Archive: Sep 2010
Is God obsolete? Hawking's book sparks controversy
In his new book entitled “The Grand Design,” physicist Stephen Hawking, alongside co-author Leonard Mlodinow, presents an ambitious claim that breaks stride from thousands of years of belief and a faith supported by billions: the obsoleteness of God. The book has sparked differing responses from UR academia and students in the physics and religion and […]
Features
Satire in the CT: Missing freshman found after week in W.C.
Timothy “Little Timmy” Garvey was found last Thursday after accidentally spending his entire freshman orientation lost in Wilson Commons. “I was just looking for Panda Express, and the next thing I knew, I was crossing all of these weird, confusing bridges,” Garvey said in an interview after his discovery. “It was so cold…” Garvey, a […]
Sex and the CT
The tale of the cougar and the cub: a media myth
Gabrielle Solis, (Eva Longoria) Parker, from “Desperate Housewives” made John Rowland’s (Jeff Metcalfe) being a handyman gardener look like the best vocation ever. All a young guy had to do was lounge luxriously in the sun, gently snip off rose thorns, and pass lemonade cups with his burly, sun-licked forearms. Seems like an easy way […]
Vampire Weekend plows through greatest hits at Armory
The past two years have been very, very kind to Vampire Weekend. Since the release of their self-titled, effortlessly cool 2008 debut, the Ivy League quartet have skyrocketed from rising indie stars to Billboard chart-toppers; their songs now frequent countless mall stores and coffee shops as well as college radio stations. And, on the Rochester […]
Security Update
Riot breaks out at Douglass
1. On the evening of Saturday, Sept. 11, flash fighting erupted at a dance being held at Douglass Dining Center. According to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, there were between 15 and 50 individuals involved in the fight at any given time. At approximately 1:29 a.m., security officers at the event overheard individuals yelling about […]
News
Dining goes green
UR Dining’s Team Green has introduced a reusable container take-out option to the dining halls. Consisting of five students, one manager, two coordinators and two marketers, the team is ecstatic about selling out so soon after the program’s recent unveiling. Last year, the previous team put together a proposal that brought the Eco Clam Shell […]
News
Researchers investigate suicide prevention program
Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among people 18 to 24 years old, and each year, five to eight percent of adolescents attempt suicide. Because of this, teen depression is an area of great interest among scientists — and a team of researchers from the UR Medical Center have set out to encourage individuals […]
The most evil network in all of television
Exactly four years ago, and I mean exactly four years ago on Sept. 16, 2006, I embarked on what has become a four year grudge against the network that destroyed one of my all time favorite television shows. Read More
News
Freshman election results
After participating in their first Students' Association election, the freshman class has selected four senators and eight class council members to represent their class for the upcoming year. The expected four freshmen senators are Shilpa Topudurti, Camila Fernandes, Oliver Shetler and Alin Ponici. The projected eight winners for the council members are Henry Macias, Eduardo […]
News
Power outage hits River Campus
South Campus experienced a short power failure from 8 – 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11, due to an equipment malfunction at a Rochester Gas and Electric substation near the UR’s River Campus. This caused an interruption of electrical services for residents living in Southside Living Center and also for students living in the University […]