Archive: Oct 2010
Dems gear up for election season
It’s election season and campaign ads are suddenly filling up commercial spots on our favorite TV shows. Tuesday night, College Democrats filled up Hirst Lounge by bringing in a local candidate for State Assembly, Robin Wilt, for a Kick-Off Event. Read More
Sex and the CT
Fun time? Booze isn’t necessary to get laid
Alcohol shouldn't be a necessary component for finding a sex partner. This weeks Sex & CT shares a narrative of a Buffalo student who faced the dilemma of compromising his own attitude towards alcohol in hopes of getting laid. Read More
Features
Quidditch team brings magic to the Club Sports scene
One of UR’s real, yet often unnoticed problems, is what to do with former high school athletes not quite fit for NCAA competition. College is a time for trying new things. And in the world of athletics, that means dropping the football, picking up a broomstick and heading down to Quidditch practice. Read More
Features
Frat Boys and Poets: More than an ordinary frat night
Alpha Delta Phi mellows out the frat quad with a night of spoken word slam poetry at its third edition of "Frat Boys and Poets," cosponsored with the Black Students' Union and LOGOS. Read More
Features
UR Security plans to 'Lock N' Load' for the Winter
In light of recent security incidents on campus, the URSOA (The UR Security Officers Association) is campaigning to increase their funding and equipment, in an attempt to officially be taken seriously on campus. Read More
Ed Observers
Apathy is change this coming November
We all know that there are some huge and supposedly important elections coming in November. Turn on the television — there are already a myriad of back-and-forth attack ads slandering one politician, because he or she took this or that sleazy donation, or said something that could or could not be construed as marginally racist. […]
Editorial Boards
Parking for the public
Have you ever wondered why UR seems to host fewer “big name” attractions as compared to other nearby colleges? Surely we’re as deserving of a Bob Dylan or Drake concert as the Rochester Institute of Technology or SUNY Binghamton. What often prevents UR from being a preferred venue for such events is that the campus […]
Editorial Boards
Common exam pains
Many UR students know the pain that is waking up for exams during common exam time. Being up at 7 a.m. or maybe even pulling an all-nighter before, is an all too common occurrence — one that can seriously impinge upon a student’s ability to perform. Ask anyone how he or she feels that early […]
Better than 50 hot pockets
While the thought of listening to an out of shape man joke about his hatred of the gym and his love for McDonald’s may seem unexciting, Jim Gaffigan’s Meliora Weekend show in the Alexander Palestra was very successful. Read More
Op-Eds
Pakistan can no longer be counted as an ally
I no longer feel that we can honestly call Pakistan an ally. Recently Two truck drivers were burned alive in an attack on fuel tankers heading to Afghanistan. Additionaly NATO forces launched attacks into Pakistan in attempts to eliminate terrorist threats. Taking these two events into consideration, let’s examine Pakistan’s response. Pakistani Ambassador Jalil Abbas […]