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Learning a second language can broaden your horizons. It also makes you more marketable when looking for jobs, and telling people you're bilingual impresses them at parties. Really though, studying another language ranks high on the list of rewarding academic experiences, allowing you to think and communicate in an entirely
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Perhaps you don't need a job to pay for college. Maybe Mommy and Daddy put everything on their AmEx black card, including a generous stipend to cover all-night Indian buffets and Prada-related shopping emergencies. Maybe you're really, really smart and the College Fairy magically made all your bills disappear with
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Studying is hard, dorms are noisy, and sometimes, for sanity-related reasons, you can't hole yourself up in the library indefinitely. Thus, cafés are often an attractive option, offering the popular central nervous system stimulant caffeine, frequently with some modicum of peace and quiet and a 512 kbps wireless internet connection.
Pop Culture
Wes Peden, 17, is leaving home to join the circus. Specifically, he's going to study at one of the world's premier circus schools, in Sweden, and he has his parents' blessing. But it's still a pretty bold move.Peden is a world-class juggler and Rochester resident. He leaves in August for
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New York quartet Interpol, along with The Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, didn't so much emerge from the city's early 2000s punk/art rock/new new wave community as it shoved the scene in the rest of the world's face. Since forming in 1998, Interpol has brought that updated '80s-influenced sound back
Pop Culture
No matter what people say about the importance of social networking or e-commerce, the Internet's true forte will always be in finding creative ways to waste time and bringing them to the masses. One of the more popular new distractions on the web is known as lolcats ("lol" as in
News Articles
On Tuesday afternoon, with temperatures over 90 degrees, a crowd of about 100 gathered to march against the anti-gay hate crime that allegedly took place earlier this month on South Goodman Street. Chanting "Sexist, racist, anti-gay / You can't take our rights away" and "Police abuse / no excuse," the
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For years, the George Eastman House's Dryden Theatre has used projectors from 1951 and a sound system from 1988. Although the theater is part of a film and photography museum, people still watch movies there in the here and now, and the venue is long overdue for an equipment upgrade.
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This weekend the 2007 Rochester International Jazz Festival starts swinging, with more acts than you can possibly ever see. With hundreds of live shows at venues around town, the experience can be overwhelming June 8-16. If you're one of those whose jazz appetites are hearty but who need a
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This weekend the 2007 Rochester International Jazz Festival starts swinging, with more acts than you can possibly ever see. With hundreds of live shows at venues around town, the experience can be overwhelming June 8-16. If you're one of those whose jazz appetites are hearty but who need a break
Pop Culture
Van Gogh didn't make a dime when he was alive, yet Michael Bay, the director responsible for the cinematic travesty known as "Pearl Harbor," has millions. Artistic merit certainly doesn't predict commercial success, but then again, what does? Perennially clueless film and television producers would certainly like to know.Those corporate
