Archive: Dec 2010
Op-Eds
Whistle blowing versus fighting windmills
Even if you don’t regularly keep up with the news, it would still be pretty difficult to have not heard about the recent WikiLeaks fiasco. Hundreds of thousands of documents have been released, on everything from personal assessments of foreign leaders to the names of informants. To those who are opposed to the wars in […]
Op-Eds
The TSA does not care about you at all
We’ve all seen those YouTube videos of Transportation Security Administration officers molesting and groping passengers, or by now have experienced it first-hand on the way home for Thanksgiving break. Why have we all of a sudden given up on our civil liberties for a false sense of “security” and “safety”? Getting on a plane now […]
Op-Eds
Why our foreign occupations will not work
A strong military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan is not going to hinder terrorists. On the contrary, it will only strengthen them, while costing us American lives and dollars. President Obama needs to end the occupation of both countries as soon as possible. I fear that even the quickest withdrawal won’t be soon enough though, […]
Sports
Winter Sports Preview
With barely any snow on the ground, the UR winter sports teams are already off to a tremendous starts. With a collective total of three championship titles in as many appearances thus far, the Yellowjackets have swept the opposition clean and established themselves as the teams to beat in their respective competitions. Here’s just a […]
Sports
Men’s basketball has much to be thankful for over break
The men in Rochester blue and Dandelion Yellow struck down all of the foes that stood in their way this past weekend at the UR/Holiday Inn Airport Invitational. In the first round of the tournament, UR faced the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford — the ’Jackets proved their talent and determination in a feat of […]
From the Pressbox
A solution to college football: playoffs
Anybody who’s anybody wants college football to have a playoff system. The fans want to see more competition between the top teams in the country and want more teams playing against each other in a direct line to the championship. The current system leaves the masses up in arms almost every year over the two […]