Archive: Mar 2008
Lacrosse has rocky start to spring season
The UR Women's lacrosse team began its season this past week in Fauver Stadium. After facing some tough competition, the 'Jackets ended a string of four home games with a 1-3 record.UR battled snow and sleet to challenge SUNY Cortland on Tuesday and then Nazareth College on Thursday. Nationally-ranked Cortland was 15th in the most […]
SA Assessment
Students' Association President and junior Alvin Lomibao symbolically completed his term as he delivered the State of the SA Address. While the current administration has fostered open lines of communication between students and the University, it has not accomplished some of its loftier aspirations.During the past year, the SA Government has increased communication among student […]
UR Alerted
The University has filled a missing facet of UR Security with the introduction of AlertUR. With the ability to contact all undergraduates, and soon everyone else in the University community, Security can contain possible catastrophes should they occur at UR. This issue is especially critical in the aftermath of shootings at Virginia Tech and Northern […]
Spitzer proves to be another corrupt Democrat
Soon after former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer took office, New York State Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco remarked in the New York Post, "He has a different side to him that a lot of people realize." During his campaign for governor, the Democrats' rhetoric styled Spitzer as an enlightened attorney general, an altruistic defender […]
Cultural diplomacy trumps
As thick curtains come to a close upon the Bush presidency, our new administration will be left facing a damaged reputation overseas due to gratuitous spending, poorly executed military intervention and cowboy diplomacy.Each candidate has promised that his or her international policies, particularly in Iraq, will restore our nation's image abroad. Unfortunately, this will not […]
Women's tennis notches three wins in Florida
For the multitude of spring breakers who experienced the sunshine and high temperatures in Florida this year, the vacation time was probably a blast as they partied it up on the beach. Among these travelers were a group of nine UR girls, although it could hardly be said that they spent their time lounging on […]
UR pitches way to second-place finish
Junior pitcher Beth Ameno's pitching and senior centerfielder Jessica Sorrentino's hitting led the Yellowjackets to an 8-3 record on their spring break trip to Florida that included a second-place finish in the University Athletic Association softball Championships. The Yellowjackets posted a UAA team-best earned run average of 2.04.The Yellowjackets have cracked the National Fastpitch Coaches […]
Burgstrom highlights postseason
The spring break weekends proved to be a great end to senior Mike Burgstrom's prolific collegiate indoor track and field career. Burgstrom's four years at UR culminated with the award of Atlantic Region Male Field Event Athlete for the indoor season, named to him by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.The […]
Life, Love, Sport
Hey there gang! How's it going? Welcome back to another week of Life, Love? Sport (Thursday Orgy Edition). As I'm sure you've heard, last week was a crazy orgy of college basketball that I'm still trying to get over. In fact, the couch at the Campus Times hasn't seen this much love since? ever. There […]
Women advance to Sweet 16 in NCAAs
Balance. It is the word that first comes to mind when you think of the UR women's basketball program since head coach Jim Scheible took over in 1999. This year, the 'Jackets had four players with points-per-game averages hovering around 10. Seven different players tallied game highs in scoring throughout the regular season, and four […]