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Dinner Parties
Research Rochester: Capita explores extravagant Victorian dinner parties
Wealth became attainable through business rather than family. Grand gestures of wealth became integral to middle class families vying to improve their social status. “The dinner party served as an immense tool to ascend to those higher circles,” Capita said. “You see social mobility on steroids.”
Cafe
CT Eats: Equal Grounds Coffee House, the perfect Rochester café
Last semester, I was on a short-lived quest to find the perfect cozy Rochester café. After Founders Café totally missed that mark, I moved on, but I’m happy that I resurrected the mission. Cake with sugar, chai with spice, and everything nice over at Equal Grounds Coffee House.
Animals
Visiting Rochester’s best zoo…in the winter
Some animals, like the red panda and the snow leopard, are right at home in the cold. “Almost all the animals have access to the indoor and outdoor areas of their habitat,” Mina Johnson, a spokesperson for the zoo, said. “Many of the African species enjoy being out in the snow."
digital media
Research Rochester: Polashenski uses digital media technology to preserve history
Polashenski’s immersion in the project offers her insights into the intimate details and personalities of the Seward family. “William Henry Seward’s dad is the funniest character in the family,” she said. “He constantly writes that he’s dying about 20 years before he actually dies to guilt his son into visiting him.”
British
CT Eats: The Old Toad has British warmth for the Rochester cold
Pub food isn’t about complexity or culinary perfection. It’s about some good old-fashioned comfort. And The Old Toad definitely comforted me and my soul on one of those -14 wind chill days when I question why on Earth I decided to move further upstate for school.
Neutrinos
Research Rochester: Computational physicist Tetef studies mysterious subatomic particles
“Something broke the early symmetry between matter and antimatter in the universe,” Manly said. “This gives origin to the predominance of matter. Without it, we wouldn’t be here.”
Brunch
CT Eats: Simply Crepes is simply inviting
Simply Crepes is super cozy with warm tones, wood tables, high ceilings, exposed wood beams, and mini chandeliers that add a touch of class. I’ll decree it country-glam.
Eastman
YouTube-famous Eastman students show K-pop in a new light
The channel lies at the intersection of K-pop reactions and musical analysis. For Chang, the videos on Reacttothek go past simply reacting to K-pop. They delve into “what creates specific emotions, or why a beat makes you feel a certain way,” Chang said.
Research
Research Rochester: Senior Lim engages in diverse research experiences
Lim’s senior design project will involve 3D printing, which is unrelated to the research she has done independently. She is currently doing research using electroencephalogram (EEG) technology to decode the relationship between hearing and vision.
CT Eats
CT Eats: Pita’s got a piece of my heart
If the Campus Times were some sort of pagan college newspaper society, I would definitely be thanking the CT Eats gods right now for blessing me with such great experiences of Mediterranean meals.