Archive: Feb 2002
Women win in final home game
With three games remaining in the regular season, the women's basketball team is making every game count. UR now stands at 6-5 in the University Athletic Association and 15-7 overall. The Yellow-jackets are currently tied for third place in the UAA.UR avenged earlier losses to conference foes Brandeis and New York University as they rounded […]
Metcalf sets school pole vault record again
The men's and women's track teams proved to be full of talented athletes as they racked up personal records in Boston last weekend.UR split into two squads to compete in different meets on Saturday ? the St. Valentine Invitational at Boston College and an invitational meet at Massachusetts Institute of Technology."The basic goal was to […]
The Scenic Route
No one knows where life's roads lead, because the paths are different for everyone. Some paths, though, are less popular than others, but equally deserving of consideration. Here are four potential paths that one may want to consider as alternatives to grad school or the daily grind.Teach For AmericaIf you care about the state of […]
Olympics outshine awful All-Star games
What a time to be a sports fan. The Olympics are in full swing, the NBA and NHL are in the home stretch, March Madness is only a month away and pitchers and catchers reported Wednesday.With all that's going on, I thought I'd use this space to try and touch briefly on as many things […]
Olympics provide upsets and contraversy
The Winter Olympics were rolling right along until controversy struck Monday night and shifted the focus of the games.A close decision gave Russia the gold medal in the pairs figure skating for the 11th consecutive Olympics, but most observers felt the Canadians deserved to win.The Russian pair of Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze led after […]
Hot Ticket: Yellowjackets
The Yellowjackets are on a mission of fun with a license to kick ass and take prisoners, as they present "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow," the 17th annual midwinter Jamboree. The show takes place at 8 p.m. Saturday in Strong Auditorium.The winter show has developed into the largest show of the year for the a […]
Weezer lacks charm, but puts on good show
I'm going to put my adoration for Weezer to the side for just a minute.Weezer is not a band that likes to charm the audience. They get on, they play, they get off. They perform well and with heart, but you don't feel any connection. They don't improvise a lot. They said about ten words […]
China Nite' celebrated culture
Last weekend the Chinese Students' Association's week-long celebration of the Chinese New Year culminated in China Nite, a show held in Strong Auditorium that showcased Chinese dance and song.The evening combined traditional Chinese cultural events with modern renditions of dance and song. The event opened with a Lion Dance, a traditional way to celebrate the […]
Kylie hits the U.S. with 'Fever'
Her name might not ring a bell, but Kylie Minogue is one of the most substantial pop stars of this generation. On this side of the globe, Kylie never really hit the big time. She surfaced into the billboard kingdom in 1988 with her rehashing of "The Locomotion," but then vanished into the land of […]
Horoscope
Aquarius (Jan. 20?Feb. 18) ? Exercise your latent social consciousness. While No Sweat has gone undercover for a bit, there are tons of things you can protest in the meantime.Pisces (Feb. 19?March 20) ? Things have been running rough lately. Take some time for yourself to figure out what you need to do to be […]