Archive: Dec 2008
Culture
?The Office? proves that TV relationships will succeed
Television couples. They either work or they don't. Sometimes they spend 10 seasons getting to an acceptable point of audience satisfaction. Sometimes they just start out that way. Whether it's Rachel getting off the plane for Ross or Big flying to Paris for Carrie, some shows just get it right, but other shows just don't […]
Third time's a charm for hit "High School Musical"
It was just another year at East High School in Albuquerque, N.M., and winter break had finally arrived. One of the East High students was taking a much-needed vacation at a ski resort with his family and, after the duet of a lifetime, his life would never be the same. It was at that ski […]
?Energetic jazz? pumps up crowd
Looking sharp in a sleek vest, vintage hat and musical-notes tie, senior Sam Fishman stands in front of the growing Starbucks crowd just before 10 p.m. He tells the eager crowd that a few of his band members are going to warm up in the bathroom (which is met with a few chuckles from the […]
Obama
Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, was once quoted as saying, 'Of strange, discordant and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds and formed and fought to battle through."Today, Senator Barack Obama, another senator from Illinois campaigning to become president, reminds us that 'we cannot walk alone; we must walk together to tear down […]
Op-Eds
Interpreting the poll results before the big day
On Nov. 4, the American populace will vote, the electoral college will decide and, on Jan. 20, 2009, we will have a new president. But who will it be?Poll results indicate a Senator Barack Obama lead by an average of 5.9 percent, according to the aggregation at http://www.RealClearPolitics.com. State-by-state polling indicates that the Electoral College […]
McCain is no FDR, but he?s better than Obama
If you had approached me two years ago and asked me to offer a defense of Senator John McCain's candidacy for president, I would have scoffed. While the rest of the applicant pool on the Republican side was less-than-stellar, he ranked up there with Giuliani among those with whom the Republican base liked the least.Indeed, […]
The youth won?t vote; next time try some wooing
Every four years, 2008 not excluded, there is enormous speculation over whether or not the youth vote will turn out. Next week, we will find out if either Senator Barack Obama or Senator John McCain has finally been successful in turning out us elusive 18- to 25-year olds. At UR, students have been registering other […]
Candidates should sit down for a game of Smash
Election Day is right around the proverbial corner. After what has seemed to many like an extended amount of campaigning, we are finally rounding the last stretch, seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and about to pack it all up and go strong or go home.This election is bound to be historic. […]
Letters to the Editor
Review of Rochester Revue misses the pointI feel that the article, 'Rochester Revue lacks excitement," misses the point of the event it appraises. Rather than highlighting the diverse student talent on display during the occasion, the author focuses on unconstructively belittling student groups' performances.I think it would be difficult to find a single Revue performer […]
McCain
This election season has been different from those in recent memory. For the first time, there is no incumbent or vice president to fill the shoes left behind. An African American is running for president, a Mormon and a Latino each ran in their respective party's primaries and a woman is running for vice president […]