A memorial scholarship is being set up in her honor; the scholarship will provide one hearing and one interpreting student the money to study abroad.
An overview of what net neutrality means, how its demise will affect you and what you can do to keep it alive.
A simple, cheap and easy rice recipe for apartment living.
I am writing in response to the letter to the editor by Ms. Martha Vargas Bogliani regarding Message Center Remembrances.
A history of the washtub bass, accompanied by a step-by-step guide on building your own!