Archive: Apr 2001
A nice walk spoiled
As luck would have it, the first really warm temperatures Rochester has seen this year and the final round of the Masters Golf Tournament took place on the same day.Why is this such a big issue?Well, let?s just say I didn?t want to miss the sunshine, but I didn?t want to miss Tiger Woods? triumphant […]
For a poor man's pantry
As the year is coming to an end, do you find you are running short on your declining balance? Or are you just plain sick of eating the same food every day?Have no fear, there are simple, cheap and ? believe it or not ? healthy ways to cook for yourself in your own dorm […]
India.Arie has ?Soul?
The music industry, as always, is the obedient trend follower. Once artists climbs up the charts record companies scurry to find, or sometimes create, the next big thing. After Alanis there was Jewel, Meredith and Natalie. When Britney made it ? Christina, Jessica and Mandy ?sings-from-the-side-of-her-mouth? Moore arrived shortly thereafter. With Erykah?s success, we find […]
Divas Live is still alive and kicking
I don?t know about you, but Divas Live is one of the events that I look forward to every year. Call me a loser, but you just don?t get enough glam attitude on televison nowadays. This year VH1 cooked up a lineup of divas to pay dues to the one and only Aretha Franklin. But […]
Pill popping bandwagon can?t be health solution
(U-WIRE) DEKALB, Ill. ? Drugs can solve all of our problems. At least, that?s what prescription drug companies seem to want us to believe.Turn on any major network just about any time of day, and you can expect to be bombarded with images of happy asthmatics running on the beach, chronic over-eaters pushing away plates […]
ResLife solves a problem, but others remain
Hell hasn?t frozen over and yet, UR has responded to student requests. However, the housing situation still needs to change.As juniors originally assigned the number 87, we received one of the last nine suites reallocated from the sophomore drawing as a result of the threat of protests. We have mixed emotions. On the one hand […]
Just nuts about Taiwan
You all know some nut who?s a total work-a-holic ?studying all the time, always working on a problem set, spending Friday night in the library, right? My Taiwanese roommates are like that. They never leave campus ? they study from 8 a.m. till midnight, seven days a week, no breaks. I?ve begun to suspect they?re […]
Ask us:
On a metal door near the back entrance to the campus post office in Todd Union, the words ?Amateur Radio Club? can still be seen stenciled in white paint. It?s not the old office of WRUR radio ? it is the old site of the UR Amateur Radio Club.Amateur radio, commonly called ?ham? radio, is […]
Horoscope
Aries (March 21 ? April 19) ? Don?t be so superstitious. There is more to life than messages in a fortune cookie or on a Magic 8 Ball, so don?t let negative predictions get you down.Taurus (April 20 ? May 20) ? You were in a financial tight spot, but that will soon be over. […]
Security Update
Rochester resident Eddie Gantt was arrested at 10 a.m. Friday, April 6 for burglary and grand larceny, following a report by students and staff at the Eastman School of Music of a suspicious person in the area. A UR Security officer who responded to the report found Gantt fleeing the Eastman Living Center, Security Investigator […]