Archive: Apr 2007
Hillary v. Barack poses representational quandry
For some unknown reason (to me, at least), we are already several months into the 2008 presidential campaign season - eight months before the actual primaries - and several frontrunners have been speculated within each party, even if some of those people haven't officially declared that they will be running in 2008.Within the Democratic Party, […]
Conventional gender roles rejected by feminist
Man haters. We've all heard the phrase. I've only been identifying myself as a feminist for a few years now, but I've heard it a lot.And I suppose if you glance at all the essays, speeches, books and videos that rail against the patriarchy or The Man, it's not a difficult label to attach to […]
Martin Anderson: UR's reminder to study hard
The most famous film depicting college life opens with several nighttime shots of a beautifully lit, majestic campus. Triumphant academic music plays as two well-dressed students leave their dormitory and make their way past an old stone chapel and a stately administration building. They soon cross a grass quadrangle between an impressive library and a […]
Putting the "You" back in YouTube
Apple, Inc. and EMI Group announced Monday that, in a landmark business move, EMI, one of the four biggest record labels in the world, would be putting its records out for sale on iTunes and other (inferior, if you ask me) music providers, sans copy restrictions.Yes, you read that right, dear readers, reading this page […]
SIMCON brings gamers to UR
A girl in a distinctive orange shirt goes running by, a piece of paper clutched tightly in her left hand. Looking rather exhausted, she makes her way from Morey Hall to Douglass Dining Center.She is just one of a whole crew that has been taking over those buildings, along with Wilson Commons and even the […]