Archive: Sep 2010
Athlete of the Week
David Wien
This past Sunday, the golf team experienced a lot of firsts. The team closed out their first match of the 2010-11 campaign with a first place finish at the Hamilton Invitational. Junior co-captain David Wien lead the way for UR as he shot a 72 on Saturday and a 77 on Sunday to end with […]
Features
Drop UR attire for some fresh “fummer” fashion
Living in style has become a joke. The punch line is greatest on college campuses like our dear UR’s, where the school uniform appears to be a heather grey sweatshirt with leggings and Uggs. One of my friends once told me that Rochester is not New York City. Ignoring the statement’s surface blatancy, I think […]
Features
Dining employee lives her American Dream
A hard-working Rochesterian and former UR Dining employee is only four days away from fulfilling one of her dreams. On Monday Sept. 13, Erlande Exeart, 39, will finally be able to open her long imagined Caribbean bar and grill on 104 Platt Street at High Falls. From catering in the Meliora, Eastman School of Music, […]
Features
Budgeting your way to a stress free life
While many people say the best things in life are free, sometimes it doesn’t feel that way when you’re a college student. With increasing tuition, book fees and expensive nights out, college expenses can be overwhelming. Money management and financial planning are great ways to ensure you get the best bang for your buck throughout […]
Sex and the CT
Stimulated mind: How do you watch porn?
Playboy came out in 1953, with its glamorous display of kitten-tongue pink areolas and girls straddling soft fur rugs. And Playgirl debuted 20 years later, with its hunky nude models and majestic waterfall scenery. “Girls Gone Wild” came out in 1998, with its inexhaustible supply of beads, boobs and lawsuits. This is all fairly routine […]
Helping Pakistan’s flood relief
Spotlight: Muslim Students' Association One of the biggest issues currently facing the U.S. is the unemployment rate hovering just under 10 percent. Although the extreme difficulty in finding a job should not be understated, sometimes our problems should be looked at with perspective. In Pakistan, flooding that started in July has decimated the nation’s infrastructure […]
Op-Eds
Keep the memory of the heroes of 9/11 alive
Todd Beamer, Jeremy Glick, Lou Nacke, Tom Burnett, Jr. and Mark Bingham are names that I remember almost every day. Sadly, though, I doubt that more than a few of you reading this have any idea who these men are. These men are our heroes. The modern day Lincoln, the real life Superman. These are […]
Op-Eds
Failing to change the way we evaluate schools
It has now been nine years since the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was enacted, symbolizing a bipartisan commitment across the executive and legislative branches to standards-based educational reform. Though the Bush administration under which NCLB was passed is no longer in office, President Obama’s education policy has not represented a substantive break with […]
Op-Eds
Supporting America’s students
At colleges and universities across America, students are heading into the classroom, many for the first time. You’re taking part in a journey that will not only determine your future, but the future of this country. We know, for example, that nearly eight in 10 new jobs will require work force training or higher education […]
Ed Observers
How UR is slowly cooking all of us (alive!)
Just starting my third year of college, I am amazed at the things I’ve already been taught at UR that I didn’t expect to be part of my education. I’m talking about the school rules and regulations that address all the little things in life. Case in point: I never knew just how dangerous octopus […]