Archive: Dec 2006
Soccer cruises past UAA competition
The UR women's soccer team finished its five game road trip by defeating conference opponents Emory University and Carnegie Mellon University. The team went a combined 4-0-1 on the trip and improved its overall record to 13-1-3. The Yellowjackets remain in second place in the University Athletic Association.On Oct. 27, the 'Jackets traveled to play […]
Bielecki reaches 1,000 mark as 'Jackets romp
The Yellowjackets traveled to Pennsylvania this past weekend and gave the Grove City College Wolverines a 38-21 beatdown, improving their record to 6-2 and extending their winning streak to four games. Junior running back Matt Bielecki gained 144 yards on 29 carries to bring his season total to 1,001 yards. This is the second year […]
Squash splits matches in Cleveland
The Yellowjackets kicked off their season in mixed fashion this past weekend in Cleveland. Starting the season at No. 22, the schedule had the squad pitted in a doubleheader featuring a delectable appetizer of No. 40 Kenyon College and then the main course of No. 17 Denison University. Kenyon was overmatched against UR, a top-heavy […]
Pressbox
Is there anything more frustrating as a fan than watching a game and thinking that your favorite team could not care less about the eventual outcome? Probably not.This has become an all too familiar occurrence in the landscape of professional sports. There are certainly exceptions, but many of the best athletes in the world seem […]
Jackets take seventh at states
The St. Louis Cardinals had their victory parade this past weekend to celebrate their first World Series in twenty years. The same couldn't be said for the UR women's volleyball team, and they came out of the New York State Tournament with a respectable seventh place. The Yellowjackets came into this one seeded fifth, the […]
"Surface" lacks exploration of artistic medium's potential
"Surface," a new show in the Hartnett Gallery is a bit dramatic for the work the show contains. One series of paintings did not recall for me the tactile experience I expect to encounter from a show with such a title. There are many types of painting that employ media to make the paint thicker […]
Hot Spots
Once in a while we, as college students, need to get away from the bacon cheeseburgers, pasta and Blimpie subs and delve into something more exotic - something more along the lines of a memorable experience. This year, I made it an initiative to increase my worldly knowledge by going to a plethora of ethnic […]
Get to know me:
Amita De Souza, a senior from East Amherst, N.Y., is president of ADITI and a member of the one of the most popular dance groups on campus, the Bhangra Team. She is majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in both Studio Arts and Clinical Psychology. To complement her major, De Souza works at the Neuromuscular Diseases […]
Stevens outclasses the field at UAAs
In a league with three nationally ranked teams, it was junior Mark Stevens who came out on top last weekend at the University Athletic Association's cross country championship meet. Stevens placed first out of 78 runners, finishing the eight-kilometer course at Washington University in St. Louis in just 25:25. He was eight seconds ahead of […]
Swimmers dominate distance races at RPI
The swimming and diving season has begun for UR, and if the first two meets are any indication, both teams look ready for a strong winter campaign.The teams opened the season on Oct. 21 by traveling to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to take on the Red Hawks. The UR women dominated the meet, winning by a […]