Archive: Apr 2002
Sass the Frass
Sass the Frass
Unraveling the Jury Week mystery
It's that time again 8212; the pre-jury stress zone. In this week before juries, Gibbs Street is packed with instrumentalists frantically trying to track down their missing accompanists, and poring over their scores in last-ditch memorization efforts. And no, Eastman undergrads haven't been selected to partake in a jury pool at the courthouse down the […]
De-stress before your final examination
Imagine Edvard Munch's well known painting, "The Scream" ? that's how many Eastman students look these days. The fact that jury week starts Monday is enough to send many students into a panic.Nonetheless, there are definitely ways to avoid ending up in a dark corner stroking your shotgun. Juries don't have to be so bad […]
From the pressbox
The NFL draft is a week away and a quarterback will be taken first for the fourth time in the last five years.The Houston Texans announced that they will take Fresno State's David Carr as the cornerstone of the franchise. Of the previous three quarterbacks picked No. 1, one ? Peyton Manning ? is a […]
Golf 3rd in first tourney
The golf team started its spring season by placing third out of 15 teams in the Kenyon Cup in Howard, Ohio, but nobody on the team was satisfied with the results."For our first tournament, I thought our result was good," coach Rich Johnson said, "but we all felt we could have, and should have, done […]
The final step
Back when they were just friends, seniors Melissa Ngan and Eric Snoza used to joke that if they weren't married by the time they were 28, they'd marry each other. Turned out they were off by a few years ? at 21, they've set their wedding date for June 8.Close friends for a year and […]
Top 10 reasons to love UR during tough times
It is getting to be that time of year when everyone is annoyed with the university because of homework ? I heard we have the fourth highest workload in the nation! ? or tests or just plain senioritis ? whatever year you may be. To counteract this harmful vibe disseminating campuswide, I thought I would […]
Habitat builds more than houses
Habitat for Humanity, a UR Students' Association group, focuses on giving people a "hand up, not a handout." The UR campus group is a link to the international Habitat for Humanity, whose goal is to work with families below the poverty line to build simple, decent places to live.Our SA group has been an official […]
Sasha rocks Digweed
It's 4 a.m., and I'm just returning to my room after a long five or six hours. Not only am I exhausted, but my back is sore and both of my legs are cramped. Most people would think from that description that I had a terrible night. Those people would be terribly misinformed. On Thursday, […]
UR a drag
Madonna, Whitney Houston, Lil' Kim and more rocked the May Room last Friday night in the Pride Network and the Sigma Delta Tau sorority's second annual Drag Show. The event, which played to a standing room only crowd, was part of the Pride Network's Gay Pride Month, known as Gaypril. The event featured drag queens […]