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The status of movable street art By Cody Norton Some say the origins of graffiti can be traced all the way back to prehistoric humans who created paintings on the insides of cave walls. Others look no further than New York City in the late 1960s, when a young teenager named Demetrius began scribbling his [...]

By Cody Norton On Nov. 8, singer Neko Case played at the Harro East Ballroom in Rochester, NY, for the first time, along with her accompanying band consisting of bassist Tom V. Ray, drummer Barry Mirochnick, guitarist Paul Rigby, multi-instrumentalist Jon Rauhouse and vocalist Kelly Hogan.  The opening act for Case was vocalist Sarah Harmer. [...]

PostSecret has served as an anonymous way to express either painful or whimsical aspects of you life. It is cathartic and personal, which provides a sense of comfort. To Write Love On Her Arms at Ithaca College utilizes the general idea of PostSecret in their own organization in order to bring people who have felt serious pain together.

Pregnant teens remind us of the American dream By Cody Norton MTV’s 16 and Pregnant, a reality program which premiered in June 2009, is only one of many cultural mindfucks that has fueled a societal obsession with adolescent motherhood. Featuring high school age girls during the terms of their pregnancies, the television show documents the [...]