Archives - Aaron Schaffer

It’s difficult to explain why I first chose to go to Turkey. Originally, I jumped into studying abroad (a requirement for my major, International Relations) with the understanding that it’d be best to get away from the “traditional” locations most people choose. My first academic experience abroad was in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city. It is […]

Rochester television station WHEC News10NBC released two videos on Wednesday, April 22 that showed Marketplace Taxi employees referring to UR students using expletives and racial slurs. The employees were recorded using derogatory language upon ending calls with students. The videos were recorded by former Marketplace Taxi driver Christine Van Orden. Marketplace Taxi is promoted by […]

Perhaps best known for his colorful and interesting on-stage costumes, his presence on Pitchfork (the pseudo-hipster millenial-focused news outlet) and his experimentation that has made waves within the genre of indie-folk, Sufjan Stevens is back with his folk album “Carrie & Lowell,” which is an intimate study of days gone by. It’s an outstanding album […]

On Tuesday, Feb. 10, a comedian employed by one of the largest media corporations in the world announced his retirement, and America collectively mourned. This employee was Jon Stewart, who, during his tenure on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” which aired on Comedy Central (a Viacom property), ridiculed the absurdities of politics and the […]

Newspapers have been in a tough spot for a while. Layoffs occur en masse. The so-called “old media”-–made up of newspapers and other forms of predominately print journalism––is terrified of the Internet, which seems to be more saturated with click- bait every day. Finally, many journalists are forced to ask themselves why they come to […]

Bill Hader, most commonly known for the versatile roles he played on “Saturday Night Live,” has garnered increasing notoriety over the past few years. Hader plays many eccentric roles on Saturday night Live, including the flamboyant New York socialite Stefon and CNN commentator James Carville. Hader is also known for his roles in notable comedies […]

UR Starbucks has announced its plan to create a compilation CD with self-described “tastemakers” WRUR. The disc will reportedly cross into the avant-garde as it attempts to chronicle “all those times that annoying person in front of you in line complains about a given first-world problem.” Experts in the fledgling Eastman “School” have described the […]

Recently, a number of freshmen living in Susan B. Anthony Hall have been upset over how far the residence halls within the building from the Hillside POD. A record number of students (four) attended a recent Hall Council meeting (Editor’s Note: we checked, and these meetings apparently do actually exist. Quorum, it turns out is […]

UR’s senior information technology officer (who remains as anonymous as his job title) revealed early this week that the University’s wi-fi costs have hit record levels this semester. He reported tracing huge spikes in bandwidth usage in Hoyt Auditorium from 3:25 to 4:40pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the fall semester. The time period is […]