Archive: Mar 2001
Accountability
With all of the hype behind the Students Association Presidential elections, it is important to not lose sight of the SA Senate and how it runs its elections.Senators ideally serve a vital role on campus as representatives of the student body. In order for senators to become a useful resource for the students, they need […]
Life&s a beach
Spring break vacations are a funny thing. They are not typical vacations, like those you have taken in the past, where you feel it is your duty to hit a museum or two. Nor do you feel a need to soak up the local culture 8212; you would rather rape and pillage the society and […]
Horoscopes
Pisces (Feb. 19?March 20) ? This has been a pretty good week for you. Lady Luck is smiling upon you, and it looks as though your fortunes may be bright for a while. Aries (March 21?April 19) ? It?s time to face the fact that spring break is officially over. You?re back at school, it?s […]
UR Notable Yellowjackets
Women?s basketballMany years of basketball paid off as Gotstein helped her team to an Eastern Conference Athletic Association Championship March 8. She contributed a total of 23 points and 21 rebounds in a 59-47 win over Union College and a win over Nazareth 71-66. She closed out her tournament by being named the ECAC tournament […]
Some give MLB a bad name
This baseball off-season Alex Rodriguez ($252M), Manny Ramirez ($160M) and Derek Jeter ($189M) signed the most lucrative contracts in all of professional sports history, part of an ongoing trend of upping top players? salaries. While no one will question the on-the-field value of these men, the numbers in these new contracts are staggering. A-Rod, Manny, […]
In the spotlight
? The team of senior Andy Locke, junior Justin Lamontagne, sophomore Brian Strandberg and senior Jon Coyles set a new men?s indoor track record in the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1 minute, 31.77 seconds, beating the old school record of 1:33. Another men?s indoor track record was broken by the 4x400-meter relay team […]
Bracket madness shows NCAA title is up for grabs
March Madness is upon us. I can?t wait for the games to begin today, as the tournament always seems to start off with some thrillers. I believe that the tournament is pretty wide open. Aside the first five or six teams, there is a sizable group of teams and any of them could make a […]
Baseball swings to good start for spring season
Once again, the baseball team began its season with a spring training trip to Florida to play 12 games, seven in conference play. After several dismal years in Florida, the team erupted. It returned north with eight wins and four losses, a promising beginning for the northern schedule. This young and talented team proved it […]
Lacrosse aims high
The womens? lacrosse team hit the road to sunny Florida for spring break with goals to achieve and a game to perfect. Coach Andrea Golden was optimistic about spring training and traveled with some team objectives.Golden said she wanted to use the week to work on seeing which women were capable two-way players, in addition […]
Crew rowing strong
Spring season is hitting campus, and for the men and women?s crew teams that means getting back to the Genessee waters.Like many of the spring sports, the crew teams headed down south to begin training. They spent their break in Gainesville, Ga.. The team used the time to get reacquainted with the water after rigorous […]