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Thursday, November 5, 2009

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Sports

Tall task for Manute

Former NBA player shares his quest to build schools in Sudan

Sudanese-born activist and former NBA star Manute Bol delivered a message to a fairly crowded Interfaith Chapel Tuesday night to raise awareness about his project to build schools in the war-torn villages of Sudan. Bol is carrying out his project through the non-profit organization Sudan Sunrise, a grassroots movement of Sudanese and Americans working together to assist in the reconciliation efforts of all the Sudanese.

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Organics ignite new world order

Let’s play a game.

Six degrees of separation. Except instead of finding those five special people to connect you to Zac Efron, try to find out just how many degrees your lunch is separated from the origin of the ingredients. Or maybe even just how many miles separate you from where your food comes from. Shortest distance wins.

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“Capitalism” is strikingly unmoving

What do juvenile delinquents, sub-prime mortgage borrowers and regional airline pilots have in common? To an avid reader of the news, they have all been recent subjects of exploitation. But to filmmaker Michael Moore, these injustices are clear and decisive proof that American capitalism is deeply flawed.

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Men upset ninth-ranked UAA rival

In what was undoubtedly the biggest game so far this year, the UR men’s soccer team came through with a decisive 1-0 victory against the ninth-ranked Carnegie Mellon University Tartans.

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From the Editorial Board

Yet to be filled

It’s been a little over a year since the inception of Fill Fauver/Pack the Palestra, and while at times the program has seen success, it is time the Students’ Association re-evaluated its strategy. Despite the efforts of the program’s coordinators, sophomores Jesse Cramer and Trey Socash, attendance at games is still sporadic. But perhaps the biggest problem facing the program is not the result, but the method.

From the Blog

The Outlet #10

What do you think about the connection, or lack thereof, between the University and the Rochester community? What are our responsibilities, both as a university and as individuals? Jess, Jenny, Benjamin, Amy and Charles respond!

News

Dishonesty hits new heights

The Board on Academic Honesty observed an all-time high rate of academic dishonesty cases through the 2008-2009 academic school year. The statistics prompted the Chair of the Board on Academic Honesty John Givens, to send a mass e-mail to the faculty and undergraduate community.

Health bill targets students

Amidst the current flurry of large-scale health care reform, new legislation is emerging that has particular relevance to college students. The new bill would help young men and women afford health insurance by allowing them to remain on their parents’ plan after graduation, up to the age of 27.

Opinions

Where do I live?

When two people meet for the first time, “Where do you live?” is one of the first questions they pose to each other. It does not offend — anyone can answer and, if you know someone from that place, you have something to keep the conversation from fizzling for a few seconds. This summer, while working for my county executive’s reelection campaign, I had a life-altering revelation: for 21 years I answered this question incorrectly.

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Taking morality out of the gay marriage question

“Tyranny of the majority” is a phrase with which we should all be familiar. After all, it was coined in one of the earliest and best-known treatises on democracy within the United States. One would hope that, having had well over 150 years to brood the topic over, we as Americans would be able to at least attempt to tackle this problem. Alas, this appears to not be the case, at least in the great state of Maine.

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Features

WWE lays smackdown at Blue Cross Arena

What do you get when you mix “Jackass,” “The Ringling Brothers, “One Life to Live,” pyrotechnics and a wrestling ring? If you guessed World Wrestling Entertainment, then you’ve probably had an exhilarating and lively childhood.

Whiskey hits hard

I figured it would be appropriate, now, to move onto harder-hitting topics. And by harder-hitting topics, I mean whiskey. It hits hard.

Arts & Entertainment

MAG pushes the envelope with “Paint Made Flesh”

At first, they seem unrelated. On one wall hangs an inch-thick paint coating, the hair-like strands of color mixing in rapid confusion, resembling the mayhem of the finished artist’s palette, two barely legible figures rising out of the smattering. Some yards away hangs a Picasso, the household name and acclaimed artist, his model showing off her sausage-like fingers and monstrous mint green-splattered nose. And to the left of that? A painting of two hookers, their breasts barely covered by sequined tops. Any viewer would ask, “What is the Picasso doing next to the street walkers? What does this mess of paint have to do with the clean portraits also visible in this space? Why is there so much nudity!?”

Chemistry defines USA’s “White Collar”

White collar crime: a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation. You may recognize this particular breed of felony from Steven Spielberg’s popular film, “Catch Me if You Can.” If you got that far, you’ve pretty much got the idea of USA’s newest crime procedural, “White Collar.”

Sports

Defense leads women’s soccer to win

On a wet Friday night, the women’s soccer team had an exciting overtime win over Emory University at Fauver Stadium to kick off a successful two-win weekend.

Volleyball splits tournament

Supported by the powerhouse arm of freshman right side hitter Alma Guevara and the quick reflexes of freshman libero Lauren Bujnicki, the UR women’s volleyball team defeated the St. John Fisher College Cardinals this past Tuesday night, bringing its win-loss record to an even keel.