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Courage Bowl moves to downtown Rochester
The most attended home game in the Yellowjacket football's yearly schedule just got bigger. For the next two years, the Courage Bowl, which packs Fauver Stadium every other year, will now be held downtown at the Marina Auto Stadium, home of the Rochester Rhinos.'The Courage Bowl is a special game on our schedule," UR Athletic […]
Track and field ECAC qualifiers rule meet
For both the men's and the women's track and field teams, last weekend's Syracuse Invitational added to the number of athletes qualifying for the end-of-season championship meets. 'I thought the team did really well performing against the tough competition from Syracuse," senior Melissa Skevington said. 'It's tough going against DI athletes, but I thought everyone […]
From the Pressbox
Very seldom in sports do we get the feel-good story. In fact, sports are often marred by controversy, whether it is steroids in baseball, Tiger Woods' infidelity or Gilbert Arenas. However, in the case of Kurt Warner, we have one of the best feel-good stories possible.To put it in simple terms, Kurt Warner's story is […]
Winterfest: Huskies galore
What to do in a Rochester winter is likely never far from students' thoughts for a good part of five months. UR's annual Winter Wonderland, a part of Winterfest Weekend, always lifts some of that burden by bringing winter to life with ice carving, hot chocolate, horse-drawn carriages, s'mores and free giveaways. But it wouldn't […]
Super Bowl XLIV
This Sunday at 6:30 p.m., CBS will be showing what is predicted to be the most-watched television program in history, hoping to bring in over 100 million views. Sunday, Feb. 7, will mark the one day this year when every American's favorite sport is football.No matter if your favorite team lost in playoffs, didn't win […]
UR track and field teams fight DI foes with tremendous success
A slew of Eastern College Athletic Conference qualifiers became the story for the UR men's and women's track and field teams this past weekend.The women impressed the competition at the Colgate University Class of '32 Invitational this past Saturday, earning a top-three finish for the second-straight week.ECAC qualifiers included junior Jacqueline Cinella in the 400 […]
Men?s loss provides motivation for following game
On a Friday night that offered a host of activities for UR students, arguably the most enthralling entertainment was occurring on the floor of the Louis Alexander Palestra.There the men's basketball team hosted the third-ranked team in Division III basketball, the Washington University in St. Louis Golden Bears.UR's clash with the Bears each year has […]
Athlete of the Week: Nate Novosel
Hailing from Lexington Kentucky, sophomore forward Nick Novosel is a rising star among the Yellowjacket basketball ranks. He helped UR keep close in the loss to Washington University in St. Louis on Friday and shined in the tight win against University of Chicago on Sunday. He scored a total of 37 points and 13 rebounds […]
The cult(ure) of ?Lost?
More than any other series, 'Lost" has redefined the meaning of cult TV. It drew in 15 to 16 million viewers during its first three seasons, with a drop off in the last two. However, mere ratings can't encompass the frantic fandom of its remaining ten million followers. Even more obvious than the ratings, though, […]
Endless questions
Migraine-inducing, laws of physics-breaking, hieroglyphic-decoding mysteries have become synonymous with 'Lost," ABC's wildly popular television program. For its fans, and the many more who have heard its name circulating throughout pop culture these past six years, the show centers around its ability to puzzle, shock and twist the viewers' expectations with each episode. Will the […]