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food
CT Eats: Eerie deliciousness at The Spirit Room
In addition to serving up some great food, The Spirit Room has a great atmosphere and is a cool, fun place to hang out. The interior is dark, sultry, colorful, cozy, and eclectic with a lot of spooky spiritual decors.
baking
CT Cooks: Quick and easy one-tray salmon
This one-tray salmon dinner is totally low-hassle; you just add ingredients to the tray. It also makes you feel like an adult, cooking grown-up food.
Sarah Palin
UR Snapshots Vol. 4: Spooktober stories
“My neighbor would put out a giant 20-foot wooden cutout of Sarah Palin every year and that was pretty scary. It was just her head!"
evolutionary genetics
Research at Rochester: Junior Cheng thinks parasites can help us
Lateral gene transfer would be like if a stranger you bumped into on the street gave you a part of their DNA that you could incorporate into your own genes.
curry
CT Eats: The King and I is a royal treat
I tend to love trying new dishes each time I return to a restaurant, but I have to admit that it would be pretty hard to return to The King and I and not order the phat phet again.
ghost
From the Archives: The mystery of the Rush Rhees ghost
Further sightings were reported, like Bob Weiss’ first-person account in the Campus: “He’s come back! The restless spirit of Pete Nicosia has again been seen in the library.”
abandoned
Terrence Tower, the remains of a dark past
Some accounts of Terrence Tower detail horrible physical abuses, while others speak to its emotional toll.
chia puddings
CT Cooks: Healthy Halloween treats
This pudding tastes like berry pie filling and feels like you’re having dessert for breakfast.
Italian
CT Eats: Fiorella, my delicious dietary nightmare
As someone who is both wheat and dairy intolerant, having a lot of pizza and pasta enter my system is essentially inviting my own personal plague.
annoying moment
UR Snapshots Vol. 3: Meliora Weekend
I was biking on campus on Friday and nearly got run over by a golf cart.
