Wegman’s!! We don’t have them here in Indiana.

Anyway I miss Ritzcellar where the cross-registered students got together to discuss the courses, the plans for weekends, etc. I miss the study rooms in the library. I miss chatting with the interpreters in the hallways in the liberal arts building where I took the criminal justice classes.

Dibella’s rule over them all :-) Nick Tahou Garbage Plate brings back some memories :-)

Ahh, being here for 20 years is a mixed blessing. It’s like you have a love or hate relationship with dear ole’ Rochy. I don’t mind the snow but the long, dreaded, snow-less, damp-like spring bugs the hell out of me. People who are here long enough know that spring technically begins in May!

I am more than happy to pitch in the updates of NTID/RIT and the local area..

I go to NTID every once in a while especially to the Panara Theater watching ASL with voice-interpreted plays. Last spring, I took my students to witness the unveiling of the new Deaf Studies/History section of RIT library. It is good to see an additional program where we are able to find the resources but nothing compared to a century-plus Gallaudet University. There are wonderful things happening at NTID but the transforming campus becomes less familiar to me.

Oh, I missed the quad where we get to gather in one place also at the front of Tower A where hundreds of folders in a file area is located for the students to pick up messages (before e-mails and pagers) giving us an opportunity to bump into each other then hit to college parties. Kegs were allowed and even we get to become licensed bartenders! Gone are those days, heh!

One of my fondest memories was being a part of the Student Television Network team and it was so much fun! Also don’t forget the Red Barn! Doing Cross country skiing and canoing on the Genessee River with crazy friends were something else. How about remembering Dribbles where they serve triple X (or was ther a quad X? Me dare not to try!) chicken wings!! DiBella now has about 5 local franchised restaurants. Wanna Godfather sub, anyone?

Ahh, one thing for sure I will miss about Rochester if I leave is Wegmans. Even though the franchise of Wegmans is expanding in five states but nothing is compared to the luxury Pittsford Wegmans Store. Even Cher who visited there a few years ago had to beg the manager to built one exactly like it in her hometown, Malibu, but no luck.

People would think it is affordable to live here because of the reasonable cost of the house market but don’t be fooled! We have been burdened with highest property tax (the newspaper just announced that New York is the now officially the highest in the nation and that includes Monroe County!) The population went down (the last I heard was minus 7,000 people) due to the lay-offs at Kodak and the downsizing at Xerox company. The bright side is that you barely get to deal with traffic! The tax rate actually went up by 100% since 12 years ago whenI bought the house. Eegads! So I (we) gotta get out of this place, been working slaving my (his) life away… (playing along with Animals’s song).

The tunnels were the best, hands down! We need more tunnels like that.

When I visited last November, the college town looked nearly finished. Things have definitely changed there, and for the better. :)

It’s my town! I love to take visitors to ARTISTANworks.

My best memory of NTID was my ‘Hair Fight’ in a chemistry lab. :) BTW, this was during EYF, as I never was a student at NTID (or RIT, for that matter!).

For those who don’t know what a ‘hair fight’ is, you pour a small puddle on a table, snag two or more hairs and put them in the water. Motion the crowd to come very close, and tell them they can actually see the HAIR FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES!!!

Naturally, at the opportune moment, I swatted the puddle and startled the class! :) The chem lab professor was livid

Anyone remember Dribbles? Or MacGregor’s for Irish Stout and buffalo wings? My favorite hangouts. And California Rollin’—that’s where I made many of my friends into sushi converts.

Hi Shane:

This blog is great! I just moved back to Rochester after having lived elsewhere for 15 years (Texas then South Dakota). There’s nothing like “coming back home” to Rochester after having been gone for that long.

It has been like having a new lease on life- and in the last six months I’ve gained a much greater appreciation for what I had missed in the last 15 years. The best thing about Rochester is that it is a great place for Deaf people to thrive. Deaf people are welcomed here as part of the community and there are many choices for whom to socialize with. There is very little “cliquism” that you find in other cities- everyone is pretty much welcome in all social circles. It has been nice to partake in Deaf related activities on a regular basis like theatre, recreational events, etc. Also, when we moved back, I was inundated with mail regarding local alumni events, which has been fun so far!

All of the positive attributes have much more made up for the less than desirable parts of the experience, such as the weather and the high taxes. I have to admit that I was surprised that when we moved in the summer of 2007, the sun shone a great deal of the summer- and people have said that weather patterns have been changing since the last time I was there. As for the high taxes, I have to admit I am impressed with the high caliber of schools and services provided by the town we live in.

Shane- let’s have a cup of coffee at the Student Development Center when you are here!

Nice to see Alan finally getting on board, but I am disappointed that it’s not a vlog. The new president Bill Destler has already done several vlogs to communicate his new vision to the community. I find this rather ironic.

Still here in Rochester. My 18th year. Yikes.

Don’t forget Jay’s Diner.

Red Creek!!!

Let’s see what you guys REALLY know about Rochester.

Oh oh oh.. how can anyone forget… Dribbles! Wiinnggggs!

Too many NTID/RIT deaf graduates keep telling me about how awesome the Wegman’s stores are! They urge me to shop the Wegman’s store which I am kinda skeptical about those stores with the kind of name.

Yes, I am aware of two existing stores in Virginia with three “future” stores in Leesburg, Fredericksburg and another one. Two current stores in Fairfax where I live nearby.

Four future Wegman’s stores come to Frederick, Crofton. Columbia and Landover in Maryland.

My usual food shoppings are Harris Teeters and Whole Foods. I sometimes find good deals at foreign-owned family supermarkets for vegetables and fruits and other items.

Harris Teeters stores are much closer to my residence. I really hate Safeway and Giant stores for some reasons.

Robert L. Mason (RLM)

Real difference between NTID/RIT and Gallaudet students and graduates!

NTID/RIT graduates seems more intermingled with various cliques of people than Gallaudetians. How interesting! NTID/RIT graduates seems more willing to meet people outside their social and academic circles than Gallaudetians.

Gallaudet graduates seems more traditionalist to be only mingle with ASL users as compared to NTID/RIT graduates.

Nothing wrong about NTID/RIT and Gallaudet. Just observe the workings of our own mentality and life outlook.

I never forgot the very “first time’ visit to the NTID. I was flabbgastered how the NTID students continutely talked about fraternities and soritories at parties and regular college life all days and nights.

I told several Gallaudetian friends that I was really thankful for the Gallaudet College. I liked the catacombs (underground tunnels) within the NTID/RIT campus which I found them to be somewhat creepy and dangerous. Yes, I knew about the NTID/RIT tunnels were no longer existed due to some reasons.

NTID/RIT is really a significant part of our deaf community anyway. Rochester and NTID/RIT produce many influential deaf individuals within the deaf communities.

Sadly, Rochester is no longer an economically viable city unlike in the past of pre-digitial technology. Kodak and other companies reduce its workforce due to the changing society.

Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog

RLM–

Good grief! Don’t you have anything to say that remotely makes sense??? ”

Case in point–”I liked the catacombs…which I found them to be somewhat creepy and dangerous.” At the risk of sounding extremely juvvie here, how can you like something you found creepy and dangerous? Oh, that’s right, it does illustrate your taste in men…the bad boys.

Anonymous,

I should say that I find the existence of “catacombs” to be kinda intrigued, but could be somewhat dangerous and creepy.

I was starstruck by the NTID/RIT catacombs which I never thought of any college campus having such underground tunnels.

As compared to my home state, West Virginia University (WVU) have the monorail systems above the walking paths. I do not know if any university have such monorail system in existence.

My taste in men - bad boys?? Not really! I do not have any problems with bad boys until they are physically and verbally abusive. I will not put up with those guys at all.

Many so-called bad boys are really good in bed. I enjoy guys with brooding manners which they are more honest than do-gooder guys.

I am not into tatooted and piecered guys anyway. I do like cocky guys which they are really the fun ones.

I do know WHO you are. I could tell your writing pattern. :)

RLM

What do I miss the most about my RIT/NTID day? I miss endless lunch hours with old and new faces over at the Ritz; the signed aerobic classes w Gail Rothman-Marshall at the gym; bumping into friends on the quarter mile in between classes no matter what time of the day it was; Wegmans - great food shopping experiences - always saw people I knew there; Dibella’s - the ultimate sub experience; Dribbles -great for celebrating exams; Greek Row; SINBAD’s middle eastern food as well as the Frog Pond over by Park Ave.

I have to admit - as much as I couldn’t wait to get out of Rochester and start living my life after college, Rochester really was a great place to live :-)

Hi all!

What a great discussion! And what perfect timing – we’re sending out a vlog sometime soon to announce the 40th anniversary reunion that’s going to be held June 26-28 on campus. All the info is being posted to a new reunion website http://www.rit.edu/ntid/reunion - it’s not all up yet, but keep checking back and you’ll see a schedule of all the fun events! We’ve set up an e-mail address specifically for the reunion, NTID40thReunion@rit.edu. If you want to get the vlog, send us a quick email and we’ll add you to the distribution list!

Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz answered my questions, to see his answers, go to:
http://www.ntid.rit.edu/VPandDean/askalan.php

“Will NTID be victorious at this spring’s Rockfest?”
Of course!

“Why did we fill in the cherished quad?”
Because the steps were dangerous, and the ‘lower’ area was not well used. In 2006 when we built the new CSD Student Development Center (SDC) adjacent to the LBJ Building we wanted to beautify the quadrangle area. The SDC is a welcome addition to our campus. There is still an open and green area at the quadrangle site. That area was named the D. Robert Frisina Quadrangle to honor NTID’s first director. Hopefully our alumni can see these improvements first-hand during the 40th reunion in June 2008.

“Will NTID establish a climate change program so Rochester will experience toasty springs, creating a swarm of new NTID student and job applications?”
No, no plans to control the weather! We actually had three days in the 60s this week – not bad for early January. Many of us enjoy the four seasons Rochester offers.

Please go to Alan’s website and ask better questions than mine!

its funny how i think of restaurants i miss when we talk about rochester.. places like, california rollin’ (hands down!), bw3, simply crepes, pittsford wegman’s, cold stone, but… i cannot forget — mac’s!! besides all the restaurants though.. lilac festival, highland park, cobb’s hill, corn hill, ford bridge, genesse valley park, … man i miss it. i only graduated in may last year and am headin’ back for a visit next weekend but i miss it. immensely.

I know a good deaf community site deafromance.com… am deaf girl, I met many kind deaf and hoh people over there. I like surfing on this site for deaf relatd news, video, blog, forum…even I can send my friends greeting card

I grew up in rochester and graduated from RIT. I’m always going to be a rochester guy at heart even though physically I’m in DC (like my work a lot but not too crazy about the city itself). there are always times where I miss wandering through mount hope cemetery in the fall and winter.

DC has nothing on salena’s, macgregor’s, and pontillo’s. I never liked the lilac festival, though–hate the stink of lilacs. makes me think of nursing homes.

I remember Wegman’s stores. I arrived at RIT/NTID during the 1978 SVP and graduated in 1981 with Business/accounting degree. I have many great memories about RIT/NTID. Those were wonderful years. I have visited RIT campus since 1985 and I am not sure when I will visit RIT again. I have promoted RIT/NTID when deaf students come to my work and explore about their future.

As much as I do promote NTID, I don’t feel the alumni association is doing enough to bring people back together. NTID is not big like most colleges and within the deaf culture, usually everyone knows everyone. Somehow, we have lost the connection and support for RIT/NTID. As a alumni, I could support more including financial support if I had the connections. The connections are not there and right now, I am 5 years away from retirement, I don’t think the connection will ever come back.

I do talk about the deaf culture and mentioned NTID twice in my blog.

Jim (1978 SVP)
I used to live in Massacusettes and now living in Ohio.
Guess who I am. :)

Just checked CNN.com and came across an article on the 50 best places to work. Wegman’s is #3 nationwide! Imagine that…

Check the link out here - http://money.cnn.com/galleries.....une/3.html