Archive: Mar 2001
Men's basketball shoots to shake off tough losses
After opening the season in strong fashion, the UR men?s basketball team has struggled to be consistent in recent games. The Yellowjackets finished a recent three game homestand with only one win and now head into the meat of their University Athletic Association season with a 10-6 overall record, 3-3 in the UAA.UR took on […]
Solid showing for final home swim for women's swimming
Following a five-week respite, women?s swimming returned to action last Saturday as UR hosted SUNY Potsdam. In a show of domination, the Yellowjackets rolled to an easy 157-67 victory over the Potsdam Bears. The win improved UR?s season record to 6-1 in dual competition with one meet remaining before University Athletic Association meet and Nationals.?It […]
Men's track earns solid victory
The Goergen Athletic Center field house welcomed the men?s track team back for its first meet of the new year last weekend.UR won Saturday?s ?Millenium Icebreaker? scoring a convincing 156 points over Alfred State University (112) and the Rochester Institute of Technology (84) in what coach John Izzo described as a ?workman-like performance. We knew […]
From the Pressbox: XFL won't be a hit
Buckle up football fans, the big day is approaching quickly. The day that football fans all around the United States have been waiting for. The game plans are set and the players? butterflies are beginning to flutter. That?s right fans, your home state NY/NJ Hitmen will be taking the field against the Outlaws from Las […]
UR shoots gloriously at Chase
While most of UR was relaxing during this past winter break, UR basketball was aiming for success in the Chase Scholarship Tournament.The final three rounds of the tournament gave the men?s basketball team a second place finish after a disappointing loss to Geneseo. After easily defeating RIT with a 85-59 victory, led by senior Jeff […]
Super Sunday toss-up
They?re saying it will be a war of attrition. They?re saying the match-up is the result of league-wide parity. They?re saying this one could be an eyesore. But whatever the case, the Baltimore Ravens and the New York Giants will square off Sunday in the 35th edition of the Super Bowl, and what is certain […]
Women's hoops successful through tough mid-season
At this point one year ago, the UR women?s basketball team sat on a dismal 4-11 overall record with no wins in the University Athletic Association.This year, the story is drastically different. After 15 games the Yellowjackets find themselves at 10-5 overall and 3-3 in the UAA. It hasn?t been since the 1996-1997 season that […]
Men's swim team remains red-hot
Early January marked some of the coldest weather and heaviest flooding that southern California has seen in years. In the middle of it all was UR men?s swim team. The Yellow-jackets spent over a week of rigorous training in Pasadena in order to prepare for the University Athletic Association tournament and the end of the […]
Requiem' a tribute to those lost in war
Last Friday the George Eastman House opened a photo exhibit entitled ?Requiem: By the Photographers who died in Vietnam and Indochina.? It is a tribute to the art of war photography and the bravery of the men and women who lost their lives to bring us these images. Upon entering the Eastman House, you approach […]
Ask Us: Why is there a new wall installed in Danforth Dining Center?
As we came back from winter break nutritionally fulfilled and well-rested, we noticed something new in the ever-changing face of the campus. This change was an oddly placed wall in Danforth Dining Center. Acknowledging this alteration, some students were curious about what sparked the idea of building a wall that seemed to be of no […]