Archive: Dec 2010
News
Eastman enters new age of electronic collaboration
The Internet2 capabilities of ESM's new Hatch Recital Hall are allowing for the schools ever international master class with audience participation. Read More
Security Update
The dangers of gas at a frat house
A natural gas leak on the Fraternity Quad raised alarm over the weekend. Read More
Ed Observers
Catholics, condoms and the Pope himself
Congratulations Catholics, you can now use condoms. Well, only if you are a male prostitute. Or ish. Last week Pope Benedict XVI released his new book and interview,in it making the most revolutionary change in a Pope’s viewing of sexual condom policy ever.And at least the good news is that the Pope has decided that […]
Editorial Boards
Jeers
JEERS to UR Parking — You’re still too expensive and just too darn mean. JEERS for the lack of wireless Internet that still exists in Hill Court and Towers residences. It is high time for the entire campus to join the rest of the modern world and provide wireless access to all students. JEERS to […]
Features
Historic properties take divergent paths
The two neighboring, University-owned mansions on Mt. Hope Avenue couldn’t be more different. Both are the President and Provost’s official residences, but the Patrick Barry House is 150 years old and a Rochester landmark while the Witmer House, at 100 years old, is anything but ancient. Read More
Is your girlfriend using a webcam? It ain’t for catching up
Ah technology. From the iPad to Blu Ray, we really are living in a new era of bustling technological activity. We’ve done everything from putting a man on the moon to making computers that can almost out-think us, all for the benefit of mankind. One piece of technology, however, may be responsible for the downfall […]
BSU shares culture with UR
This week the Black Students’ Union is busy hosting a Kwanzaa celebration as well as a poetry jam. Business Manager and junior Dayanna Davis discussed the details of these events as well as BSU’s role at the University and the African-American community in general. How long has UR’s BSU been celebrating Kwanzsa on campus? We’ve […]
Features
Vogue’s ‘best dressed’ list invokes wealth and mad money
Blake Lively was recently named Vogue’s Best Dressed Woman of the Year. Somewhere an angel lost its wings and face-planted to Earth. Or was that my confidence in American Vogue shattering into a thousand crystalline pieces that not even Riccardo Tisci could work into a couture gown? Read More
Features
Alphas host Political Action Month
n collaboration with the Black Students’ Union, the Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Mu Sigma Chapter, capitalized on the month by hosting a series of panel discussions about hot topics in minority communities. Their main goal for “Political Action Month” was to engage students and encourage involvement. Read More
Editorial Boards
Cheers!
CHEERS to Dining Services and Cam Schauf for turning the dark and gloomy Pit into the gleaming Commons, complete with new seating, a new design and, of course, Panda Express. The new look is sleek and modern, and the new layout of The Hive is much improved. We also appreciate the added grilled cheese and […]