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Valuing life: Seeing the bigger picture
At the beginnings of our lives we all see the same thing, an endless lifetime ahead of us, filled with wonder and glory. At our youngest ages we are invincible, and the whole world is perfect. Our only cares in the world at that time are what game to play next and if you can […]
Seeing past the Tea Party smokescreen
As Gail Collins recently noted in her New York Times column, 'The state of the union is angry." Given the condition of the economy, particularly the high unemployment, this should come as no surprise. Over the past year we have seen a number of 'Tea Party" protests pop up across the country. The protests can […]
Winter Olympics men?s hockey preview
Here is a look at a few of the teams that have a chance to take home the gold medal in the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics:CanadaAfter their disappointing performance at the 2006 games, Team Canada is under even greater pressure than usual to win the gold. As always, it will come to the games with […]
Lynch?s comedy offends despite occasional laughs
This past Friday, Stephen Lynch performed in Strong Auditorium as part of the Winterfest celebrations. Since I'd never heard of him and had never even seen a live comedian before, I wasn't sure what to expect. Famous for turning obscene comedy routines into catchy, yet at times corny, musical pieces, Lynch certainly had a strong […]
Strader?s Hartnett exhibit a must-see
A new exhibition by Annie Strader, 'Something is Always Far Away," began its month-long display at the Hartnett Gallery last Thursday. The exhibit transforms the entire room into a work of art with its interdisciplinary use of found objects such as soil, dictionaries and salt, used in tandem with hanging light bulbs and video footage […]
Facilitating research
As a research university, UR has a myriad of research opportunities available for students across all disciplines. A particular selling point for attracting prospective students is the vast opportunities for students to find these research positions. With this reputation comes the responsibility for these positions to be easy to find for students. However, there is […]
Herzog?s unusual ?Lieutenant?
As Oscar buzz now goes into full swing, let us take a moment to commend Werner Herzog for the honor of making the two kookiest movies of 2009: 'My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done" and 'The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans." Herzog is no stranger to reveling in the bizarre, what […]
Bad Blake comes to life on Oscar nominated soundtrack
There have been countless movies based on the lives of both real and fictional musicians, from the 1927 classic 'The Jazz Singer" to more recent affairs like 'Ray" and 'Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story." Such films are almost always accompanied by a viable soundtrack. 'Crazy Heart," a film about the fictional country singer Bad […]
ACJC ruling just
The All-Campus Judicial Council has unanimously upheld the impeachment of freshman Senator Chizoba Umesi for violating attendance policies. Umesi argued on Friday that the Students' Association Senate violated Article V, Section 4 of the bylaws, which can place senators who violate the attendance policy on the agenda for removal. He also argued that the Speaker […]
A term abused: The nation that cried crisis
The term 'crisis" has often been used to describe the economic recession of the past couple years. A New York Times headline, for example, read 'Obama Takes Oath, and Nation in Crisis Embraces the Moment" on the morning of the January 2009 presidential inauguration. The United States faces 'an unprecedented crisis, the worst in our […]