
5 Fun Activities You Can Do in Rochester Once the Pandemic is Over, and 5 You Can Do Right Now
We’ve been stuck in quarantine for almost a year now, and with vaccines being distributed it looks like the era of coronavirus might finally be turning. Here’s a few things…

Meridians – Rochester’s on-campus tour guides
One of my favorite things I miss about being on campus is my job – I’m a campus tour guide, or “Meridian” as we call them. Imaan Salimi, ’23, Lena…

Celebrating Halloween ft. Covid-19
I have always loved Halloween – loved, loved, LOVED it. I love candy, I love making Halloween cookies and other snacks, I love carving pumpkins, and I love dressing up.…

Adjusting to Campus in the Time of Corona
Hi friends! Welcome to the wonderful world of navigating online classes! With everything going on in the world recently, I’m mostly just so glad that people are able to…

Cooking on Campus
As a tour guide, I get asked a lot of questions from prospective students about food – what is the food like here? How do meal plans work? Are there…

How the Arts Help Create a Balanced Life at College
University of Rochester. Prestigious. Heavily STEM focused, with huge draws for students in engineering, business, or pre-med. But fear not. This is not a rant about humanities vs. STEM, or…

Rare Books: An Underutilized Resource
What is Rare Books? If you haven’t spent much time exploring the vast expanses of Rush Rhees Library, you might not ever encountered it. It’s a small library, tucked away…

Studying Abroad…for a Weekend
We all know that studying abroad, whether it be for a year, a semester, a summer, or even a holiday break, is one of the most quintessential college experiences. I’ve…

The Joys and Challenges of Triple Majoring
The elusive triple major: feared by most, attempted by few, and almost unheard of entirely. But what does it actually mean to be a part of the few students who…

Top 5 Tips for Surviving Your First Few Weeks on Campus
If you’re a first-year student reading this, welcome to campus! This blog post was written with you (and all your worries and fears ) in mind. Both this year and…