Archive: Dec 2004
City life is always an adventure
I don't like going to the dentist, but rather than fearing a pain in my teeth, I fear a pain in my heart. When they take out that spit-sucking tube, I look at it and think, "That spit is collecting and festering, and at the end of the week, some poor intern is going to […]
Mutilation raises issues
Female genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision, is a procedure performed on girls between the ages of four and 12 in much of Africa and some parts of the Middle East. It is defended by some as a cultural tradition, but is deplored by women's rights and human rights activists as a crime against […]
ur opinion
Billy Mehalick '08"When you're in a really dark room and there is a mirror in it and then you see yourself. Well, mirrors in general."Tamara Parker "That we pick the wrong president. I don't trust either of them."Kate Czarniak '06"Midgets, because I had a dream once when one chased me with a knife."Ryan Circh '07"Coach […]
Horoscope
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) - Learn a new kind of dance this week. Whether it's the C-Walk or Meringue, it does not matter.Now, with your new moves, dance in a circle around some candles and incense. Hey, you're not supposed to have candles in your dorm room - Security!Aries (March 21-April 19) - Don't get […]
Facing your friendships
Stalkers, rejoice. This is our time. With the sudden intense popularity of online friend networks, such as TheFacebook, Friendster, RochesterFacebook and MySpace, we have the ability to read about the lives of friends, strangers and lovers without them ever knowing it. What's it all about? That's a good question with a pretty lame answer. All […]
Reducing pressure increases pleasure
I have a problem with my girlfriend running away in the bedroom. She likes it when I go down on her and if I am able to keep her from running away by holding her down it usually doesn't take more than three of four minutes before she has an orgasm. The problem is she […]
Media muzzled
The First Amendment right to a free press suffered a blow today when it was determined that the publication of an endorsement for a presidential candidate by UR's student newspaper could result in the loss of funding from the Students' Association.The current bylaw, intended to prevent the unequal distribution of funds to groups formed for […]
Rewarding scholars
This fall, The College announced that it will extend full-tuition scholarship offers to graduates of the International Baccalaureate Programme in the Rochester City School District. The district has the 11th highest per capita child poverty rate in the nation. In many of its schools, 99 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced-cost lunch […]
Dining services now take credit
Under the newly-appointed director of campus dining services and auxiliary operations Cameron Schauf, several major changes are being made in the dining halls across campus to ensure that students, faculty and staff will be satisfied. The changes include the use of credit cards in any of the dining areas, meal choices being expanded to appeal […]
Panel discusses health care
With the presidential election next week, five UR professors in the fields of economics, political science and preventive medicine shared their views toward President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry's health care platforms in the Gowen Room on Oct. 26.The panel discussion titled, "A Presidential Health Care Platform," was sponsored by the Charles Drew […]