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STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE ’12: Introduction

Eric RezsnyakAugust 15, 2012April 15, 2023

I was never a math major, but if my calculations are correct,
18-year-olds starting their freshman year at college this fall were born in or around 1994. Which means you whippersnappers might not fully appreciate the super-cool concept for the cover of this Student Survival Guide, because you weren’t alive for any of the 1980’s. Which means I feel sad for you. So for your first college assignment, I task you with (legally) downloading music by Duran Duran, The Go-Gos, Culture Club, Erasure, and their contemporaries. You will thank me later.

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FALL GUIDE ’11: Introduction

Eric RezsnyakSeptember 14, 2011March 29, 2023

When will smart people finally perfect cloning? This is what I wonder while scanning the upcoming arts and cultural events listed in this year’s Fall Guide. As I write this I’m trying to figure out how I can be three places at once since not one, not two, but THREE interesting stage shows all open […]

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ANNUAL MANUAL ’09: Rochester Colleges

CITY STAFFMarch 18, 2009March 25, 2023

[ COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES ] BY LEAH KRAUS With nearly a dozen colleges and universities in the area, Rochester offers an academic atmosphere mixed with all the fun that comes with having a rich vein of young adults making the most out of their college years. For those already past their four (or seven) boisterous years of […]

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ANNUAL MANUAL ’09: Introduction

Eric RezsnyakMarch 18, 2009March 7, 2023

Rochester can be easy to overlook if you consider only the broad strokes. It’s a home to once-major businesses that have seen better days. For the past decade-plus, the city itself has experienced a slow but steady drop in population. And there are times of the year when it’s buried under inches of snow, sometimes […]

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ANNUAL MANUAL ’08: Introduction

CITY STAFFMarch 12, 2008June 2, 2025

In one of the "Man on the Street" interviews you’ll find in this publication, software writer Andrew Branch says he likes Rochester because "no matter where you live, it’s close to lakes, skiing, and the Adirondacks. Everything’s available." That’s a concise way of explaining just some of Rochester’s charms. We’ve got rivers, lakes, beaches, gorgeous […]

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ANNUAL MANUAL ’07: Rochester Suburbs

Tim Louis MacalusoMarch 21, 2007March 7, 2023

Rochester owes much of its development and prosperity to the GeneseeRiver, which cuts a path right down the center of the city. In the early days, many of the neighborhoods in the city, as well as suburban villages, began as small settlements that depended on the river to receive and sell goods. Certain types of […]

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ANNUAL MANUAL ’07: Rochester’s Cultural Diversity

CITY STAFFMarch 21, 2007February 1, 2025

by Dale Evans Rochester is rich in cultural diversity. For proof of that, consider the area’s cultural centers, built over the years by people of various ethnic or geographic backgrounds as meeting places to celebrate and share their unique heritage. Although distinct in nationality, most cultural centers have more in common than you might think. […]