Archive: Dec 2001
A Braxton Christmas
Christmas time is coming, and a flock of Christmas albums are finding their way to your local record shops. One of them is Toni Braxton's fourth album release, "Snowflakes." The newly married diva proudly shows her pregnant belly on the sleeve of the album.Braxton is very brave to release a Christmas album without any promotion […]
Support your fellow students
The beautiful thing about a university campus like ours is accessibility to a wide range of activities.Before we graduate, each and every one of us should experience, in addition to other things, a football game, a fraternity party, a lecture on something for which we have no informed opinion and a campus musical attraction. That […]
Golf earns 2nd at ECACs
What is it that separates a golfer from a basketball, baseball, or football player? Is it skill? Is it heart? No. It is his or her ability to play individually, be scored on individually, yet still be an integral part of a team. Golfers don?t have someone motivating them after every shot, they don?t have […]
Frisbee club boasts lots of fresh talent
It took an hour and a half at the border. A car wouldn?t start. But Montreal beckoned and the UR men?s and women?s ultimate frisbee team would not be deterred. Like its play over the two-day Montreal tournament at McGill University, the group?s desire and drive never faltered.Both frisbee club teams faced tough competition at […]
X-country runs to 2nd and 4th
The sunny skies and fan support helped set the tone for what turned out to be one of the best meets of the season so far for men?s and women?s cross country. As part of Meliora Weekend, the teams hosted the annual UR Invitational at Mendon Ponds Park this past Saturday. In the final team […]
A b-ball fan questions why as he Air dribbles into the court
We all remember the last time we saw Michael Jordan in uniform. It was game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals between Jordan?s Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz. Down one with under a minute remaining, Jordan stripped the ball from Jazz forward Karl Malone and dribbled back upcourt. After running the clock down, Jordan […]
Field hockey suffers defeat to Brockport
Field hockey took on a tough schedule in the past week, taking on three SUNY teams in eight days. The Yellowjackets took a tough defeat Tuesday, Oct. 9, when UR played SUNY Brockport. Although many shots were taken from both sides, no goals were scored during regulation time.UR, hoping to fight back after a hard […]
Harvard Crimson and Syracuse grab two at Regatta
Despite UR joining the Rochester Institute of Technology as hosts of the the Stonehurst Capital Invitational Regatta Sunday afternoon along the Genesee River, Harvard University and Syracuse University were the major victors.The Crimsons captured the championship of the men?s open eight division as well as being crowned champions of the women?s open eight division. Syracuse […]
Hall of Fame inducts 17 athletes
The 10th class of the UR Sports and Recreation Hall of Fame was inducted exactly one month after the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. Master of Ceremonies Jon Hunter, Class of 1972, who earned his bachelor?s, master?s and doctoral degrees at UR and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in […]
Men's soccer says on track for great season
The men?s soccer team recently established itself as the dominant force in the Rochester area with a 1-0 win over cross-town rival the Rochester Institute of Technology. UR has defeated local competitors Nazareth, St. John Fisher College, Ithaca College and SUNY Geneseo and currently stands 9-1-1 overall and 3-1-0 in the University Athletic Association.With six […]