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Nathan Fielder walks up to a model. The model is clad in a soft-shell jacket designed specifically for the company Nathan has just started. Nathan pulls the model aside and says, “Six million Jews died in the Holocaust, approximately.” The model, confused, stammers out, “OK.” “So, how many Jews died in the Holocaust?” Fielder asks. […]

“Energy Mass Light,” by Katherine Varga ‘T5, took a long road to get on stage. The play, which closed this past Saturday, was originally selected to be a staged reading as part of Geva Theatre’s Regional Writers Showcase last spring. Varga, who will graduate this spring, has now collaborated with UR theatre group The Opposite […]

Halloween is this weekend, and what better time to reinvigorate your sex life than during the spookiest event of the year? Here are some strategies to spice up your monster mashin’. 1. Threesome with a ghost If you’ve always wanted to try a little menage a trois, but you’d rather ease yourself into it, then […]

On Oct. 28, the Republican Party finally nominated Rep. Paul Ryan to be the Speaker of the House. This came after Rep. John Boehner’s resignation from the position in September, following pressures from numerous political factions within the party.  It took Paul Ryan quite some time to acknowledge that he is the best man for […]

On Sept. 14, Bryan Stascavage, a student at Wesleyan University, published an op-ed in the student newspaper, the Argus. The article, titled “Why Black Lives Matter Isn’t What You Think,” was a relatively mild criticism of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, stating that Stascavage felt he could not back a movement that he saw […]

Change hangs heavy in the brisk Rochester air. UR’s top administration has experienced significant changes since the beginning of the semester, including the appointment of Robert Clark, Dean of Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Senior Vice President for Research, to the position of University Provost. Clark will be the University’s 10th provost, […]

Since the Students’ Association (SA) resolution urging the development of all-gender restrooms across the River Campus was passed on February 2, 2015, 16 restrooms have been converted to provide single-stall, all-gender accessibility. University Facilities and Services is also continuing to evaluate other single-use type restrooms that could be similarly converted in the coming months. Current […]

The Financial Aid Office relocated its reception desk and offices this week from the basement to the entrance level of Wallis Hall in order to provide more accessible services to students and improve the efficiency of the office. The decision was officially announced in mid-September, following Dean of College Admission and Vice-Provost for Enrollment Initiatives […]

Seven home-runs, 11 RBIs and a slugging percentage of over 1.000 would qualify any player as a playoff hero. For most New York Mets hopefuls, Daniel Murphy’s breakout postseason hasn’t been anything short of “heroic.” But, it seems clear that there’s someone else to thank for creating what many never would have imagined could be […]

This past Saturday, the women’s varsity and men’s club rowing teams headed to Philadelphia, PA to compete in the 44th-annual Head of the Schuykill. The ‘Jackets left Rochester at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon and came home tired Saturday night after competing against many major rival Division III teams, along with a number of Division I […]